Edison Scientific
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
$200K–$300K
San Francisco +2 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 1, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York
Boston - Experience
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Education
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field; or equivalent demonstrated depth through professional experience.
About the job
Embeds with pharma and biotech R&D teams to deploy and integrate Edison’s AI agents, deliver measurable value, and feed customer needs back into product development.
What you'll do
- Translate scientific and operational needs into delivery roadmaps and production deployments.
- Build, integrate, troubleshoot, and improve AI-agent solutions while driving reliability and adoption.
- Develop customer relationships, identify high-impact opportunities, and communicate product gaps to internal teams.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production-grade software.
- Production experience building and deploying LLM-powered or agentic AI systems, including prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, model evaluation, and orchestration frameworks.
- Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript/JavaScript; able to independently write production code and debug systems.
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field; or equivalent demonstrated depth through professional experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in life sciences, pharma, biotech, or scientific R&D.
- Familiarity with regulated data environments such as GxP, HIPAA, or 21 CFR Part 11.
Pay
$200K – $300K USD base salary
Tools
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, LLM, RAG
AI focus
Deploys production AI scientist agents for scientific R&D, including prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, model evaluation, and orchestration.
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