Associate Scientist, Data II

Company Description

About Abb Vie

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, ()  Facebook, Instagram () , X ()  and You Tube.

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Job Description

We are seeking an experienced AI Data Scientist II to join our innovative FAiM Team at Abb Vie Pharmaceuticals. This position is an opportunity to join a team and work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, clinical trial design, and application development within the Global Therapeutics space  this role, you will leverage cutting-edge AI technologies to transform our clinical data operations and drive pharmaceutical innovation.

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise and development leadership with clinical science knowledge to create solutions that accelerate drug discovery and improve patient outcomes.

This role will work collaboratively with technology and business groups to perform analyses and implement technologies to deliver precise, reliable, and reproducible solutions in a timely manner as a developer and data scientist. Communication skills are key to being able to interface with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

+ Design, develop, and deploy AI-driven solutions to solve complex clinical and pharmaceutical challenges.

+ Develop and maintain backend systems using Python FastAPI for robust data processing pipelines.

+ Implement agentic workflow using MCP tools and an agentic orchestrator such as Lang Graph.

+ Applicant must have experience with Claude Code, MCP servers, and Github for coding.

+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams including clinical scientists, IT, and business stakeholders to include technical timelines and planning.

+ Lead multiple concurrent projects while maintaining exceptional quality standards.

+ Translate complex technical concepts into accessible insights for non-technical stakeholders.

+ Build and maintain relationships with internal teams and external vendors to stay informed on AI trends and best practices. 

+ Independently design and develop business technology solutions to answer scientific or business questions through integration, visualization, and analysis of data.

+ Demonstrate proficiency across a range of technologies related to storage, transfer, integration, visualization, and analysis of large and complex data sets.

+ Demonstrate knowledge of the pharmaceutical and healthcare business, and utilize this knowledge in the rapid advancement of agile, impactful, and cost-effective solutions.

+ Effectively organize and present project objectives and progress. Contribute to technical publications and presentations.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field with 2 years of experience, or a Master's degree with 0 years of experience.

+ Demonstrated experience applying AI/ML in clinical or pharmaceutical contexts.

+ Hands-on experience using large language models and machine learning algorithms.

+ Strong programming skills in Python with emphasis on data science libraries including FastAPI and Pandas.

+ Backend development experience using FastAPI.

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Experience with Claude Code, MCP servers, and Github.

+ Experience building applications on AWS infrastructure.

+ Excellent written and oral communication skills.

+ Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

+ The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors…