Embedded Data & AI Engineer (Foundry)

Novartis; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 298,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based incentive

Benefits package

Job summary

Novartis in Cambridge, MA seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer (Data42) to partner with domain teams, rapidly prototype, iterate, and productionize data and AI solutions on Palantir Foundry. You'll bridge users, product, and platform engineering to deliver measurable outcomes.

This role blends software and data engineering with a user-centric problem-solving approach, emphasizing workflow adoption, durability, and cross-functional leadership to enable reuse and scalable delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biology, bioengineering, bioinformatics, biostatistics or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in biomedical research or related domain.
• Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry building and operationalizing solutions (pipelines, ontology, applications, and access controls).
• Experience partnering with stakeholders to define solutions and deliver Proof of Concepts.
• Experience delivering software, data, or analytics products in a fast-paced, user-facing environment.
• Strong programming skills across data and application layers.
• Strong user empathy and workflow orientation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Embed with domain teams to understand workflows, define success criteria, and translate needs into shipped capabilities; Lead discovery, solution framing, and iterative delivery from prototype to production.
• Design and implement end-to-end solutions in Foundry, including data pipelines, transformations, ontology alignment, and application workflows; Configure and optimize Foundry-based applications to support operational decision-making and repeatable analytics.
• Ingest, transform, and model diverse datasets to make them usable and trustworthy for analytics and applications; Define data quality checks and ensure datasets are fit for intended use.
• Build user-facing applications or workflow experiences and integrate with upstream and downstream systems as needed; Support deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement of production applications.
• Partner with product managers, data scientists, data engineers, governance, and platform teams to align scope, timelines, and standards; Communicate trade-offs clearly and unblock delivery.
• Create reusable templates, components, and patterns to accelerate future deliveries across Data42; Mentor teammates and contribute to internal documentation and playbooks.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

User empathy

Rapid prototyping

Software development

Data engineering

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biology, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics or related discipline

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Python

SQL

Job description

Novartis in Cambridge, MA seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer (Data42) to partner with domain teams, rapidly prototype, iterate, and productionize data and AI solutions on Palantir Foundry. You'll bridge users, product, and platform engineering to deliver measurable outcomes.

This role blends software and data engineering with a user-centric problem-solving approach, emphasizing workflow adoption, durability, and cross-functional leadership to enable reuse and scalable delivery.