Lead Scientific AI Platform Architect for Drug Discovery

Novartis AG; Basel; Hybrid; CHF 78,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Competitive base salary

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

The Scientific AI Platform Expert will join the DAx Data Science team at Novartis to build enterprise-grade AI analysis platforms and data products to accelerate drug discovery. This role leads multidisciplinary teams, operationalizes AI solutions, shapes DAx AI data strategy, and collaborates with enterprise IT. Reports to Head of Data Science, DAx.

Position is Basel, CH, Hybrid. The role expects 3+ years in scientific data science or AI/ML, with production-grade multimodal data platforms and

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience in scientific data science or AI/ML.
• Experience building production-grade multimodal data platforms for omics data.
• Familiarity with omics analysis pipelines and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch).

Responsibilities

• Translate scientific AI needs into impactful, decision-enabling solutions.
• Design, build, and sustain scalable AI pipelines and data products.
• Scale AI workflows with reproducible, FAIR data practices.
• Collaborate with enterprise IT and onboard external vendors as needed.
• Present strategy and results through reports, posters, and docs.

Skills

AI/ML

Data science

Software engineering

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms

Education

BS or MS in AI/ML / data science / related

Tools

PyTorch

Snowflake / Databricks / Foundry

Git / version control

Job description

The Scientific AI Platform Expert will join the DAx Data Science team at Novartis to build enterprise-grade AI analysis platforms and data products to accelerate drug discovery. This role leads multidisciplinary teams, operationalizes AI solutions, shapes DAx AI data strategy, and collaborates with enterprise IT. Reports to Head of Data Science, DAx.

Position is Basel, CH, Hybrid. The role expects 3+ years in scientific data science or AI/ML, with production-grade multimodal data platforms and