Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Studio

Amgen

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Work type
Remote
Location
Jacksonville, FL
Salary
$156,190–$211,315 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
83 days ago
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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$231,475 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $184k versus about $197k for comparable roles.

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About Amgen

Amgen is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers innovative human therapeutics, with products addressing conditions such as anemia, bone loss, inflammation, and cancer. Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

Amgen currently has 76 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $136,906–$185,227 across 45 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Studio

The Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Studio joins the AI & Data Science organization to lead the technical delivery of complex AI and automation solutions. This role involves leading discovery, solution design, and production deployment while maintaining technical continuity across the lifecycle. You will build and prototype critical components including AI-enabled applications, RAG, bounded agents, and intelligent automation. Key responsibilities include defining integrated architectures for data pipelines, models, and enterprise integrations while ensuring security and governance. Required skills include production Python, SQL, and experience with GenAI, MLOps, and LLMOps. You will utilize tools such as AWS, Bedrock, SageMaker, Databricks, Spark, and Kubernetes. The work focuses on solving business problems within a regulated life sciences and biotechnology environment, requiring adherence to GxP controls and responsible AI practices.

What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?

Median $219575 from 46 postings across 19 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead discovery by clarifying business workflows, user needs, data readiness, and production implications.
  • Translate complex problems into executable solution designs, delivery plans, and technical workstreams.
  • Build and prototype critical production components including AI-enabled applications, RAG, and intelligent automation.
  • Define and maintain integrated architecture across applications, data pipelines, models, and security controls.
  • Orchestrate delivery across full-stack engineering, data science, ML, and security teams.
  • Establish integrated testing and AI evaluation covering performance, safety, and operational behavior.
  • Coordinate production readiness through CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and staged release management.
  • Communicate evidence, risks, and trade-offs while converting delivery lessons into reusable standards and playbooks.

What we're looking for

  • Doctorate Degree and 1 year of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field.
  • Master’s degree with 8-10 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field.
  • Bachelor’s degree with 10-12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field.
  • Diploma with 12-14 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field.
  • Strong hands-on proficiency in Python and SQL is preferred.
  • Demonstrated end-to-end technical ownership of at least one production AI, ML, software, data or automation solution is preferred.
  • Advanced capability in at least one role-defining pillar like Applied AI/ML, GenAI/RAG/agents, or MLOps is preferred.
  • Experience in life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, GxP or validated-system environments is preferred.

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