Bristol Myers Squibb · 15 hours ago
Associate Director, Senior AI Engineer
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$169K/yr - $205K/yr
5+ years expBristol Myers Squibb is a company focused on transforming the lives of patients through meaningful work. The Senior AI Engineer will be responsible for building shared patterns and components for AI Accelerator projects, collaborating with various teams to promote responsible AI practices and support technical challenges.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain shared GenAI architectures, templates, and reusable components used across AI Accelerator pods
Define and uphold technical standards and best practices for LLM-based applications, context engineering, MCP servers, agentic systems, and multi-modal solutions
Develop reference implementations, starter kits, and infrastructure patterns that accelerate setup and delivery of 12-week Accelerator projects
Continuously refine patterns and components based on feedback from pod teams, evolving needs, and advances in AI/ML services
Partner with Pod Leads to identify where shared components and patterns can improve velocity, reliability, and consistency of delivery
Temporarily embed with pods to help solve complex technical problems, spike new capabilities, or backfill critical skills as needed
Provide technical coaching, design reviews, and architecture guidance to pod engineers to improve solution quality and reuse
Assist with troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for challenging POCs or production-adjacent issues that touch shared components
Serve as a senior technical leader on the Foundations & Frameworks team, driving execution and raising the bar through strong engineering practices
Mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews, design reviews, and hands-on guidance, helping develop skills and technical judgment
Support onboarding and knowledge transfer by contributing to internal documentation, playbooks, templates, and reusable examples
Help establish lightweight, effective ways of working aligned with agile delivery, rapid experimentation, and reuse-first thinking
Collaborate with stakeholders across Commercialization, R&D, Manufacturing, Enabling Functions, and the AI Accelerator Hub to align shared patterns with business and technology needs
Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and platform roadmaps clearly to both technical teams and senior leadership
Help pod teams prepare successful POCs for Scale phase by aligning with enterprise architecture, security, and operational standards
Embed responsible AI practices, including basic safety, evaluation, and guardrail considerations, into shared components and reference architectures
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Business, or a related field
5+ years of experience in software engineering, data science, or related technology roles with increasing responsibility
Proven track record designing and delivering GenAI and traditional software applications, as well as reusable platforms, libraries, or shared components
Deep expertise in Python; some experience with TypeScript and modern frontend development (e.g., React)
Strong experience with MCP, context engineering, multi-modal GenAI inputs, and vector databases
Deep experience with AWS; familiarity with Azure and/or GCP is a plus
Practical experience with Azure OpenAI and AWS Bedrock
Effective use of coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI)
Comfort with GitHub and DevOps practices
Experience with Databricks, Terraform/CloudFormation, MLOps, or app observability is a plus
Knowledge of and experience in agile ways of working
Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership through influence (e.g. design reviews, standards, reusable patterns)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills across technical and executive audiences
Benefits
Health Coverage Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
Wellbeing Support Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Financial Well-being and Protection 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Paid Time Off
US Exempt Employees flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
Up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
Company
Bristol Myers Squibb
At Bristol Myers Squibb, we work every day to transform patients’ lives through science.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$29.33BKey Investors
Venrock
2025-11-05Post Ipo Debt· $5.75B
2024-02-14Post Ipo Debt· $13B
2023-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
Leadership Team
Charles Bancroft
CFO
Cristian Massacesi
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development
Recent News
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