Base Salary
$160k - $251k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of reusable software components for reliable and scalable AI/ML workflows, tools, and applications.
- Collaborate with computational biologists, bioinformaticians, data scientists, software engineers, and AI/ML engineers to identify research questions, define data requirements, and develop AI/ML solutions.
- Provide tactical and strategic technical support to AI/ML researchers and data scientists.
- Build and scale transformer-based foundation model and representation-learning pipelines for downstream tasks.
- Maintain Python packages and Docker images across the full software development lifecycle using modern DevSecOps practices.
- Stay current with AI/ML research and operations and propose innovative approaches that improve internal capabilities.
Requirements
- PhD in a related STEM field plus 4 or more years of post-graduate academic medical or industry experience, a master's degree plus 7 or more years of experience, or a bachelor's degree plus 11 or more years of experience.
- Experience with Python, PyTorch, AWS, MLflow, Docker, GitHub, and GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows.
- Experience building, deploying, and scaling AI/ML pipelines, particularly transformer-based foundation models and representation learning systems.
- Ability to lead projects independently and provide technical support to code-focused AI/ML engineers and data scientists.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, teaching, and teamwork skills in multidisciplinary environments.
- Interest in life sciences problems and agentic co-scientist environments.
- Preferred experience with multi-omics data, imaging data, Claude Code, Databricks, and GCP.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, healthcare, and other insurance benefits for employees and families.
- Retirement benefits including a 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive eligibility, if applicable.
- Regular employee position with a hybrid work arrangement, domestic relocation, and no travel required.
- Applications are limited to US and Puerto Rico residents; the posting ends September 25, 2026, and is effective through the day before the listed end date.
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About Merck
At Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. We foster a diverse and inclusive global workforce and operate responsibly every day to enable a safe, sustainable and healthy future for all people and communities. For more information, visit www.merck.com. This site is intended for residents of the United States and Canada and their territories only. FLS: http://merck.us/3TKXNuZ