Senior AI Engineer

The Role:

Joining Moderna means advancing mRNA science to transform medicine. Work with exceptional global teams on a broad pipeline and build a career that makes a real difference for patients.

Moderna is strengthening its international business services hub in Warsaw supporting our growing global operations. We welcome professionals ready to help advance our mission and shape the future of mRNA medicines.

This is an opportunity to shape the engineering foundation that powers Modernas next generation AI capabilities across Supply Chain and Enterprise Digital. As a senior technical leader you will define the architecture standards and deployment patterns that transform AI machine learning and Generative AI innovations into secure scalable enterprise-grade products. Working across engineering product quality infrastructure and business teams you will play a pivotal role in accelerating how AI delivers measurable impact throughout the organization.

Heres What Youll Do:

• Provide deep technical leadership for the design implementation and operation of AI software platforms and cloud-based deployment patterns supporting Supply Chain and Enterprise Digital.

• Serve as a senior individual contributor setting technical architecture building critical software components establishing engineering standards and mentoring engineers across multiple regions.

• Own the end-to-end application architecture and delivery strategy for AI and data products including lakehouse patterns Unity Catalog governance CI/CD pipelines release automation MLflow model lifecycle management feature and data product packaging model serving vector search observability cost and performance optimization and validated releases supporting GxP use cases.

• Define the technical strategy and reference architecture for AI software delivery Generative AI applications agentic workflows machine learning services APIs and cloud-native AI and data platforms.

• Lead cloud deployment standards across development testing validation and production environments including workspace architecture Delta Lake and Lakehouse design Unity Catalog Workflows and Jobs MLflow model serving deployment automation observability and enterprise access governance.

• Design build and review critical software components reusable libraries orchestration patterns model-serving interfaces APIs and platform accelerators that enable teams to transition AI prototypes into robust production solutions.

• Establish best-in-class engineering practices for AI/ML/LLMOps including automated testing continuous integration and continuous delivery infrastructure as code release management model and prompt versioning evaluation frameworks monitoring incident response and rollback strategies.

• Drive the integration of SAP and enterprise data sources into trusted data products feature engineering pipelines semantic layers and intelligent decision-support services supporting Supply Chain Manufacturing Quality Finance and Enterprise Digital.

• Partner closely with product owners enterprise architects cybersecurity quality validation infrastructure and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet enterprise architecture standards security expectations regulatory requirements GxP compliance and business objectives.

• Coach and mentor engineers by raising the quality of architecture discussions technical design reviews and code reviews while helping build a practical AI Data and Automation Center of Excellence through reusable engineering standards frameworks and accelerators.

• Continuously improve platform reliability scalability developer experience data quality operational excellence and cost efficiency through architectural guardrails platform metrics observability operational playbooks and continuous user feedback.

• Leverage modern Generative AI technologies and emerging AI engineering capabilities to accelerate software delivery automate engineering workflows and enable intelligent enterprise solutions that create lasting business value.

• Bring demonstrated experience delivering scalable AI machine learning Generative AI APIs and enterprise data applications into production environments with a strong focus on engineering excellence and operational reliability.

The key Moderna Mindsets youll need to succeed in the role:

• We obsess over learning. We dont have to be the smartest we have to learn the fastest.

• We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.

Heres What Youll Need (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science AI Data Science Engineering Applied Mathematics Physics or a related technical field; equivalent deep technical experience will be considered.

• 7 years of software data or AI engineering experience including 4 years delivering production ML GenAI analytics automation or data-intensive systems.

• Expert proficiency with Python and SQL strong software architecture fundamentals and experience with at least one additional language such as Java Scala or TypeScript.

• Hands-on frontend engineering experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and a modern framework such as React Angular Vue or Svelte including reusable components state management forms charts browser fundamentals accessibility and responsive design.

• Hands-on backend engineering experience designing production APIs and services using Python Java Scala or comparable technologies including REST/GraphQL patterns service boundaries authentication authorization testing observability and production debugging.

• Demonstrated experience architecting and operating LLM/GenAI systems including RAG agents/tool use embeddings/vector search model and prompt evaluation guardrails monitoring and human-in-the-loop controls.

• Strong background in cloud architecture on AWS Azure or GCP including IAM networking secrets management CI/CD infrastructure-as-code and production support models.

• Experience designing secure compliant auditable systems in regulated environments with practical understanding of GxP data integrity validation documentation and change control.

Heres What Youll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience in life sciences pharmaceutical manufacturing supply chain quality or another regulated operational domain.

• Experience with SAP-centric supply chain data and integration patterns including SAP ECC/S/4HANA IBP MM PP QM SD EWM/WM MDG BTP or related analytics enablement.

• Advanced experience with Databricks Asset Bundles Terraform or infrastructure-as-code Databricks SQL Feature Engineering/Feature Store Vector Search model monitoring and lakehouse governance patterns.

• Applied expertise in forecasting optimization simulation anomaly detection scheduling inventory logistics or decision intelligence methods.

• Track record of mentoring senior engineers shaping engineering communities of practice and influencing technical direction across global teams.

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna we believe that when you feel your best you can do your best work. Thats why our benefits and well-being resources are designed to support youat work at home and everywhere in between.

• Competitive healthcare plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs
• A holistic approach to well-being with access to fitness mindfulness and mental health support
• Family building benefits including fertility adoption and surrogacy support
• Generous paid time off including vacation bank holidays volunteer days sabbatical global recharge days and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Savingsandinvestments to help you plan for the future
• Location-specific perks and extras

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010 we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform theinfrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.

By living our mission values and mindsets every day our peopleare the driving force behind our scientific progress and our we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients our employees the environment and our communities.

We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators and a Great Place to Work in the U.S.

As we build our company we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation teamwork and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn contribute and make a meaningful impact.

If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine we invite you to visit to learn more about our current opportunities.

Moderna is a smoke-free alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.

Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day please apply!

Moderna is committed to equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a persons race color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin ancestry or citizenship ethnicity disability military or protected veteran status genetic information sexual orientation marital or familial status or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

Were focused on attracting retaining developing and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences backgrounds and ideas we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best.

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodation or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations and Adjustments team at .

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