Lead AI Platform Scientist for Omics & Drug Discovery

DTX Pharma, a Novartis Company; Basel; Hybrid; CHF 78,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

14 weeks paid parental leave

Insurance plans

Retirement plans

Wellbeing resources

Global recognition programs

Job summary

Novartis seeks a Scientific AI Platform Expert to join the DAx Data Science team in Basel. You will build enterprise-grade AI analysis platforms and data products to accelerate drug discovery, lead multidisciplinary projects, and operationalize generative AI solutions. Hybrid Basel-based role reporting to the Head of Data Science, DAx.

You will work with omics data, MCP, LLM patterns, agent orchestration, and cloud-based data lakes, contributing to strategy and governance across teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in scientific data science or engineering with AI/ML in biopharma/tech.
• Production-grade multimodal data platforms for omics data and metadata.
• Experience with omics pipelines (genomics/transcriptomics) and deep learning (PyTorch).
• Familiar with agentic platforms (Claude Science/Biomni/Gemini).
• Software engineering basics: Python, SQL, version control, testing, orchestration.
• Experience with cloud platforms and data lakes (Snowflake, Databricks, AWS).
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate AI needs into scalable, decision-enabling solutions.
• Design and maintain omics pipelines and data products.
• Scale AI workflows with FAIR data practices.
• Prioritize resources for evolving research needs.
• Guide project evaluation, deployment, lifecycle, governance.
• Onboard external vendors as needed.
• Present outcomes via internal/external docs and posters.

Skills

AI/ML

Data science

Computational biology

Biopharma industry

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms

Pytorch

Omics pipelines

LLM patterns

Agent orchestration

Education

BS in AI/ML or related field

MS in AI/ML or related field

PhD candidates considered (last 2 years)

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Palantir Foundry

AWS

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Novartis seeks a Scientific AI Platform Expert to join the DAx Data Science team in Basel. You will build enterprise-grade AI analysis platforms and data products to accelerate drug discovery, lead multidisciplinary projects, and operationalize generative AI solutions. Hybrid Basel-based role reporting to the Head of Data Science, DAx.

You will work with omics data, MCP, LLM patterns, agent orchestration, and cloud-based data lakes, contributing to strategy and governance across teams.