Principal AI Engineer – Automation & AI

You will make an impact:

The Principal AI Engineer – Automation & AI is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, building, and deploying AI-powered automation solutions across eClinical Solutions.

This role is builder-first (70–80% hands-on development) and operates within a small, high-output team (2–4 engineers). You will work directly with the CTAO and business leaders to identify high-value use cases and rapidly translate them into working AI systems in production.

This is not a program management or oversight role. You are expected to build, ship, and iterate continuously, leveraging modern AI tooling and agentic frameworks to deliver measurable impact.

Accelerate your skills and career within a fast-growing company while impacting the future of healthcare.

Your day to day:

Building & Shipping AI Systems

• Design and deploy agentic AI workflows and automation solutions across enterprise functions including R&D, Engineering, Professional Services, IT, Finance, Sales, and Marketing
• Build production-grade systems such as:
  • Multi-agent workflows
  • RAG-based applications
  • Document intelligence and summarization pipelines
  • Workflow and process automation solutions
• Use modern AI tools and frameworks including:
  • Codex, Claude Code, Gemini, NotebookLM
  • LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex (or equivalents)
• Rapidly prototype, validate, and deploy solutions in weeks, not months

Owning End-to-End Delivery

• Translate business problems into working AI systems
• Design lightweight architectures and iterate quickly
• Develop and implement:
  • Prompt engineering strategies
  • Orchestration logic
  • API integrations and data pipelines
  • Testing, validation, and monitoring frameworks
• Partner directly with stakeholders to refine outputs and drive adoption

Driving High-Velocity Execution

• Deliver continuous output with weekly or bi-weekly releases
• Prioritize use cases based on:
  • ROI and business impact
  • Technical feasibility
  • Speed to value
• Operate with minimal process and high accountability in a fast-paced environment

Contributing to Scalable AI Foundations

• Build and maintain reusable assets including:
  • Prompt templates
  • Agent design patterns
  • Integration utilities
• Contribute to lightweight standards for:
  • Security and data handling
  • Responsible AI practices
  • Evaluation and performance monitoring

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Provide technical guidance to a small team of AI engineers and automation specialists
• Lead by example through hands-on contribution
• Support the evolution of the AI engineering function as it scales

Take the first step towards your dream career. Here is what we are looking for in this role.