Senior Engineer, AI and Automation
Flagship Pioneering, Inc.3 months ago
Base Salary
$128k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy AI use cases across finance, legal, HR, research, operations, and other business functions.
- Maintain AI infrastructure and automation platforms, including MCP server integrations, agentic frameworks, LLM orchestration, and low-code/no-code tooling.
- Partner with the Enterprise AI Lead to move AI use cases from intake and triage through production.
- Build and maintain integrations between AI tools and enterprise systems including Coupa, NetSuite, Slack, and Microsoft 365.
- Establish MLOps capabilities for deployment, observability, usage monitoring, output quality tracking, and prompt iteration.
- Evaluate and implement AI-enabled SaaS tools through proof-of-concept builds and vendor assessments.
- Contribute to AI governance infrastructure, including usage monitoring, Zero Data Retention compliance checks, sandbox governance, and documentation.
- Collaborate with Information Security on AI security posture, data exposure risks, workflow guardrails, and shadow AI detection.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of technical delivery experience.
- At least 4 years of software and automation engineering experience, with experience shipping LLM-based systems to production.
- At least 2 years of experience with cloud-first architectures, preferably AWS.
- At least 2 years of experience building and launching applications using DevOps and MLOps tools.
- Hands-on experience with LLM APIs such as Anthropic or OpenAI, including prompt engineering, tool use, and multi-step agentic workflows.
- Experience building with MCP and other agentic tool frameworks.
- Familiarity with RAG architectures, vector databases, and document ingestion pipelines.
- Working knowledge of ERP and HRIS systems and enterprise automation platforms such as Zapier, Workato, or Make.
- Ability to build SaaS integrations using APIs, webhooks, and event-driven architecture.
- Ability to scope MVPs and production systems, identify high-leverage automation opportunities, and communicate with non-technical stakeholders.
- Life sciences, biotechnology, or research-adjacent experience is preferred.
- Experience with Coupa, NetSuite, Workday, UKG, or similar ERP/HCM platforms is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Cambridge, MA
- Healthcare coverage
- Annual incentive program
- Retirement benefits
- Broad range of additional benefits
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About Flagship Pioneering, Inc.
Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple transformative human health and sustainability products. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures. The current Flagship ecosystem comprises over 40 companies, including Denali Therapeutics, Foghorn Therapeutics, Generate:Biomedicines, Inari, Indigo Agriculture, and Tessera Therapeutics.