AI Engineering Lead
· Location: Barcelona - Spain
· Hybrid
- Full time
About Sanofi
We are an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions.
Sanofi has recently embarked on a vast and ambitious digital transformation program. A cornerstone of this roadmap is the acceleration of its data transformation and of the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions, to accelerate R&D, manufacturing and commercial performance and bring better drugs and vaccines to patients faster, to improve health and save lives.
Our vision for AI
Join us on our journey in enabling Sanofi’s Digital Transformation through becoming an AI first organization. This means:
AI Factory: An extensive portfolio of AI products driving every stage of the company's value chain, from R&D and trials to manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial operations.
State-of-the-art Tech Stack: Globally deployed products using a state-of-the-art technology stack.
World-Class Mentorship and Training: Collaborate with renowned leaders and academics in AI/ML to enhance your skills and expertise.
Main Job Responsibilities:
Work in an agile development pod to design, build and maintain cloud hosted AI/ML platform products supporting automated pipelines that run, monitor, and retrain ML Models
Design and build effective, user-friendly ML/AI infrastructure services to enable scalable, auditable and maintainable AI powered products
Support life cycle management of deployed AI/ML apps (e.g., new releases, change management, monitoring and troubleshooting)
Work as technical leader to advocate MLOps best practices (e.g., develop and maintain enterprise standards, user guides, release notes, FAQs)
Walk stakeholders and leadership team through technical solutions and advise technical recommendation based on business needs
Collaborate with Sanofi Digital and Business domains to effectively deploy production level machine learning pipeline and support creating reusable components in the form of libraries and APIs to accelerate AI/ML operations
Research and gain expertise on emerging tools and technologies. An enthusiasm to ask questions and try and learn new things is essential
Act as technical lead and mentor for the junior/intermediate level AI/ML engineers
About you
You are a dynamic vastly experienced AI Engineer interested in challenging the status quo to ensure seamless AI/ML Engineering Operations that scale up Sanofi's AI solutions for the patients of tomorrow. You are an influencer and a proven technical leader who has deployed AI/ML solutions with technically robust lifecycle management and infrastructural support. You are deeply interested in improvement opportunities and always thrive to demonstrate ability to deliver using AI/ML Engineering skills while working across the full stack and moving fluidly between programming languages and technologies.
Key Technical Skills
University degree (Bachelor, Master or PhD) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or another quantitative field.
Solid experience of ML Engineering experience in building core ML/AI platform services powering building, deploying, monitoring and maintaining AI/ML applications utilizing cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, Snowflake etc.).
Experience in deploying, monitoring and maintaining ML applications at scale
Experience in developing and maintaining software libraries and frameworks following industry standard expectations. Contribution to open-source libraries is a huge plus.
Experience in developing and maintaining backend APIs (e.g. REST)
Ability to work across the full stack and move fluidly between programming languages (e.g., Python) and MLOps technologies (e.g. Github, Argo, Metaflow, WandB, Snowflake)
Experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines for AI/ML driven app development
Experience in building and deploying apps with large scale data and ML pipelines
Ability to assess new technologies and compile architecture decision records (ADRs)
Experience working in an agile team supporting and working with cross-functional teams
Knowledge of relational (e.g., Postgres SQL) and non-relational databases (e.g., Graph database, Vector Database etc.)
Familiarity in visualization technologies (e.g. Python DASH, Tableau, PowerBI)
Proficiency in provisioning cloud infrastructure leveraging Infrastructure as a code tools (e.g.: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) is a plus
Experience in cloud-based AI/ML engineering in an industrial setting within a global organization (technology company preferred)
Experience in working within compliance (e.g. quality, regulatory - data privacy, GxP, SOX) and knowledge cybersecurity is a plus
Experience in production model monitoring (e.g., model drift detection) and responsible AI application development is a huge plus
Mentoring and/or technology evangelism/advocacy experience is a huge plus
Soft Skills:
Excellent communication skills in English (both verbal and written as your work will require daily communication with teams around the globe).
Structured, goal-oriented, and highly motivated.
Able to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment and manage multiple priorities.
Interpersonal skills to work with technical leaders to define and enhance standards of development in AI engineering.
Why choose us?
We are a highly collaborative team of tech enthusiasts with experience from the world class tech companies around the world, on a mission to help Sanofi transform into a first-in-class AI-focused data-driven company
Your work will have a tangible positive impact on patients’ lives around the world
Help bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team
Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it is through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally
Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact
Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention, and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Play an instrumental part in creating best practice within our manufacturing facility
Pursue progress. Discover extraordinary.
Progress does not happen without people – people from diverse backgrounds, in various locations, playing distinct roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing innovative ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let us pursue progress. And let us discover extraordinary together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com
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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!