Machine Learning Engineer

HYDERABAD (IN)ONSITEPOSTED: 8/15/2026
PHARMAFull-time
HIRING ORGANIZATIONAMGENBiotechnology / Pharmaceuticals
Amgen

ROLE DEFINITION & RESPONSIBILITIES

Core Responsibilities

Production ML Component Ownership: Independently design, implement, deploy, and support defined production ML/AI components, including model inference services, data and knowledge pipelines, retrieval modules, evaluation suites, and agent tools.
GenAI, RAG & Agentic Systems: Develop robust GenAI, NLP, RAG, and bounded agent workflows featuring structured outputs, embeddings, hybrid search, reranking, citations, access-aware retrieval, tool schemas, and human review mechanisms.
Data Engineering & Pipelines: Build batch and event-driven data, feature, embedding, and evaluation pipelines with strict schema validation, data contracts, lineage tracking, provenance, and access controls.
Model Evaluation & MLOps/LLMOps: Establish representative evaluation metrics for model accuracy, retrieval grounding, safety, latency, cost, and drift. Manage CI/CD deployment gates, containerization, versioning, monitoring, rollback strategies, and operational runbooks.
Security & GxP Compliance: Apply Responsible AI principles, prompt-injection defense, least-privilege security, privacy standards, and GxP validation controls while mentoring associate engineers.

Technical & Domain Standards

Strong software engineering principles in production Python and SQL with modular design, unit testing, and API integration.
Comprehensive understanding of classical machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and foundation model lifecycles.

Total Rewards & Culture

Role within Amgen's global Applied AI (AI Studio) organization focused on delivering scalable AI products for life-saving therapeutics.
Competitive salary package, comprehensive health benefits, annual bonuses, and continuous career development opportunities.

REQUIRED VERIFIED SKILLS

Machine Learning
Python
SQL
Generative AI
RAG
MLOps
LLMOps
API Development
Data Pipelines
Vector Databases
Feature Engineering
Model Evaluation
CI/CD
Unit Testing

COMPENSATION & REWARDS

18.0L - 28.0L per annum

ORGANIZATION CONTEXT & CULTURE

Amgen is a leading global biopharmaceutical company committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses. It discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers innovative human therapeutics, focusing on areas with high unmet medical needs such as oncology, cardiovascular disease, bone disease, and inflammatory diseases.

TEAM SIZE: 25,000+ employees
INDUSTRY: Biotechnology / Pharmaceuticals
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