AI Platform Engineer: GenAI & Enterprise APIs

AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to support an enterprise AI platform. This hands-on role involves building, testing, and maintaining production-ready AI capabilities to enable teams across AbbVie to use generative AI responsibly and effectively.

The engineer will work with product owners, architects, and security partners to deliver reliable platform features, improve developer experience, and integrate patterns across scientific, clinical, commercial, and operational areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of relevant technical experience or Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant technical experience.
• Hands-on experience building or supporting software applications, APIs, cloud-based services, data pipelines, automation, or AI/ML-enabled solutions.
• Working knowledge of modern software development practices, including source control, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, documentation, and agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain AI platform capabilities including APIs, backend services, user workflows, automation scripts, and integration components.
• Contribute to reusable engineering patterns for prompt management, retrieval-augmented generation, model routing, evaluation, observability, and secure access to enterprise data and tools.
• Collaborate with product owners, senior engineers, architects, and stakeholders to understand requirements, estimate work, and deliver maintainable solutions.
• Support AI platform onboarding and adoption by helping teams troubleshoot issues, improve documentation, and apply approved development patterns.
• Assist with quality engineering activities including unit, integration, and user acceptance testing; defect resolution and validation for controlled environments.
• Help operate and improve AI platform production services by monitoring reliability, investigating incidents, and automating recurring tasks.
• Adhere to AbbVie standards for secure software delivery, responsible AI, privacy, data protection, and lifecycle processes.
• Communicate progress, risks, and technical findings clearly to teammates and stakeholders.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Containers

APIs

Data pipelines

AI/ML

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of relevant technical experience

Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant technical experience

Tools

CI/CD tooling

APIs

Cloud platforms

Containers

Job description

AbbVie Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to support an enterprise AI platform. This hands-on role involves building, testing, and maintaining production-ready AI capabilities to enable teams across AbbVie to use generative AI responsibly and effectively.

The engineer will work with product owners, architects, and security partners to deliver reliable platform features, improve developer experience, and integrate patterns across scientific, clinical, commercial, and operational areas.