AI Engineering and Architecture Lead

Job overview

The AI Engineering and Architecture Lead role follows a hybrid work model in Burlington, MA, with onsite presence three days per week. The expected base salary is $190,000–$245,000 per year. PharmaEssentia is a biopharmaceutical innovator developing biologics for challenging diseases, including hematology and oncology. The lead establishes the company’s AI architecture and builds the engineering capability to turn governed data into production applications and agents for commercial teams. The role guides technical decisions, delivery standards, vendor integration, and responsible deployment, with success measured by sustained adoption and business outcomes.

What you'll do

• Define AI and application architecture across the Global Data & AI Enablement portfolio
• make build-versus-buy decisions
• design for the Snowflake data environment and evolving internal capabilities
• lead production AI application and agent delivery against the commercial roadmap
• prioritize engineering capacity with AI Product Strategy & Value
• establish evaluation, testing, monitoring, cost, security, and responsible-deployment standards
• define review and logging for field-facing AI outputs
• evaluate and integrate vendors
• build and mentor the AI engineering team.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

ai engineering and architecture lead

pharmaessentia

burlington ma

hybrid

onsite 3 days/week

full-time

artificial intelligence

ai architecture

production ai

llm applications

snowflake

commercial ai

$190k–$245k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• medical and dependent-care flexible spending accounts
• up to $150 monthly cell-phone reimbursement
• employee assistance program
• free parking
• short- and long-term incentives.

Why this role

Creates PharmaEssentia’s dedicated AI engineering capability and leads production AI delivery for commercial teams.

About the employer

PharmaEssentia U.S.A. is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology). Sector: 54.