Job Description

We would like to invite you become a part of a global Artificial Intelligence organization in Prague - Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has the global presence and helps to save lives!

Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation.

We are seeking energetic, forward-thinking professionals to join our Information Technology Center in Prague. You will have the opportunity to work on global teams to identify and tackle the biggest opportunities and challenges at the intersection of healthcare, information and technology. We offer project-based rotations to help with your professional development, and a flat, collaborative environment.

What you will do

• Perform research, assessments and technical evaluations of AI models, methods and frameworks to solve problems or derive benefit to company AI capabilities and generative AI program
• Conduct feasibility studies and create working proof of concepts for use-cases by exploring applications of AI to internal problems and datasets to de-risk AI engineering delivery
• Proactively scan and keep up to date with AI research
• Support the creation of intellectual property
• Develop and implement methodologies, benchmarks, toolkits for different AI approaches.
• Collaborate with data science and AI community on joint projects and investigations
• Work within an integrated manner with teams operating within agile frameworks
• Assist in technical training and knowledge sharing
• Senior members would have leadership of one or more AI domains and a small team of AI scientists and researchers, and be expected to play a role of active mentorship

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have

• B.S. or M.S. in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field. PhD highly regarded but not necessary
• At least 10 years of experience working with model training and deployment
• Proficiency in GenAI, deep learning, NLP, CV and ML frameworks, other AI disciplines regarded useful
• Hands-on code development experience and familiarity with the python scientific computing stacks
• Understanding of artificial intelligence research landscape and ability to review research publications
• Ability to communicate and express technical viewpoints to senior stakeholders with succinctness and clarity
• Experience developing algorithms in Python or C/C++. Knowledge of transformer-based models a plus
• Domain knowledge in pharmaceutical business areas such as research, clinical, manufacturing, commercial and corporate functions highly regarded
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience. PhD in a related field or equivalent practical experience not essential but highly regarded

# Artificial Intelligence, AI Research, Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, Software Development, Machine Learning

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases)
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system plus referral programme
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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