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# Senior Staff AI / ML Solutions Engineer

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Thermo Fisher Scientific posts a staff FDE role to build for teams inside the company, remote, hiring in North Carolina, at $138,000–$208,000 base, below the staff+ FDE median of $225,000 across 388 postings with pay. Lead AI project architecture and technical delivery through production. Read from the employer’s posting on November 6, 2026.

- [Thermo Fisher Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific)

First seen Nov 5, 2026 · open on Workday as of Nov 6, 2026

**$138,000–$208,000** Remote, hiring in North Carolina

Lead AI project architecture and technical delivery through production.

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## At a glance

### Posted base pay

$138K–$208K Below the median

Midpoint $173K · median $225K

This job $138K to $208K. Staff+ FDE postings, 388 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $197K to $262K, median $225K.

### The work

Builds for teams inside the company

Balance **Mostly building**

Project stages

1. Pre-sales (not covered)
2. Proof of concept (not covered)
3. Implementation
4. Operations

Travel **Up to 20%**

- **Coding**: Writes production code

- **Builds for**: Internal teams

- **Level**: Staff+

- **Role**: Technical lead

### What they ask for

Experience

- **6+ years** Computer science, data science, engineering, or related technical field and AI experience with an advanced degree
- **8+ years** Computer science, data science, engineering, or related technical field and AI experience with a bachelor's degree

Background

- **Software engineering**
- **Implementation and data engineering**

Visa

- **No visa sponsorship**

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## Conditions

- **Location**: Morrisville, NC

- **Work arrangement**: Remote

- **Remote work restrictions**: Remote within the United States; EST or CST preference

- **Visa sponsorship**: Not available

- **Travel**: Up to 20%

- **Pay**:

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## The job description from Thermo Fisher Scientific

### Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

### Environmental Conditions

Office

### Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams play a critical role in enabling informed, strategic decision-making that advances our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Across FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development, and Accounting, our global Finance organization provides diverse opportunities to shape business outcomes, drive innovation, and build meaningful career experiences.

We have a new opening within the Clinical Research Group (CRG) of Thermo Fisher for a **Senior Staff AI/ML Solutions Engineer **to support the Finance organization and serve as the hands-on technical lead for AI initiatives that improve finance business processes, decision-making, and productivity. You will translate business needs into practical AI solutions and lead their technical delivery from discovery and architecture through development, evaluation, deployment, and ongoing improvement.

This is a senior individual contributor role with responsibility for technical direction and project outcomes. You will collaborate across business and technology teams and provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior colleagues. People management may be included as business needs evolve, while hands-on technical leadership remains the primary responsibility.

This is a band 8 Remote position for qualified candidates in the US (EST or CST preference).

### What you’ll do

- Lead the technical delivery of AI projects, defining solution architecture, implementation plans, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
- Partner with finance and other business stakeholders to identify valuable AI use cases, assess feasibility, and establish measurable outcomes.
- Design, build, and integrate AI applications using generative AI, machine learning, enterprise data, and workflow automation as appropriate to the business problem.
- Develop prototypes and production solutions, selecting technologies based on accuracy, reliability, security, scalability, performance, and cost.
- Establish evaluation approaches for AI outputs, including quality, robustness, and appropriate human review.
- Design and implement the data pipelines, APIs, and enterprise integrations needed to support AI solutions.
- Collaborate with IT, architecture, cybersecurity, privacy, and data governance teams to meet applicable requirements throughout development and deployment.
- Apply sound software engineering practices, including version control, code review, testing, documentation, and automated deployment.
- Define monitoring, support, and operational handoff requirements; investigate issues and improve deployed solutions.
- Communicate technical recommendations, tradeoffs, project risks, and results to technical and business audiences.
- Mentor junior data scientists and engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and collaborative problem-solving.

### What you’ll need

- Advanced degree and 6 years of computer science, data science, engineering, or a related technical field and AI experience, or Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of computer science, data science, engineering, or a related technical field and AI experience.
- Demonstrated experience serving as the technical lead for AI or advanced analytics projects, including delivery into production.
- Strong hands-on proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience building maintainable applications and data integrations.
- Practical experience developing generative AI solutions using platforms such as Azure OpenAI or Amazon Bedrock.
- Experience integrating AI models with enterprise data and applications, including retrieval-augmented generation, APIs, and workflow orchestration.
- Ability to evaluate AI solution quality and explain limitations, technical tradeoffs, and deployment considerations.
- Experience with cloud services and data platforms such as AWS, Azure, Snowflake, or Databricks.
- Working knowledge of data architecture, ETL/ELT processes, data quality, and access controls.
- Experience using version control, testing, CI/CD, and collaborative development tools.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and delivery plans.
- Demonstrated ability to guide technical contributors and coordinate delivery across functions

### Preferred Qualifications

- Experience applying AI to processes, analytics, or enterprise productivity.
- Experience with distributed data processing technologies such as PySpark, Apache Spark, and Delta Lake.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise data models and semantic layers that support consistent business definitions, analytics, and AI applications
- Experience with predictive modeling and statistical analysis
- Experience using Azure DevOps or JIRA within Agile delivery teams.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we are committed to fostering a healthy and harmonious workplace for our employees. We understand the importance of creating an environment that allows individuals to excel. Please see below for the required qualifications for this position, which also includes the possibility of equivalent experience:

- Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
- Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
- Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
- Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
- May require as-needed travel (0-20%).

Location: EST or CST remote US. Relocation assistance is NOT provided.

- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

The annual salary range estimated for this position in North Carolina is $138,000 - $208,000 USD. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy.

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## About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Supplies life-science instruments, reagents, diagnostics, lab distribution, and pharma/CRO/CDMO services for researchers, clinicians, and biopharma manufacturers worldwide.

Public · 5000+ people

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