Principal, Data Science (Sr. AI Engineer)

About the role

We are seeking a hands-on AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy scalable AI and Generative AI solutions that accelerate innovation across Alcon R&D. The ideal candidate combines strong AWS Cloud expertise, professional AI coding skills, software engineering discipline, and end-to-end solutioning experience to address complex MedTech challenges.

What you'll do

• Design and develop AI and Generative AI applications using AWS services and modern AI frameworks
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agent, copilot, and intelligent document-processing solutions
• Develop secure, scalable APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications
• Drive technical solution design, architecture reviews, rapid prototypes, and production deployment
• Implement MLOps and GenAIOps practices, including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, observability, and governance

What you need

• 5–7 yrs of experience
• AWS
• Python
• LLMs
• Prompt engineering
• CI/CD
• Microservices
• B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA or M.Sc

Good to have

• Machine learning
• DynamoDB
• Elasticsearch
• Clinical research
• REST APIs
• FastAPI