Senior AI Engineer

Moderna; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 145,900 - 234,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Well-being programs

Family planning benefits

Generous PTO and global recharge days

Equity award

Job summary

Moderna seeks a Senior AI Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operation of AI software platforms in Cambridge, MA (and Warsaw). You will own end-to-end architecture for AI/data products, including lakehouse patterns, CI/CD, and model lifecycle.

You will mentor engineers, set engineering standards, and partner with product, cybersecurity, and validation teams to meet GxP requirements while shipping scalable AI solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or a related technical field.
• 7+ years software, data, or AI engineering experience with 4+ years in production ML/GenAI.
• Expert Python and SQL; knowledge of Java/Scala/TypeScript.
• Frontend TS/JS with React/Angular/Vue/Svelte; backend APIs with Python/Node.js/Java/Scala.
• Experience architecting and operating LLM/GenAI systems (RAG, embeddings, model eval).
• Strong cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) with IAM, CI/CD, IaC.
• GxP, data integrity, validation docs, and change control.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and reference architecture for AI software delivery.
• Lead cloud deployment standards across dev/test/production environments.
• Build and review software components, APIs, and platform accelerators.
• Establish practices for AI/ML/LLMOps, testing, and release management.
• Guide SAP and enterprise data sources into trusted data products.
• Partner with product owners, cybersecurity, validation, and infra teams.
• Coach and mentor engineers across regions; promote best practices.
• Improve platform reliability, cost efficiency, and developer experience.

Skills

Python

SQL

Java/Scala/TypeScript

Frontend TS/JS

Backend APIs

LLM/GenAI systems

Cloud architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP)

GxP awareness

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/related field

Tools

Databricks

Terraform

Delta Lake

Vector search

Job description

Senior AI Engineer

Moderna is seeking a Senior AI Engineer in Cambridge, MA/ Warsaw, Poland to provide deep technical leadership for the design, implementation, and operation of AI software platforms and cloud-based deployment patterns for Supply Chain and enterprise Digital. This is a senior individual contributor role that sets architecture, codes critical components, establishes engineering standards, and mentors engineers while partnering closely with product and business leaders. You will own end-to-end application architecture and delivery strategy for AI and data products: lakehouse patterns, Unity Catalog governance, CI/CD and release automation, MLflow model lifecycle, feature/data product packaging, model serving, vector search, observability, cost/performance optimization, and validated releases for GxP use cases. The role requires demonstrated experience shipping scalable AI/ML/GenAI systems, APIs, and data applications in enterprise environments.

Here’s What You’ll Do

• Define the technical strategy and reference architecture for AI software delivery, GenAI applications, agentic workflows, ML services, and cloud-based data/AI platforms.
• Lead end-to-end cloud deployment standards across development, test, validation, and production environments, including workspace architecture, Delta Lake/Lakehouse design, Unity Catalog, Workflows/Jobs, MLflow, model serving, deployment automation, observability, and access governance.
• Build and review critical software components, APIs, orchestration patterns, model‑serving interfaces, reusable libraries, and platform accelerators that enable teams to move AI prototypes into production reliably.
• Establish engineering practices for AI/ML/LLMOps, including automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, release management, model and prompt versioning, evaluation, monitoring, incident response, and rollback.
• Guide integration of SAP and enterprise data sources into trusted data products, feature pipelines, semantic layers, and decision‑support services for Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, and Digital stakeholders.
• Partner with product owners, architects, cybersecurity, quality, validation, and infrastructure teams to ensure solutions meet business outcomes, security expectations, GxP requirements, and enterprise architecture standards.
• Coach and mentor engineers across regions, raise the quality of design reviews and code reviews, and help build a practical AI/Data/Automation Center of Excellence with reusable standards and assets.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, cost efficiency, data quality, and developer experience through metrics, architectural guardrails, operational playbooks, and continuous feedback from users and support teams.

Here’s What You’ll Need (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field; equivalent deep technical experience will be considered.
• 7+ years of software, data, or AI engineering experience, including 4+ years delivering production ML, GenAI, analytics, automation, or data‑intensive systems.
• Expert proficiency with Python and SQL, strong software architecture fundamentals, and experience with at least one additional language such as Java, Scala, or TypeScript.
• Hands‑on frontend engineering experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and a modern framework such as React, Angular, Vue, or Svelte, including reusable components, state management, forms, charts, browser fundamentals, accessibility, and responsive design.
• Hands‑on backend engineering experience designing production APIs and services using Python, Node.js, Java, Scala, or comparable technologies, including REST/GraphQL patterns, service boundaries, authentication, authorization, testing, observability, and production debugging.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and operating LLM/GenAI systems, including RAG, agents/tool use, embeddings/vector search, model and prompt evaluation, guardrails, monitoring, and human‑in‑the‑loop controls.
• Strong background in cloud architecture on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including IAM, networking, secrets management, CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, and production support models.
• Experience designing secure, compliant, auditable systems in regulated environments, with practical understanding of GxP, data integrity, validation documentation, and change control.

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain, quality, or another regulated operational domain.
• Experience with SAP‑centric supply chain data and integration patterns, including SAP ECC/S/4HANA, IBP, MM, PP, QM, SD, EWM/WM, MDG, BTP, or related analytics enablement.
• Advanced experience with Databricks Asset Bundles, Terraform or infrastructure‑as‑code, Databricks SQL, Feature Engineering/Feature Store, Vector Search, model monitoring, and lakehouse governance patterns.
• Applied expertise in forecasting, optimization, simulation, anomaly detection, scheduling, inventory, logistics, or decision intelligence methods.
• Track record of mentoring senior engineers, shaping engineering communities of practice, and influencing technical direction across global teams.

Pay & Benefits

• Competitive healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs.
• A holistic approach to well‑being, with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support.
• Family planning benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year‑end shutdown.
• Savings and investments to help you plan for the future.
• Location‑specific perks and extras.

The salary range for this role is $145,900.00 – $234,200.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An individual’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, performance, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, other incentive compensation, or equity award, subject to company plan eligibility criteria and individual performance.

Equal Opportunities

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non‑discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply! Moderna is an E‑Verify Employer in the United States. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Accommodations

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations team at [e-mail].

Export Control Notice

This position may involve access to technology or data that is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, employment is contingent upon the applicant’s ability to access export‑controlled information in accordance with U.S. law. Due to the nature of the work and regulatory requirements, only individuals who qualify as U.S. persons (citizens, permanent residents, asylees, or refugees) are eligible for this position. For this role Moderna is unable to sponsor non‑U.S. persons to apply for an export control license.