CAREER LEVEL:GCF 5 – Specialist
CAREER TRACK:Individual Contributor
PRIMARY SCOPE:End-to-end technical delivery ownership of a small AI or automation solution or substantial deployment workstream
ORGANIZATION:Applied AI | AI Studio
Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases and make people’s lives easier,fullerand longer. We discover, develop,manufactureand deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helpedestablishthe biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago andremainsat thecutting edgeof innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what is known today.
The Senior Forward Deployed Engineeroffers a unique opportunity to join a fun, innovative engineering team within the AI & Data Science (AI&D) - organization. We are the Applied AI team (AI Studio). AI Studio is Amgen’s enterprise engine for turning high-value business challenges into scalable AI products. We partner with key business partners across the company toidentifythe right opportunities, shape them into actionable use cases, and design, build, and launch AI products responsibly. Our work spans the full lifecycle from early discovery and rapid prototyping to production deployment, reuse across the enterprise, and measurable business impact.You willbe part of AI Studioleadingthe technical delivery of complex AI and automation solutions throughdiscovery, solution design, build, evaluation, production deployment, early stabilization and measurable value,production deployment, earlystabilizationand measurable value.
You willmaintaintechnical continuity across the lifecycle, working with business stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to shape the simplestviablesolution, coordinate execution, make delivery trade-offs, removeblockersand contribute hands-on to critical components. The role combines enterprise solution engineering, applied AI/ML, GenAI, RAG and agents, integration, evaluation,MLOps/LLMOps, security,governanceand production operations. Technical accountability complements, but does not replace, explicit product, business,complianceand long-term support ownership.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Lead discovery by clarifying the business workflow, users, intended outcome, value hypothesis, acceptance criteria, operational constraints, data readiness, integrationdependenciesand production implications;
Translatecomplexproblems into an executable solution design, delivery plan, technical workstreams, estimates, milestones, dependencies, risks, acceptance criteria, releaseapproachand support transition.
Build, prototype, review or contribute to critical production components to prove feasibility or unblock delivery, including AI-enabled applications, RAG, bounded agents, intelligent automation,APIsand integrations.
Define andmaintainthe integrated architecture across applications, workflows, data and knowledge pipelines, models, retrieval, agents, APIs, enterprise integrations, identity, access controls,observabilityand human review.
Orchestrate delivery across full-stack engineering, data science, ML and context engineering, testing, platform, security,complianceand business roles;
Advanced RAG,knowledgeand agent systems: Hybrid or graph retrieval, knowledge graphs, source verification, MCP-style integration, durable or multi-agent workflows, policyenforcementand adversarial testing.
Cloud,dataand AI platforms: AWS, Bedrock or SageMaker, Databricks, Spark, Kubernetes, serverless or event-driven systems, infrastructure as code,MLflow, Airflow, Kubeflow, observability and FinOps.
Full-stack,workflowand automation breadth: JavaScript or TypeScript, modern web applications, API gateways, distributed workflows, process automation, document orvision capabilities and human-AI review experiences.
Regulated delivery and capability building: Life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare,GxPorvalidated-system experience; reusable frameworks, accelerators, standards, platformcapabilitiesand mentoring.
Clear communication of evidence, uncertainty, risks, trade-offs,limitationsand delivery status to diverse audiences.
Sound judgment, ownership and resilience when balancing value, speed, quality, security, compliance, cost,maintainabilityand supportability across global teams.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
