AI Solution Developer II

Parexel – Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

We do this by providing a suite of biopharmaceutical services that help clients across the globe transform scientific discoveries into new treatments. Our values:
Patients First, Quality, Respect, Empowerment & Accountability
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This role works within our Hyper Automation SG&A department, an innovative team building and deploying AI‑driven solutions to improve workflows across Parexel and the life sciences industry.

Location:

UK – Sheffield (office/hybrid) or fully remote from anywhere in the UK
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Role title:
AI Solution Developer II
. Responsibilities include leveraging Palantir Foundry to develop production‑ready machine learning and AI solutions, design, develop, and deploy applications, ML models, and data pipelines, and collaborate with Data Engineers, Software Developers, Product Managers, and stakeholders. A key focus is educating and guiding Foundry‑based ML solutions across the company.

• 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.
• Integrate recent research in ML and Gen AI into Foundry‑based prototypes and production solutions.
• Review and adapt code and pipelines of other engineers to enhance ML quality and security.

• Understand business needs and user workflows to support interpretation in the context of potential AI solutions.
• 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 best practices to ensure safe, effective, and principled AI development.
• Carry out AI solution prototyping and experimentation using Foundry’s tools, LLMs, and environments.

• 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, supporting the software solution lifecycle within the Foundry ecosystem from an AI perspective.

• Act as an AI and Foundry advisor across Parexel.

• Develop front‑end software and user experiences using modern application frameworks, libraries, and languages focusing on Palantir’s Foundry platform (Workshop, Slate, etc.) and external frameworks (React, etc.).

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

• Experience in Palantir Foundry, including building Workshop Apps, modelling objectives, managing code repos and pipelines.
• Machine Learning, Generative AI, Deep Learning (building and deploying NLP systems within Palantir Foundry).
• Strong foundation in CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems.
• Hands‑on experience with modern ML technologies: transformers, graphical models, information retrieval, LLMs, time‑series models, reinforcement learning, etc.
• Proven software engineering fundamentals, ability to write production‑ready code, establish high engineering standards, architect packages and own architectural decisions for shared codebases within Foundry.
• Knowledge of Python and scientific computing packages (PyTorch, Num Py, Scikit‑learn, Tensor Flow).
• Experience with data modelling and pipeline development in Palantir Foundry.
• Experience with front‑end development for intuitive user experience.
• Practical understanding of database technologies: relational, non‑relational and graph.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to advise and mentor.
• Flexible attitude toward work assignments and new learning.
• Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail.
• Willingness to work in a matrix environment with…