Principal AI Engineer II

As a discipline expert and technology leader the Principal AI Engineer II will define and advance the strategy architecture and engineering practices required to develop deploy and scale artificial intelligence solutions across AbbVie. This role will investigate identify and implement state-of-the-art technology platforms that drive productivity and efficiency gains in own function and throughout multiple business areas. Technical leader acting at a group department and cross-functional levels. Responsible for managing the Data Solutions Business and/or technology environments and tying them to the Enterprise Architecture and other architectures designs.

Responsibilities:

• Define and advance AI engineering strategy architecture standards and roadmaps aligned with AbbVies business and technology objectives.
• Architect and build secure scalable reusable AI platforms services developer tools and components that support enterprise adoption.
• Lead production-grade AI solutions from ideation and prototyping through development testing validation deployment monitoring continuous improvement and retirement.
• Integrate AI platforms with AWS services and enterprise data software security identity and infrastructure environments.
• Establish practices for evaluation testing versioning release management observability performance monitoring incident response and operational support.
• Apply risk-based approaches to compliance GxP data integrity privacy cybersecurity documentation traceability human oversight and responsible AI.
• Partner with Quality Regulatory Legal Privacy Information Security scientific technical and business stakeholders to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor facilitate alignment influence decisions without direct authority and communicate complex tradeoffs and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evaluate emerging technologies lead innovation and proof-of-concept efforts and guide promising solutions into sustainable production capabilities.
• Mentor engineers advance engineering maturity promote knowledge sharing and represent AbbVie in relevant technical communities and partner engagements.

Qualifications :

Required

• Bachelors degree with 9 years experience Masters degree with 8 years experience or PhD with 4 years in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Data Science Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience designing deploying and operating production-scale AI and machine learning systems.
• Strong experience in AI/platform engineering including scalable platforms reusable components and production-grade AI solutions.
• Demonstrated experience designing building deploying and supporting solutions using AWS systems and services.
• Strong software and cloud engineering practices including secure design automated testing CI/CD containerization monitoring and operational support.
• Experience working in a regulated environment preferably pharmaceutical biotechnology healthcare medical device or life sciences.
• Experience supporting the full solution lifecycle including feasibility design development testing validation deployment and ongoing operations.
• Strong understanding of risk management validation change control data integrity cybersecurity privacy documentation and quality requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex stakeholders influence technical and business decisions and collaborate across organizational boundaries.
• Excellent communication skills with senior leaders technical teams scientific experts business partners and external collaborators.
• Demonstrated innovation and mentoring experience including advancing engineering practices and delivering measurable impact.

Preferred

• Experience with enterprise AI governance responsible AI model validation human oversight and AI lifecycle management.
• Experience with MLOps and production engineering including model evaluation APIs microservices CI/CD observability and infrastructure as code.
• Open-source contributions or technical thought leadership through publications patents or industry working groups.
• Experience leading cross-functional product development from feasibility through validation and production implementation.
• Enterprise AI or platform experience including AWS architecture governance security and integration with enterprise environments.

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. 

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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