IQVIA

Pharma AI/ML Engineer for Statistical Production

IQVIA • $117K — $327K *
Durham, NC 27713In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, or data engineering
  • Experience developing Generative AI/LLM solutions, including RAG and agentic workflows
  • Strong programming skills in Python and knowledge of APIs, Git, CI/CD
  • Familiarity with AWS and cloud-based AI/ML services
  • Understanding of AI reliability concepts, including validation and reproducibility
  • Strong analytical skills; experience in pharmaceutical or regulated environments is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop AI-enabled solutions for scalable Statistical Programming architecture.
  • Build end-to-end Generative AI workflows involving data retrieval and processing.
  • Develop RAG and knowledge-driven solutions adhering to organizational standards.
  • Create modular AI services and APIs that separate deterministic rules from AI-generated reasoning.
  • Implement AI reliability controls including validation rules and quality checks.
  • Establish human-in-the-loop capabilities for review and audit trails.
  • Support deployment practices across various environments including monitoring and security.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transition AI proofs of concept to enterprise solutions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits
  • Incentive plans and bonuses potential
  • Flexible work schedule options
Full Job Description
SP - AI/ML FSP Consultant

Summary of Key Responsibilities
  • Design and develop AI-enabled solutions for Statistical Programming, contributing to a scalable, modular, secure, and reusable architecture across multiple studies and use cases.
  • Build end-to-end Generative AI and agentic workflows encompassing data and metadata ingestion, retrieval, reasoning, tool use, code generation, execution, validation, and human review.
  • Develop RAG and knowledge-driven solutions that integrate organizational standards, metadata, specifications, historical study assets, programming conventions, and other approved knowledge sources.
  • Develop modular AI services, APIs, and reusable components, appropriately separating deterministic business rules and standards from probabilistic AI/LLM-based reasoning and generation.
  • Implement controls for AI reliability, reproducibility, and quality, including structured inputs/outputs, prompt and model versioning, validation rules, automated evaluation, regression testing, and quality checks of AI-generated artifacts.
  • Build traceability and human-in-the-loop capabilities supporting review, approval, feedback, exception handling, audit trails, and lineage from source information and retrieved context through generated outputs.
  • Support deployment and LLMOps practices across development, testing, validation, and production environments, including Git/CI/CD, monitoring, logging, model and prompt lifecycle management, security, and performance/cost optimization.
  • Collaborate with Statistical Programming, Enterprise Architecture, IT/Cloud, Security, Validation, and Governance teams to transition AI proofs of concept into scalable enterprise solutions while evaluating emerging AI technologies and architectural patterns.
  • Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, data engineering, or related technical roles, with demonstrated experience building and deploying production-quality applications.
  • Hands-on experience developing Generative AI/LLM solutions, with knowledge of RAG, prompt/context engineering, embeddings, vector search, structured outputs, tool/function calling, and agentic AI workflows.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and experience with modern software engineering practices, including modular design, APIs, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and preferably containerized/cloud-based applications.
  • Experience working with AWS and familiarity with cloud-based AI/ML services, data storage, security/access controls, logging, and monitoring.
  • Understanding of AI reliability and evaluation concepts, including reproducibility, hallucination mitigation, validation, prompt/model versioning, automated evaluation, regression testing, traceability, and human-in-the-loop approaches.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work across technical and business teams; experience in pharmaceutical/biotechnology or regulated environments and familiarity with clinical data, Statistical Programming, SAS/R, CDISC/SDTM/ADaM, or GxP principles is preferred but not required.
  • Good communication and organizational skills required


The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $117,500.00 - $327,200.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.

About IQVIA

Innovex offers superior and creative advice to corporations. In addition, they raised venture capital for our own affiliate companies, in addition to having assisted clients in fund-raising efforts, new venture outreaches, and financing. Their engineers and technical staff offer varied backgrounds in manufacturing, high tech, product design, quality control, safety, biomechanics, and robotics.

IQVIA Careers

Join the vibrant team at IQVIA, a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the healthcare industry. IQVIA is recognized for its commitment to innovation, leadership in healthcare, and a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

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Learn more about IQVIA
Size
82,000 employees
Market Cap
$37.5 billion
Industry
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Net Income
$279 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+15.3%
Revenue
$11.3 billion
NASDAQ
IQV
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