Senior Data Scientist

Amgen · Hyderabad, India

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Amgen seeks a Senior Data Scientist for its Large Molecule Discovery team in Hyderabad to develop machine learning models that predict protein properties and guide experimental design. The role involves building scalable workflows, foundation models, and uncertainty-aware approaches while collaborating with protein scientists and structural biologists. Requires a doctorate with 4+ years in data science or related field, or a master's degree with 8+ years of experience.

What they're looking for

Doctorate in Data Science, Computer Science, Computational Biology, or related field with 4+ years experience
Or Master's degree with 8+ years directly related experience
Python programming and modern machine learning frameworks like PyTorch
Experience developing predictive models for biological or experimental outcome data
Familiarity with protein language models, representation learning, and generative modeling
Experience with uncertainty estimation, model validation, and generalizability assessment
Strong scientific communication skills with publications in machine learning or computational biology venues

What you'll be doing

Develop machine learning models predicting sequence-to-property relationships for protein design
Build scalable workflows for data processing, feature generation, and model evaluation on large biological datasets
Design and train foundation models including protein language models and diffusion models using multimodal data
Create interpretable, uncertainty-aware approaches that support experimental decision-making
Collaborate with protein scientists and structural biologists to define objectives and interpret results

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