AI​/ML Development Engineer, RD&E

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

As a Digital Technology Solutions (DTS) AI/ML Engineer, you will be instrumental in the development and maintenance of our internal AI and Generative AI capabilities and solutions that drive faster innovation velocity and speed to market with our Research & Development organization. This role requires a blend of expertise in machine learning operations (MLOps), ML Engineering, Data Science, Large Language Models (LLMs), and software engineering principles.

Role will report to a Senior Manager in the DTS organization that supports the K-C R&D business function. Role will not have any direct reports. Key Interfaces:
Product Owner, Business Analyst, Business Client, Solution Architect, Platform Architect, Data Engineer, Software Engineer, and Scrum Master. External Interfaces:
Consultants and software vendors. Travel may include approximately 0-10% of work time.

In this role, you will:

• Participate in research and innovation of data science projects that have impact to our products and customers globally.
• Apply ML expertise to train models, validate the accuracy of the models, and deploy the models at scale to production.
• Design and build systems which improve machine learning scalability, usability and performance.
• Work with data scientists and data engineers to build pipeline to train and deploy models.
• Lead the design of prototypes in our AI factory, partnering with product teams, AI strategists and data scientists, other stakeholders throughout the AI development life cycle.
• Lead the development, deployment, and maintenance of our AI solutions focusing on scalability, efficiency, and functionality.
• Aggregate huge amounts of data from disparate sources to discover patterns and features necessary to automate the analytical models.
• Create requirements for APIs to support the operational needs of AI models and services.
• Collaborate with ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and software developers to onboard existing and new AI use cases onto the observability platform, ensuring optimal integration.
• Apply best practices in MLOps, LLMOps, Data Science, and software engineering to ensure the delivery of clean, efficient, and reliable code.
• Research, write documents and technical requirements, white papers.
• Lead and transform data science prototypes.
• Design AI applications using efficient ML models.
• Select appropriate datasets and data representation methods.
• Explore the state-of-the-art technologies and apply them to deliver customer benefits.
• Think pragmatically when introducing new technologies. Balance the demand for short-term goals to meet project deadlines, with the need for longer-term and innovative solutions.

• Mentor a diverse team of junior engineers in machine learning techniques, tools and concepts. Provide guidance and leadership to more junior engineers.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Manage communications and requirements from different stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment on project goals and timelines.
• Keep abreast of the latest trends and advancements in AI, Machine Learning, LLMs, LLMOps, and software engineering to drive innovation within our platforms and services.
• Effectively communicate results to peers and leaders.

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