AI Engineer

Novo Nordisk A/S; Ballerup; Remote; DKK 651,000 - 957,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Ballerup, Denmark, seeks an AI Engineer in Quality AI & Data to build AI applications and agents that improve quality processes, taking prototypes to usable products in collaboration with process experts and users.

You will design, deploy and monitor AI solutions, focusing on end-to-end pipelines, evaluations, and governance. The role includes ownership of the software stack and interaction with enterprise systems, with base annual salary between 651,000 and 956,900 DKK.

Qualifications

• A relevant university degree.
• Built and deployed working software, and the ability to explain the technical decisions you made, the problems you met and what you learned.
• Strong programming skills in Python or another relevant language, with experience of APIs, databases and cloud services.
• Practical experience building LLM applications and agentic pipelines, including context management, retrieval, tool use and orchestration.
• Experience building evaluations from scratch: defining success with domain experts, creating representative test cases, automating checks and investigating failures across multistep workflows.
• The ability to turn an exploratory prototype into software that others can operate, maintain and improve.
• Ownership when requirements are incomplete: you test assumptions early and know when to ask for input.
• Clear written and spoken English, and the ability to explain technical choices to people with different expertise.
• Interest in applying AI to pharmaceutical quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the AI applications and agents you build, from initial design through deployment and operation.
• Design and build agents, including orchestration, retrieval, tool use and integrations with enterprise systems and data sources.
• Build the software around the AI, such as APIs, data processing and application components, so the result is a usable product.
• Work directly with users and process experts to understand their workflows, test prototypes and improve based on their feedback.
• Develop evaluation datasets and automated evaluations that cover individual components and complete agent workflows.
• Use evaluations, regression tests and production feedback to investigate failures and assess changes to models, prompts, tools and orchestration.
• Apply sound engineering practices, including code review, automated testing, version control, deployment and monitoring.

Skills

Python

LLM apps

APIs & cloud

Prototyping to product

English communication

Workflow orchestration

Education

Relevant university degree

Job description

Your impact begins here

As AI Engineer in Quality AI & Data, you will build AI applications and agents that help colleagues work faster and with greater clarity across Novo’s quality processes. You will take your work from first prototype to a product people use every day, shaped with the users and process experts who know the workflows best. Your work supports high quality across Novo, and helps treatments reach people living with serious chronic diseases.

What you’ll bring

• A relevant university degree.
• Built and deployed working software, and the ability to explain the technical decisions you made, the problems you met and what you learned.
• Strong programming skills in Python or another relevant language, with experience of APIs, databases and cloud services.
• Practical experience building LLM applications and agentic pipelines, including context management, retrieval, tool use and orchestration.
• Experience building evaluations from scratch: defining success with domain experts, creating representative test cases, automating checks and investigating failures across multistep workflows.
• The ability to turn an exploratory prototype into software that others can operate, maintain and improve.
• Ownership when requirements are incomplete: you test assumptions early and know when to ask for input.
• Clear written and spoken English, and the ability to explain technical choices to people with different expertise.
• Interest in applying AI to pharmaceutical quality.

Useful, but not essential:

• Experience with GxP software or other regulated environments.

You will own the AI applications and agents you build, from initial design through deployment and operation.

• Design and build agents, including orchestration, retrieval, tool use and integrations with enterprise systems and data sources.
• Build the software around the AI, such as APIs, data processing and application components, so the result is a usable product.
• Work directly with users and process experts to understand their workflows, test prototypes and improve based on their feedback.
• Develop evaluation datasets and automated evaluations that cover individual components and complete agent workflows.
• Use evaluations, regression tests and production feedback to investigate failures and assess changes to models, prompts, tools and orchestration.
• Apply sound engineering practices, including code review, automated testing, version control, deployment and monitoring.

Who you’ll work with

You will join Quality AI & Data, part of Enterprise IT & Quality, where colleagues work across the Novo value chain, stay close to stakeholders and help deliver trusted technology and high quality. [Insert hiring manager and team details.]

Your partners will include fellow engineers, process experts and end users, as well as senior management. The scope is global across Novo Quality processes, so you will build relationships across functions, units and geographies. You will present clear analyses, recommendations and progress updates that help managers make decisions, and you will help simplify ways of working and improve the user experience across the department. The position is based in Ballerup, Denmark.

What you can expect here

You will be trusted to act independently within your scope and to take ownership of what you build. You will be challenged with complex problems, and supported by colleagues who share curiosity and a drive to raise the bar. You will grow by working at the forefront of AI and technology, applied to a regulated, high-stakes domain, and by learning from users and experts across Novo.

For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 651,000.00 to 956,900.00 DKK, 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 .

21 November 2026

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

Department: Quality AI & Data Enterprise IT & Quality