Senior AI Operations Engineer

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist within BTS to drive digital transformation through ML/AI platforms. You will build model registries, set up observability, and create reusable templates for scalable analytics solutions.

The role requires expertise across Databricks or SageMaker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and AWS, with GenAI experience and a strong cloud data estate background.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of ML/AI engineering, data science or AI platform experience.
• Advanced SQL, Python, Spark and multiple ML frameworks.
• Experience with Databricks or SageMaker for ML platforms.
• CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions or similar tools.
• IaC tools such as Terraform and cloud data lake patterns.
• Cloud deployment on AWS/Azure with large datasets and streaming data.
• 2+ years GenAI, LLM prompt engineering and RAG, AI agents.

Responsibilities

• Develop and configure model registries and experiment tracking.
• Set up model drift detection and observability patterns.
• Create reusable templates and patterns for rapid project creation.
• Build central CICD workflows across ML/AI projects.
• Set up and use Feature Stores and online feature serving.
• Design cloud architecture to solve ML/AI problems.
• Ensure code/data quality and reproducibility with compliance.
• Initiate and drive projects with minimal oversight and guidance.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

ML frameworks

GenAI

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Databricks

SageMaker

Terraform

AWS

MLFlow

Job description

• Compensation: USD 109,500 - USD 208,500 - yearly

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

Come to work each day with an inclusive and collaborative business technology team. As a Data Scientist in AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS), you will have opportunities to contribute to the digital transformation of a leading biopharma company, helping to create solutions that impact patients and their communities for the better.

A successful candidate will bring best-in-class AI/ML Engineering and Operations methodologies, deep understanding of AI/ML Platform space, proven history of solving operationalising ML and AI and ability to work with cross-functional teams to deliver and execute complex analytics problems.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and configure model registries and experiment tracking.
• Set-up model drift detection and observability patterns.
• Create reusable templates and patterns for rapidly creating projects.
• Create central CICD workflows across ML and AI projects.
• Set-up and useFeature Stores and online feature serving.
• Design cloud architecture to solve ML and AI problems.
• Enforcecode quality standards, data quality and ensure reproducibility and compliance.
• Initiateand driveprojects with minimal oversight and guidance.
• Tools and skills you will use in this role:
  • AI platforms like Databricks or SageMaker
  • CICD Tools like GitHub Actions
  • Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform
  • Lakehouse data storage patterns like Iceberg and Delta
  • JIRA, CI/CD and Agile project methodology
  • Cloud environment (AWS) with large datasets and with streaming data architectures.
  • Large Language Models and Generative AI
  • ML Registries like MLFlow

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree with 7 years of experience; Master's Degree with 6 years of experience; PhD with 2 years of experience.
• Respective years of working experience in doing ML/AI Engineering, Data Science, or AI Platform engineering.
• Respective years of experience in advanced SQL, Python, Spark, and a broad array of ML frameworks.
• Respective years of experience with advanced analytics and data science platforms like Databricks OR Sagemaker.
• Respective years of experience with CI/CD like GitHub Actions.
• Respective years of experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform
• Respective years of experience with data lakes like Iceberg or Delta.
• Respective years of experience in developing and deploying solutions in a Cloud environment (AWS, Azure) with large datasets and with streaming data architectures.
• Respective years of experience in using MLflow for model registry, experiment tracking, and model validation.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with GenAI application development, LLM prompt engineering, LLM-based solution architecture like RAG, developing Chatbots and AI agents using both unstructured and structured data.
• Self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, experience in initiatingand drivingprojects with minimal oversight and guidance.

Preferred:

• Experience with Pharma data, including insights into commercial sales and field operations is a plus.
• Consulting experience in ML/AI Engineering or Ai Platform domain.
• 5+ years of working experience in ML/AI Engineering, Data Science, or AI Platform engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in advanced SQL, Python, Spark, and a broad array of ML frameworks.
• 3+ years of experience with advanced analytics and data science platforms like Databricks.
• 3+ years of experience with data lakes like Iceberg or Delta.
• 3+ years of experience in developing and deploying solutions in a Cloud environment (AWS, Azure) with large datasets and with streaming data architectures.
• 3+ years of experience in using MLflow for model registry, experiment tracking, and model validation.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employer remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.