Technical Lead, External And Scientific Engagement

Merck & Co., Inc.

Competitive salary & incentive pyy; benefits: pens...
Hybrid
10+ years professional it experience
Full-stack development with react and node.js
Advanced python for backend and ml integration
Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking a Technical Lead for External and Scientific Engagement to drive innovation in AI and IT within their biopharmaceutical organization. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in IT leadership, full-stack development, and AI/ML projects, with a focus on mentoring teams and ensuring successful project delivery

Job Summary

  • This role involves guiding discovery-driven IT projects and AI initiatives from ideation through to production handover within a premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical organization.
  • The successful candidate will mentor cross-functional engineering teams, drive modern development practices like CI/CD, and ensure high-quality implementation of backend and frontend components.
  • Benefits include a hybrid working model, competitive salary, 5 weeks annual leave, and extensive perks such as tax-free cafeteria benefits and paid volunteering hours.

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Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking a Technical Lead for External and Scientific Engagement to drive innovation in AI and IT within their biopharmaceutical organization. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in IT leadership, full-stack development, and AI/ML projects, with a focus on mentoring teams and ensuring successful project delivery.

Salary

Competitive salary & incentive pay; Benefits: Pension, health insurance, 5 weeks annual leave, 40 paid volunteering hours; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 10+ years professional IT experience
  • Full-stack development with React and Node.js
  • Advanced Python for backend and ML integration
  • Cloud platform expertise AWS or Azure
  • AI/ML model prototyping and deployment
  • Data engineering with Databricks and dbt
  • Veeva Vault integration knowledge

Nice-to-have

  • Life sciences or pharmaceutical discovery background
  • Experience leading offshore development teams
  • MLOps practices and tooling familiarity
  • Agile methodology hands-on experience
  • Regulated content system implementation
  • Strong stakeholder management skills
  • Knowledge of data privacy compliance

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional IT experience
  • Expertise in React, Node.js, and Python
  • Experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms
  • Background in AI/ML model lifecycle management
  • Knowledge of Veeva Vault architecture
  • Proven track record in distributed team leadership

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