IDBS is seeking a Principal Software Engineer specializing in AI to lead the development of GenAI-enabled capabilities for bio-pharma organizations. The role involves hands-on technical leadership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and the establishment of sustainable AI engineering practices
Job Summary
Lead the delivery of AI-enabled platform capabilities that accelerate insight and decision making across drug discovery, clinical development, and commercial operations.
Design and productionise scalable GenAI solutions using approaches such as retrieval augmented generation (RAG), MCP-style integrations, and selectively applied agentic patterns, balancing capability, cost, performance, and trust to deliver measurable value from proof‑of‑concept through early adoption and general release.
Establish engineering best practices for GenAI/LLM applications, including system design patterns, evaluation approaches, reliability, scalability, and maintainability standards across the AI engineering lifecycle.
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IDBS is seeking a Principal Software Engineer specializing in AI to lead the development of GenAI-enabled capabilities for bio-pharma organizations. The role involves hands-on technical leadership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and the establishment of sustainable AI engineering practices.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Design and productionize GenAI solutions
Retrieval augmented generation (RAG)
AI-ready data foundations
Deploy AI systems into production
Versioning of prompts, models, and data
Nice-to-have
GenAI in life sciences/biopharma
Knowledge extraction and workflow automation
Cloud platforms like Databricks and AWS
AI engineering best practices and governance
Key Requirements
Designing, building, and operating LLM-powered capabilities
Developing AI-ready data foundations
Deploying AI systems into production environments
Establishing robust operational practices
Collaborating effectively with cross-functional partners