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Principal Data Engineer, AI Enablement

North Chicago, IL, usFull-time2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10
Based in United States

Core

Design, develop, and maintain scalable AI-ready data solutions, LLM integrations, and graph analytics systems to support machine learning use cases in the pharmaceutical value chain.

Role type

Principal Data Engineer (AI Enablement)

Builds

Scalable data pipelines, LLM-integrated data solutions, graph databases, vector stores, and operationalized ML models.

Domain

Pharmaceutical industry + AI/ML data infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

MLOps, LLM integration, Data Agents, Agentic Memory, Graph RAG, text mining, unstructured data processing, data pipeline design, ETL/ELT, Python, SQL, distributed data processing (Spark), CI/CD, data governance

Preferred skills

Neo4j, Elasticsearch, AWS

Technologies

Spark, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, AWS, GPT, Claude

Responsibilities

Design and maintain scalable AI-ready data solutions for diverse datasets; Integrate LLMs for data mining, knowledge extraction, and automation; Operationalize machine learning models including deployment and lifecycle management; Capture requirements into expressive data models for graph analytics and GenAI integration; Research and recommend tools for graph databases, vector stores, and LLM integration; Provide technical leadership and act as a subject matter expert on emerging AI technologies.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic advisory