Senior ML Engineer: Build Scalable AI Solutions

Amgen; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Medical, dental & vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Stock-based incentives

Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join the AI & Data Innovation Lab. You will build scalable AI proofs-of-concept, collaborate with product managers and platform teams, and design modern AI systems using LLMs, embeddings, data pipelines, and cloud services.

The role requires hands-on engineering, ownership, and the ability to translate business needs into production-ready AI solutions, delivering measurable value at scale.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree or equivalent in a relevant field
• Advanced degree with 2+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's with 4+ years of relevant experience
• Associate's with 8+ years of relevant experience
• High school diploma with 10 years of relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Build scalable AI proof-of-concepts that demonstrate a clear path from prototype to enterprise-scale solution
• Partner with product managers, business stakeholders, platform teams, and AI software engineers to translate ambiguous business needs into practical AI solutions with measurable value
• Design and implement modern AI systems using LLMs, agentic workflows, retrieval augmented generation, data pipelines, APIs, cloud-native services, and enterprise platforms
• Rapidly validate feasibility and value by assessing technical risk, data readiness, integration complexity, user experience, security considerations, performance, cost, and business impact
• Create reusable technical assets such as reference architectures, reusable components, documentation, decision records, and handoff materials
• Raise the technical bar for the team by modeling strong engineering practices, mentoring others, improving delivery patterns, and bringing clear ownership to uncertain work

Skills

AI engineering

Machine learning

Software engineering

Data engineering

Cloud computing

Python

Communication

Education

Doctorate

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

High school diploma

Tools

AWS Cloud

Containers

CI/CD

Python

Job description

Amgen is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join the AI & Data Innovation Lab. You will build scalable AI proofs-of-concept, collaborate with product managers and platform teams, and design modern AI systems using LLMs, embeddings, data pipelines, and cloud services.

The role requires hands-on engineering, ownership, and the ability to translate business needs into production-ready AI solutions, delivering measurable value at scale.