Engineer, AI Developer Platforms

Career CategoryEngineeringJob DescriptionJoin Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Our shared mission-to serve patients living with serious illnesses-drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas -Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease- we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Engineer, AI Developer Platforms

What you will do

Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role , We are seeking an Engineer, AI Developer Platforms, to help Amgen explore how emerging AI coding tools can improve everyday software delivery in a safe, practical way. You will work with engineers in representative codebases to use tools such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code,andother AI-enabled codingtoolsforprototyping,testingand documentation. You will contribute to evaluations, capture findings,and help create reusable guidance. This role is for an engineer with strong fundamentals and curiosity about AI-assisted development; it is not a model-training or traditional ML-pipeline role.

  • Use AI coding tools in representative codebases to understand code, implementsmall changes, debug issues, createtestsand improve documentation.

  • Contribute to structured evaluations of AI coding tools across common engineering workflows; document observations,resultsand limitations.

  • Build small prototypes,scriptsor reference examples that demonstrate practical AI-assisted development workflows.

  • Validate AI-assisted output using tests, codereviewand established engineering practices; raise quality, security, data-handlingor reliability concerns with the team.

  • Work with engineers, productpartnersand platform teams to gather feedback and improve developer workflows.

  • Helpmaintainreusable prompts, repository guidance, workflowtemplatesand onboarding materials, and share practical learnings with the team.

  • Support and deliver practical training and enablement sessions for development teams on approved AI-enabled development practices, including effective prompting, code validation, testing, secureuseand human review.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a person with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology,Engineeringor a related field

  • OR

  • Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Information Technology,Engineeringor a related field

  • Relevant certifications in cloud platforms, software development, cybersecurity, developertoolsor generative AI are a plus.

  • Hands-on experience writing code in at least one modern programming language, such as Java, JavaScript/TypeScript.

  • Foundationindebugging, source control, automatedtestingand code review.

  • Experience with, or strong interest in, AI coding assistants and a willingness to learn how to verify and improve generated output.

  • Ability to learn unfamiliar codebases, follow established engineering standards and document work clearly.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or comparable AI-assisted development tools.

  • Exposure tocloud, developer tooling, internalplatformor automation projects.

  • Familiarity with secure development, regulatedenvironmentsor responsible AI practices.

  • .Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals,healthcareoranother regulated industry.

  • Strong analytical,troubleshootingand attention-to-detail skills.

  • Strong analytical,troubleshootingand attention-to-detail skills.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills.
  • Curiosity,initiativeand willingness to learn emerging technologies quickly.
  • Organized, collaborative approach to managing priorities and working with global, virtual teams.
What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we'll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.careers.amgen.com

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Salary Range

95,949.70CAD -129,814.30CAD
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