OpenAI

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences - London

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24 days ago
London, United Kingdom
Senior

Responsibilities

  • Design and ship production systems around AI models, ensuring reliability and data integrity.
  • Lead discovery and scoping from pre-sales to post-sales, translating workflow needs into actionable plans.
  • Define and enforce launch criteria for regulated environments, including validation and audit readiness.
  • Build systems in sensitive data environments, focusing on auditability and access controls.
  • Run evaluation loops to measure model quality against scientific benchmarks.
  • Distill deployment learnings into scalable templates and architectures for regulated environments.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software/ML engineering or technical deployment experience in biotech, pharma, or clinical research.
  • Experience owning customer GenAI deployments from scoping to production adoption.
  • Familiarity with AI systems in trial design and regulatory writing, focusing on validation and compliance.
  • Strong communication skills across scientific, technical, and executive audiences.
  • Ability to apply systems thinking and improve operational standards based on feedback.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with 3 days in the office per week.
  • Relocation assistance provided.
  • Travel up to 50% required.

Categories

AI & MLBackendData Science