AI Solution Developer II

Overview

Parexel is in the business of improving the world’s health. We do this by providing a suite of biopharmaceutical services that help clients across the globe transform scientific discoveries into new treatments. We believe in our values, Patients First, Quality, Respect, Empowerment & Accountability.

This role will work within our Scientific Data Technology and AI department
, an innovative team that will build and deploy leading AI-driven solutions to improve workflows across Parexel and the life sciences industry. The team partners with the business to build best-in-class AI-driven solutions when nothing suitable exists.

This role will be based in the UK and can be either office or hybrid based in our Sheffield office or fully home based anywhere in the UK. The office is open plan, and you will be working in an innovative and collaborative environment with your international peers and colleagues.

As the AI Solution Developer II / Senior AI Solution Developer (depending on experience), you will be responsible for leveraging Palantir Foundry to develop and implement production-ready machine learning and AI solutions for high-impact areas in Parexel’s business. You will design, develop, and deploy applications, ML models and data pipelines within the Foundry ecosystem. You will work collaboratively with Data Engineers, SW Developers, Product Managers, and business stakeholders to develop innovative ML solutions and models from research to POC to production.

You will also support as experts within Parexel, supporting education and contributing guidance on Foundry-based ML solutions across the company.

Key Accountabilities;

ML and Gen AI Technology in Foundry

• Leverage Palantir Foundry to build and deploy reusable custom machine learning models, Ontologies and end-user applications.
• Design, implement, and document new ML/Gen AI modeling techniques and strategies.
• Develop ML pipelines and workflows in Foundry to support AI solution development and deployment.
• Review and adapt recent research in ML and Gen AI into Foundry-based prototypes and production solutions.
• Review code and pipelines of other engineers to enhance ML quality and security within Foundry.

Applied ML POCs and Experimentation

• Understand business needs and user workflows and support interpretation in the context of potential AI solutions in Foundry.
• Support development of custom models and AI / Gen AI solutions using Foundry's ML capabilities to address business needs.
• Lead experiment and model evaluation design based on well-founded best practices in machine learning to ensure safe, effective, and principled AI development practices within Foundry.
• Carry out AI solution prototyping and experimentation using Foundry's tools, various LLMs and environments.

AI-based Production Solutions

• Collaborate with Product to define and implement features to satisfy customer requirements within Foundry.
• Design and develop high quality AI-based production pipelines, workflows and applications in Foundry.
• Participate in planning and check-in meetings to identify customer needs, potential roadblocks and solutions and support the software solution lifecycle within the Foundry ecosystem from an AI perspective.

AI Expertise, Education, and Advocacy

• Act as an AI and Foundry advisor across Parexel.

Software Engineering

• Develop front-end software and user experiences using the latest application programming frameworks, libraries and languages with focus on using Palantir’s Foundry platform (Workshop, Slate, etc.) and external frameworks / libraries (React etc.).

Education:

• Educated to BSc. or MSc level in Engineering or Computer Science with a focus on Machine Learning (and GenAI) or other equivalent qualification/experience.

Skills:

• Experience in Palantir Foundry, its ecosystem and components, including building Workshop Apps, building and deploying Modelling Objectives and managing Code Repos and Pipelines.
• Machine Learning, Generative AI (Gen AI), Deep Learning (building and deploying NLP systems within Palantir Foundry).
• Proven CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Proven theoretical and practical experience in modern ML…