Senior AI Engineer

Senior AI Engineer

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Position Summary

As a Senior AI Engineer within Bristol Myers Squibb's AI Venture Studio Hub team, you will be a senior individual contributor focused on building the shared patterns, templates, components, and best practices that power Accelerator projects across Commercialization, R&D, Manufacturing, and Enabling Functions. You will spend much of your time hands-on in technical architecture, system and solution design, and building cloud-native GenAI platforms and reference implementations. You will create reusable GenAI building blocks and delivery patterns that enable AI Accelerator projects to move faster and smarter, and potentially step in to support or augment AI Accelerator pod teams when they encounter complex technical challenges.

Partnering closely with business, product, and technology stakeholders, you will promote responsible AI practices and help prepare successful proofs of concept for scalable, enterprise-wide adoption. As a senior engineer on the team, you will help set technical direction through influence, high standards, and mentorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain shared GenAI architectures, templates, and reusable components used across AI Accelerator pods.
• Contribute to and apply 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.
• Provide technical coaching through code reviews, design reviews, and architecture guidance to collaborating teams.
• Communicate technical trade-offs and decisions clearly to technical peers and non-technical stakeholders.
• 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 and trade-offs clearly to both technical teams and stakeholders.
• Help pod teams prepare successful POCs for Scale phase by aligning them with enterprise architecture, security, and operational standards.
• Embed responsible AI practices, including basic safety, evaluation, and guardrail considerations, into shared components and reference architectures.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Business, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, data science, AI, 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.
• 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
• Experience supporting peers through code reviews, design reviews, and informal technical mentorship.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Compensation Overview:

Brisbane - CA - US: $151,280 - $183,319 Princeton - NJ - US: $137,530 - $166,654 Seattle - WA: $151,280 - $183,319

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee's work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• 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.

Work-life benefits include:

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

Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, 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.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers With a single vision as inspiring as "Transforming patients' lives through science™ ", every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

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