Director, Principal AI Engineer

Bristol Myers Squibb

Hybrid Actively hiring
Seattle, WA · Madison, Giralda Farms, NJ · Princeton LVL, NJ Posted 35 days ago $193,040–$233,913 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Principal AI Engineer at Bristol Myers Squibb’s AI Accelerator program, you will lead a small, cross-functional team to design and deliver generative AI solutions that transform core business processes across various departments. You will spend 60% of your time hands-on in technical architecture, system and solution design, and building cloud-native GenAI applications, while the remaining 40% involves leading and developing your team. Key responsibilities include owning end-to-end delivery of 12-week AI projects, managing trade-offs between experimentation and robustness, and ensuring successful POCs transition into scalable enterprise solutions. The role requires deep expertise in Python, TypeScript, React, AWS, Azure OpenAI, and coding agents like Claude Code and Codex. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to embed responsible AI practices and promote reusable patterns for future projects.

Skills

Python TypeScript React MCP AWS Azure OpenAI AWS Bedrock Claude Code Codex Gemini CLI GitHub Databricks Terraform CloudFormation MLOps Kubernetes CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Vector databases

What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end delivery of 12-week AI Accelerator projects from framing to handover.
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary pod, providing coaching and technical mentoring to team members.
  • Design and implement cloud-native GenAI applications using modern LLMs and ML services.
  • Embed responsible AI practices in solutions, ensuring basic safety and evaluation considerations.
  • Partner with stakeholders across functions to establish reusable patterns for future projects.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering or data science with increasing responsibility.
  • Proven track record designing and delivering generative AI and traditional software applications.
  • Deep expertise in Python; experience with TypeScript and modern frontend development (e.g., React).
  • Strong experience with MCP, context engineering, multi-modal GenAI inputs, and vector databases.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS; familiarity with Azure and/or GCP is beneficial.
  • Effective use of coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI.
  • Demonstrated people-management experience leading small engineering/data teams.

Market check

Salary context

This $193,040–$233,913 range sits above 48% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$179,700–$262,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$172,375–$246,150

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Bristol Myers Squibb

Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines to patients.

Bristol Myers Squibb currently has 23 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,530–$166,654 across 23 roles with salary data.

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