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Machine Learning Scientist
Location
California
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
$134.2K - $181.5K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Machine Learning Scientist
Amgen
• Work with a cross functional team of scientists and engineers building foundational models that are used, tested, and trained on real world applications of generative design to the development of therapeutic biomolecules. • Develop and implement groundbreaking machine learning and protein science solutions. • Collaborate with computational and experimental scientists to establish these tools as a foundation of the discovery pipeline. • Work towards individual ownership and a leadership role in determining model architectures and research program needs. • Engage with open source and academic collaborations in the machine learning field.
Job Requirements
- Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree and 2 years of machine learning experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of machine learning experience OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of machine learning experience
- PhD in in Computational Sciences, Computational Biology, Applied Math, Statistics or related quantitative field.
- Strong track record of research accomplishments including three or more scientific publications or conference presentations in machine learning
- Experience specifically with model training and diffusion model architecture, demonstrated by scientific publication or conference presentations.
- Experience with UNIX/Linux, Python, PyTorch, Git, and cloud computing platforms
- Experience working with biological data, and in applying machine learning to computational biology
- Strong communication and technical leadership skills with an enthusiasm for working in an interdisciplinary team environment.
Benefits
- 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
- 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.
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