Advanced AI Engineer - AI Reinvent & Engineering

DTU — Technical University of Denmark; Ballerup; On-site; DKK 570,000 - 838,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk is seeking an Advanced AI Engineer to translate strategic AI use cases into reliable products that create value across the company. You will independently deliver defined solution components and influence technical and product decisions in a global healthcare setting.

You will work with cross-functional product teams to build scalable, observable AI capabilities, applying responsible AI and CI/CD practices in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.

Qualifications

• Typically 2+ years of experience building AI or software products.
• Experience taking AI-centric applications from idea to production.
• Hands-on production AI operation including evaluation and trade-offs.
• Foundation in statistical and ML concepts with practical patterns.
• Strong programming and software engineering skills, APIs & CI/CD.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and coding agents.
• Knowledge of model integrations and observability approaches.
• Product sense to clarify needs and explain technical choices.
• Ability to work independently and contribute sound technical judgement.
• Collaborative mindset and continuous curiosity about AI field.
• MSc, PhD or related degree in engineering/computer science/data science.

Responsibilities

• Take AI- and ML-centric use cases from discovery through production in cross-functional product teams.
• Engineer the product-specific intelligence layer including data transformations, decision logic, model integrations and grounding.
• Partner with product managers and domain experts to frame problems and priorities.
• Use AI-assisted development tools while maintaining high standards for code quality.
• Build reliable, scalable, secure and observable solutions with testing and CI/CD.
• Apply Responsible AI, data integrity, traceability and auditability in a regulated environment.
• Collaborate with the AI Foundation team to reuse capabilities and patterns.
• Take independent ownership of defined solution components and contribute to decisions.

Skills

AI engineering

Production AI

Programming/CI-CD

GitHub

APIs

Model integration

Observability

Product sense

Independent delivery

Collaborative mindset

MSc/PhD in related field

Education

MSc/PhD in engineering or data science

BSc with industry experience

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure ML

Unity Catalog

MCP patterns

Job description

Your impact begins here

As Advanced AI Engineer, you will turn strategic AI use cases into reliable products that create value across Novo Nordisk and for the people we serve. You will independently deliver defined solution components, determine whether a problem calls for conventional software, a predictive model, retrieval-grounded GenAI or a carefully bounded agentic workflow, and contribute to technical and product decisions that shape how AI improves health outcomes across a global healthcare company.

What you'll bring

• Typically 2+ years of experience building AI or software products; demonstrated scope and capability matter more than tenure alone.
• Experience taking AI-centric applications from idea to production or contributing to a product or platform team.
• Hands-on experience operating AI in production, including evaluation, monitoring, reliability and cost-performance trade-offs.
• A sound foundation in statistical and machine-learning concepts with practical experience of modern AI application patterns.
• Strong programming and software engineering skills, including testing, APIs and CI/CD practices, preferably with GitHub.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and coding agents as part of software delivery.
• Functional knowledge of modern AI interfaces such as model and tool integrations, MCP and observability approaches.
• Product sense and the ability to clarify needs, shape solutions and explain technical choices to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently on defined delivery areas and contribute sound technical and product judgement.
• A collaborative mindset, self-motivation and continuous curiosity about the evolving AI field.
• An MSc, PhD or similar degree in engineering, computer science, data science, statistics, machine-learning or a related field. A BSc with relevant industry experience will also be considered.

Useful, but not essential

• Familiarity with pharma-specific AI domains such as clinical NLP, drug discovery AI, regulatory automation or medical knowledge graphs.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Azure ML and Unity Catalog in an enterprise data/AI platform context.
• Knowledge of MCP server design and enterprise AI platform architecture patterns.

What you'll do

• You will take AI- and ML-centric use cases from discovery through production in cross-functional product teams across Commercial, Manufacturing & Product Supply and strategic initiatives.
• Engineer the product-specific intelligence layer - data and feature transformations, decision logic, model integrations, knowledge grounding, user-facing services, human-oversight controls and fallback behaviour.
• Partner with product managers and domain experts to frame problems, agree priorities and define meaningful product outcomes.
• Use AI-assisted development tools productively while maintaining high standards for code quality and review.
• Build reliable, scalable, secure and observable solutions with appropriate testing, evaluation, documentation and CI/CD practices.
• Apply Responsible AI, data integrity, traceability and auditability requirements in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.
• Collaborate with the AI Foundation team to reuse shared capabilities and turn delivery lessons into reusable components and patterns.
• Take independent ownership of defined solution components and contribute to technical and product decisions.

Who you'll work with

You will join AI Engineering Solutions within AI Reinvent & Engineering, part of Enterprise AI. The team brings together engineers with strengths across statistics, machine learning, AI and software engineering. Your day-to-day work will often happen in cross-functional product teams across Commercial, Manufacturing & Product Supply and other business areas — keeping you close to the problems while maintaining strong links to shared practices and the AI Foundation team.

Your closest collaborators include product managers, data scientists, domain experts and engineers. The team is cloud-native, working across Azure, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, foundation-model APIs and modern AI application frameworks.

For more information, please reach out to Lead AI Engineer, Tankred Ott ().

What you can expect here

You will work in an environment that values technical rigour, experimentation, direct feedback and continuous learning. The role offers opportunities to build new skills at the forefront of AI and contribute to products used across a global healthcare company. You will be trusted to take ownership of your delivery areas and grow your expertise — and your progress as an engineer will directly support progress for people living with serious chronic diseases.

This position is part of a broader hiring initiative spanning three levels of seniority. We encourage candidates to apply for the role that best matches your experience, skills, and career aspirations. Our evaluation process will ensure alignment between your profile and the level at which you can have the greatest impact.

What we offer

At Novo Nordisk, you'll join a global healthcare company with a distinct culture and strong results. We offer continuous learning, career development, and benefits tailored to your life and career stage.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 570,200.00 to 838,100.00DKK, corresponding to the level of the position. The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.