Lead AI Platform Architect – Scalable Data & GenAI

Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC seeks a Senior Principal AI Engineer to shape the enterprise Data Platform for scalable AI adoption. You will design production-grade AI starter kits, reference implementations, and reusable patterns that accelerate AI delivery across dozens of teams.

You will lead enablement programs, contribute to governance and tooling, and partner with platform engineering, governance, and product teams to ensure safe, consistent, and rapid AI value delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with data and advanced analytics.
• 5+ years delivering cloud-based data products.
• 5+ years delivering projects in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, support, and enhance Vertex's enterprise data & AI platform.
• Design, build, and maintain AI starter kits and reference implementations.

Skills

AI technologies

Agile / project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering/related

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC seeks a Senior Principal AI Engineer to shape the enterprise Data Platform for scalable AI adoption. You will design production-grade AI starter kits, reference implementations, and reusable patterns that accelerate AI delivery across dozens of teams.

You will lead enablement programs, contribute to governance and tooling, and partner with platform engineering, governance, and product teams to ensure safe, consistent, and rapid AI value delivery.