Agentic Applications Expert, Rapid Prototyping

Role Overview: Novartis has embraced a bold strategy to drive a company-wide digital transformation with the objective of positioning Novartis as an industry leader through the adoption of digital technologies. The Artificial Intelligence and Computational Sciences (AICS) team leads Biomedical Research (BR) in exploring and applying advanced AI and ML methodologies to generate novel drug discovery insights, improve drug discovery efficiency, and focus on patient needs. Key Responsibilities: - Build, implement, and deploy a cutting-edge and impactful portfolio of Agentic applications with BR drug discovery project teams and platforms - Raise the level of Agentic expertise and capabilities across BR - Regularly communicate, engage, and align with AICS teams, the broader data science community, and senior scientists - Initiate and lead key high-value internal collaborations across BR - Provide subject matter expertise, input, and evangelism to the field of AI across BR Qualifications Required: - 4+ years of significant experience in innovation, development, deployment, and continuous support of Machine Learning tools and models, including enterprise environment experience - 2+ years of hands-on experience fine-tuning and prompting large language models, with experience in pretraining and post-training being a plus - 2+ years of hands-on experience and knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool-use agents, and orchestration frameworks - Strong understanding and experience using version control systems for software development - Proficiency in Python and experience with automated testing, code review, and infrastructure-as-code - Entrepreneurial spirit with a proactive attitude and deep passion for understanding emerging technologies Additional Details: Novartis is committed to building an inclusive work environment and diverse teams. They offer benefits and rewards to support personal and professional growth. Novartis encourages individuals with medical conditions or disabilities to request reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process. Novartis aims to create a community of smart, passionate individuals collaborating to achieve breakthroughs that positively impact patients" lives.,