Senior AI & Data Engineer - Study Experience

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, AI engineering, data engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience developing production applications and services using Python.
• Practical experience building or integrating Generative AI applications, LLM workflows, agentic systems, or AI-enabled services.
• Good understanding of RAG, embeddings, vector search, retrieval, grounding, and LLM orchestration concepts.
• Experience with at least one AI orchestration framework or emerging protocol such as LangGraph, LangChain, MCP, or equivalent technologies.
• Strong SQL and data engineering fundamentals, including experience building production data pipelines and integrations.
• Experience working with AWS and modern data platforms such as Snowflake.
• Experience developing or integrating REST APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, version control, observability, and production support.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot complex issues across AI services, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to contribute effectively to technical design discussions.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with managed AI platforms or models such as AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI APIs, Azure OpenAI, or similar technologies.
• Experience with vector and search technologies such as OpenSearch, pgVector, Pinecone, Weaviate, or similar platforms.
• Experience building MCP servers, tools, or enterprise AI integrations.
• Familiarity with data technologies such as Airflow, Kafka, Apache Iceberg, or dbt.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar cloud-native technologies.
• Familiarity with AI evaluation, prompt/version management, structured logging, and AI observability.
• Understanding of AI governance, data privacy, security, responsible AI, and human-in-the-loop patterns.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as Life Sciences or Healthcare.

As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location.

• The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the NYC Metro Area is $114,750-153,000
• The salary range for positions that will be physically based in all other locations within the United States is $102,750-137,000.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a commission on the terms of applicable plan documents, and many of Medidata's non-sales positions are eligible for annual bonuses. Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides benefits, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k) matching, family leave, flexible paid time off; and 10 paid holidays per year.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Medidata are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Medidata is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Medidata will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

We will accept applications on an ongoing basis until we fill the position.