Staff Software Engineer – Forward Deployed

pfizer.co.ke

Chennai, India
Hybrid
Ai-augmented development workflows
Full-stack development across stacks
Complex enterprise data integration
You will be embedded directly with business units including Commercial, Manufacturing, and R&D, operating like a "startup CTO" to solve real business problems through rapid solution delivery and deep domain expertise

Job Summary

  • You will be embedded directly with business units including Commercial, Manufacturing, and R&D, operating like a "startup CTO" to solve real business problems through rapid solution delivery and deep domain expertise.
  • This role encompasses multi-team initiatives with area-wide impact, where you will set your own direction, influence teams, and be recognized as a domain expert, handling very high complexity and driving through ambiguity.
  • You will architect end-to-end ML systems, fine-tune models for complex use cases, and design RAG systems, while also designing AI-augmented engineering workflows and balancing speed with verification rigor.

Matching Summary

You will be embedded directly with business units including Commercial, Manufacturing, and R&D, operating like a "startup CTO" to solve real business problems through rapid solution delivery and deep domain expertise.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AI-augmented development workflows
  • Full-stack development across stacks
  • Complex enterprise data integration
  • Rapid prototyping and validation
  • End-to-end ML system architecture
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems

Nice-to-have

  • Business domain immersion
  • Senior stakeholder influence
  • Problem discovery and definition
  • Cross-team technical leadership
  • Psychological safety fostering

Key Requirements

  • 9+ years of relevant experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • Experience leading complex multi-team projects

Work Rights

Not specified

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