Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

Glaxosmithkline; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 118,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK Enterprise AI is seeking a senior contributor to own BU engagements from framing to working prototype on their AI-native projects. You will prototype via AI-augmented workflows, mentor junior engineers, and lead delivery while ensuring clean handoffs to Solutions Engineers.

You will orchestrate multi-agent systems, validate AI-generated code, and shape engagement standards while operating at days-to-weeks cadences with strong ownership and accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience; Master's is a plus.
• 3+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering, AI engineering, machine learning engineering, or a related field, including production deployments.
• Experience programming in Python and at least one of TypeScript/JavaScript/Go.
• Experience designing, training, evaluating, or tuning ML/DL models (PyTorch/TensorFlow).
• Experience guiding or mentoring engineers and leading delivery work.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of BU use cases from problem framing through to working prototype, days-to-weeks cadence, with minimal supervision.
• Qualify incoming BU asks, challenge underspecified problems, and define scope before committing to an engagement.
• Embed with BU teams, build trusted relationships and domain understanding.
• Form kill/continue recommendations and present to BU and Enterprise AI leadership.
• Ship production-ready versions and hand forward to Solutions Engineer.

Skills

Full-stack software engineering

AI engineering

Production deployments

Mentoring engineers

Multi-agent systems

Python programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Master’s degree advantageous

Tools

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript/Go

Databricks

Apache Spark

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

PyTorch/TensorFlow

Job description

GSK Enterprise AI is seeking a senior contributor to own BU engagements from framing to working prototype on their AI-native projects. You will prototype via AI-augmented workflows, mentor junior engineers, and lead delivery while ensuring clean handoffs to Solutions Engineers.

You will orchestrate multi-agent systems, validate AI-generated code, and shape engagement standards while operating at days-to-weeks cadences with strong ownership and accountability.