Senior AI/ML Engineer, Production AI (Contractor)

Legend Biotech is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to join their IT team in Somerset, New Jersey. This contractor role focuses on developing and deploying production-grade machine learning and Generative AI solutions that are scalable, auditable, and compliant with internal AI policies and regulatory expectations. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in establishing MLOps and GenAI Ops foundations, enabling the safe adoption of predictive ML and GenAI use cases across the organization.

Key responsibilities include designing, building, and deploying ML and Generative AI solutions, implementing GenAI patterns such as retrieval-augmented generation and prompt engineering, and ensuring AI systems meet enterprise standards for scalability, performance, reliability, and security. The role also involves building end-to-end MLOps and GenAI Ops frameworks, integrating AI workflows with enterprise data platforms, and defining evaluation frameworks for both ML and GenAI systems.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, along with over five years of hands-on experience deploying ML systems in production. Strong experience with Python and ML frameworks, LLMs and GenAI tooling, MLOps practices, and cloud platforms is essential. Familiarity with vector databases, embedding strategies, and RAG & graph architectures is also required. Experience in biotech, life sciences, healthcare, or other GxP-relevant domains is preferred.

Please note that benefits are offered exclusively to permanent full-time employees; contractors are not eligible for benefits through Legend Biotech.