Senior UI/UX Developer, AI Studio

BioSpace; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Senior UI/UX Developer for the AI Studio within the AI & Data Science organization. You will own the user experience for predefined AI products, translating user needs into intuitive interfaces and production-ready frontends.

You will collaborate with product, backend, data, and ML teams to deliver secure, accessible experiences and measurable outcomes across APIs and services. This role emphasizes hands-on frontend work with React/TypeScript and strong UX leadership.

Qualifications

• Doctorate/Masters/Bachelors or Diploma in CS or related field with substantial experience.
• Strong frontend skills with React/Next.js and accessibility awareness.
• Hands-on experience translating UX into production UI and API integrations.
• Experience with AI-enabled product experiences is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead user-centered discovery with product and UX partners.
• Translate research into UX designs, prototypes, and UI requirements.
• Own translation of UX designs into responsive frontend architecture.
• Deliver modern UI using React/TypeScript and component-based frameworks.
• Design human-AI UX with model services, LLMs, and AI capabilities.
• Establish end-to-end testing, CI/CD, telemetry and runbooks.
• Coordinate governance, create reusable UI components and playbooks.

Skills

User research

UX design

Frontend development

Full-stack collaboration

Education

Doctorate Degree

Masters degree

Bachelors degree

Diploma

Tools

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Next.js

HTML

CSS

API integration

Job description

Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnessesdrives all that we do.

Since 1980, weve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, youll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, youll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Senior UI/UX Developer, AI Studio

Lets do this. Lets change the world. In this vital role, youll join a fun, innovative engineering team within the AI & Data Science (AI&D) organization. You will own the experience for pre-defined AI products, from understanding user needs and shaping UX designs through interaction design, UI implementation, launch, stabilization, support transition, adoption and measurable outcome.

You will remain hands-on while connecting user discovery, UX design and frontend decisions to turn complex business needs and AI capabilities into secure, accessible, intuitive and reusable user experiences. You will partner with product, backend, data and ML teams to translate designs into production interfaces integrated with APIs, services, data and AI capabilities. Within Applied AI, AI Studio turns prioritized business demand into governed, reusable AI assets with accountable ownership and measurable value across software, data, automation, machine learning, Generative AI, RAG, bounded agents, evaluation, observability and lifecycle operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead user-centered discovery with product and UX partners: define user needs, workflows, roles, intended use, baseline, acceptance criteria, accessibility needs, adoption path, operating owner, value hypothesis and measurable technical and business outcomes.
• Translate user research, journeys, workflows, rules, handoffs, exceptions, data dependencies and human decision points into clear UX designs, interaction patterns, prototypes and implementable UI requirements.
• Own the translation of UX designs into responsive UI frontend architecture across human-AI experience, design systems, component composition, state, secure sessions, accessibility, browser performance, API integration, telemetry and graceful failure.
• Lead modern UI delivery using JavaScript or TypeScript and React, Next.js or comparable component-based frameworks; turn UX designs and prototypes into accessible, performant production interfaces, and contribute full-stack expertise to API contracts, integrations, data flows and production support as needed.
• Design and implement human-AI UX and UI experiences that integrate model services, LLMs, RAG, search, agents, BI and deterministic automation with access-aware data, clear loading and error states, evidence, human control, feedback and traceable outcomes.
• Establish risk-based UI, accessibility, integration and end-to-end testing; contribute to CI/CD, staged release, telemetry, rollback, incident response, browser performance, runbooks and support ownership.
• Coordinate governance and GxP controls, create reusable UI components, patterns and playbooks, lead root-cause analysis, measure adoption and experience quality, mentor engineers and improve frontend delivery practices.

What We Expect Of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a collaborative professional with the following qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree and 1 year of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
• Masters degree with 8 - 10 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
• Bachelors degree with 10 - 12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
• Diploma with 12 - 14 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• UX design, frontend and human-AI engineering: User research, journeys, information architecture, interaction design, wireframes, prototypes, accessible frontend architecture, component design, state, forms, secure sessions, streaming, review, correction, approval, uncertainty, feedback, telemetry and recoverable failure.
• Full-stack integration and application architecture: API contracts, services, events, workflows, persistence, enterprise integrations, data flows, authentication, authorization, resilience and supportable user experiences.
• AI-enabled product experiences: Production integration of predictive ML, foundation models, embeddings, vector or graph retrieval, RAG, structured output, bounded agents, document or vision capabilities, BI and deterministic workflows with clear human oversight.
• Testing, cloud, DevSecOps and reliability: Representative testing and AI evaluation, repository governance, architecture decisions, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, quality gates, staged release, SLOs, observability, incidents, rollback, disaster recovery and FinOps.
• Security, Responsible AI and regulated delivery: Identity, authorization, least privilege, tenant isolation, secrets, OWASP, supply-chain controls, privacy, threat modeling, prompt/tool safeguards, validation, auditability, accessibility and GxP evidence.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of UX design and UI delivery for at least one production web application, digital product or substantial user-interface workstream that delivered a measurable outcome.
• Strong hands-on proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML and CSS, with experience translating UX designs into responsive, accessible interfaces using React, Next.js or a comparable component-based framework.
• Working full-stack experience with APIs, integrations, data flows and production support, with the ability to partner with backend, data and ML specialists on deeper service, model, RAG, agent and MLOps decisions.
• UX design and advanced frontend platforms: Experience with user research, journey mapping, interaction design, wireframing, prototyping, design systems, React, Next.js or comparable rendering patterns, multimodal or collaborative interfaces, data visualization, advanced accessibility and safe AI review or approval experiences.
• Enterprise integration and full-stack delivery: Experience with API gateways, REST or GraphQL APIs, event platforms, durable workflows, stream processing, service mesh, asynchronous updates and enterprise integration architecture.
• Advanced AI and automation engineering: Experience with vector or graph databases, graph or multimodal retrieval, model and agent gateways, MCP-style tool integration, durable agents, agent evaluation, process mining, UiPath or n8n.
• Cloud, platform and developer experience: Experience with AWS, Bedrock or SageMaker, Databricks, Spark, Kubernetes, serverless services, infrastructure as code, OpenTelemetry, policy as code or internal developer platforms.
• Regulated systems and technical breadth: Experience delivering GxP-relevant, validated, pharmaceutical, healthcare or other high-impact systems and evaluating emerging technologies pragmatically.
• Product thinking and ability to connect user research, UX design, accessibility and frontend delivery decisions to measurable user, workflow and business value.
• Strong technical leadership, mentoring and ownership while remaining hands-on.
• Excellent analytical judgement, troubleshooting and clear communication of evidence, limitations and trade-offs.
• Cross-functional leadership and close partnership with product, business, UX, architecture, backend, ML, platform and control functions.
• Pragmatism, resilience and continuous improvement through incidents, feedback, reuse and measured outcomes.

What You Can Expect Of Us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, well support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In Addition To The Base Salary, Amgen Offers a Total Rewards Plan, Based On Eligibility, Comprising Of Health And Welfare Plans For Staff And Eligible Dependents, Financial Plans With Opportunities To Save Towards Retirement Or Other Goals, Work/life Balance, And Career Development Opportunities That May Include

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.