Principal AI Engineer, PDS BI&T

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Position Summary:

The Senior Manager role will architect and develop autonomous multi-agent systems that power analytics, diagnostics, and decision support across Product Development and Supply. This role focuses on building graph-based orchestration workflows that combine LLM reasoning with business logic, real-time data integration, and enterprise security patterns.

You will design agent platforms that go beyond conversational interfaces to deliver autonomous analytical workflows, automated validations, and intelligent routing across diverse business domain

Delivery lead – Hyderabad

Key Responsibilities:

Multi-Agent System Architecture & Platform Development:
• Design and implement autonomous agent workflows using orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, Autogen, or similar)
• Build complex state machines with conditional routing, parallel execution, and error recovery patterns for analytical and diagnostic tasks
• Develop graph-based workflows with 10+ nodes involving agent collaboration, task decomposition, and sequential/parallel execution
• Create reusable agent node libraries and extensible platform patterns supporting multiple business domains
• Design versioning strategies and testing frameworks for agent workflows (unit, integration, end-to-end)

Backend Development & API Design:
• Build production FastAPI applications with async I/O patterns for PostgreSQL, Redis, and external services
• Implement Server-Sent Events (SSE) and WebSocket protocols for real-time agent streaming responses
• Design RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures for agent orchestration
• Develop robust error handling, graceful degradation, and enterprise security integration (LDAP, SSO, access control)
• Handle concurrent async operations and deploy containerized services using Docker and CI/CD pipelines

LLM Integration, Orchestration & Tool Calling:
• Integrate cloud-based LLM providers (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4)
• Design prompt management systems with versioning, templating, and dynamic compilation
• Implement conversation state persistence using Redis checkpointing for multi-turn agent interactions
• Build tool-calling protocols (Model Context Protocol, function calling) for external data sources and APIs
• Develop response transformation pipelines converting raw data into structured analytical outputs (charts, insights)
• Create hybrid intelligence patterns combining LLM reasoning with rule-based logic and statistical analysis

LLMOps, Observability & Optimization:
• Integrate observability platforms (Langfuse, LangSmith, or similar) for end-to-end agent tracing and telemetry
• Build monitoring systems tracking agent performance, LLM usage, latency, costs, and quality metrics
• Implement evaluation frameworks measuring agent success rates, reasoning quality, and output accuracy
• Optimize token usage and manage LLM costs across production workflows
 

Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Partner with data engineers and business analysts to translate requirements into agent workflows
• Collaborate with UX teams on streaming interfaces and visualization requirements
• Mentor junior engineers on async Python patterns, agent design, and LLMOps best practices
• Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing

 

Desired Experience* | Required:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, Data Science, or related field
• 9+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years building production LLM-powered applications
• Expert-level async Python programming (asyncio, async/await patterns)
• Experience with agentic orchestration frameworks: LangGraph (preferred), LangChain, CrewAI, Autogen, or similar
• Production FastAPI or similar async web frameworks
• Integration with cloud LLM providers: AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenAI
• Docker containerization and Git version control
• Cloud platform experience: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

Critical Agentic AI Experience:
• Built autonomous agent systems performing multi-step tasks beyond simple chatbots
• Designed complex workflows with conditional logic and state management
• Implemented tool-calling patterns for external system integration
• Prompt engineering at scale (templating, versioning, optimization)
• Understanding of agentic design patterns (ReAct, Plan-and-Execute, tool-use agents)
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and ability to work in globally distributed teams

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:

• Prior experience in global life sciences especially in the PDS functional area will be a plus

• Experience working internationally with a globally dispersed team including diverse stakeholders and management of offshore technical development team(s)

• Strong communication and presentation skills

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in AI, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or equivalent is preferred

• Experience in implementing Agentic AI solution or MCP is preferred

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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