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Agentic AI Platform Engineer

Hybrid in Mollet del Valles·Added 4 days ago (last checked 12 Oct)

Merck

27 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

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Requirements

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • Be near Mollet del Valles for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

Skills

The role

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you've got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.


Your Role : At the intersection of cloud engineering and artificial intelligence, this role puts you at the center of building the infrastructure that makes intelligent, autonomous systems possible at enterprise scale. As an Agentic AI Platform Engineer, you will focus on the design, evolution, and operation of a cloud native platform that enables teams across the organization to build, orchestrate, and run AI agents reliably and securely. Your work directly accelerates research and development outcomes that matter to patients and scientists worldwide. You will build and evolve major components of a multi tenant Kubernetes platform on Amazon EKS, driving end to end accountability from infrastructure provisioning through production operations. You will design and implement identity and tenant isolation, secure integrations with AI models and enterprise services, and the observability and evaluation frameworks that keep agentic workloads performant and trustworthy. Writing production Python, authoring Terraform modules and Helm charts, and building GitOps driven pipelines will be core to your daily work.

Beyond delivery, you will set technical standards, establish reusable platform patterns, and mentor fellow engineers, shaping the engineering culture of a global team that values quality, ownership, and continuous improvement. You will act as a senior technical advisor on cross functional initiatives, bringing deep expertise to decisions that influence the long term direction of the platform.

Who You Are

• You bring 8 or more years of hands on experience building secure, scalable, resilient cloud native backend systems at enterprise scale, with deep expertise in production Kubernetes platforms, preferably Amazon EKS, covering RBAC, networking, ingress, autoscaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting.

• You have strong AWS platform engineering experience across EKS, IAM and workload identity, VPC and private connectivity, ALB, Route 53, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, and S3, combined with proven Infrastructure as Code and GitOps practice using Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, Argo CD, and Git.

• You write production quality Python, including API integration, automated testing, and operational automation, and have built or governed CI/CD pipelines, preferably with Azure DevOps.

• You have practical experience with OIDC, OAuth2, JWT, least privilege access, tenant isolation, and Kubernetes RBAC, and you apply these principles to design secure, governed integrations across enterprise platforms.

• You have hands on experience building or operating generative AI or agentic systems, including tool integration, state and memory management, evaluation, observability, and failure handling, with familiarity with MCP and agent to agent service patterns being a strong advantage.

• You communicate with clarity and confidence in English, business fluent, written and spoken, and thrive in cross functional, international, environments where collaboration and continuous learning are the norm.


What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Hiring process

2 steps2 interviews
  1. Online application

  2. Application review

  3. Behaviour-based interviews

    With HR team and hiring managers

    Consistent behaviour-based questions about your experience, skills and attitude; by phone, video and/or face to face.

  4. Assessment centre

    Not every role

    Half-day event assessed against behavioural criteria; may include presentations, group exercises, case studies and role plays.

  • Expect to hear back within about two weeks of submitting an application.
  • Dress code and interview details are confirmed by the recruiter with the invitation.

About Merck

Merck is a global science and technology company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, operating across healthcare, life science, and electronics. With over 60,000 employees worldwide, it is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical and chemical companies, known for innovative medicines, laboratory solutions, and advanced materials. The company's life science division provides products and services for research and bioproduction, while its healthcare segment focuses on oncology, immunology, and neurology.

In Spain, Merck has a significant presence with offices in Madrid and Barcelona, supporting its healthcare and life science operations. The company is known for a collaborative and international work culture, offering opportunities for professionals in areas like data science, AI, software engineering, and healthcare quality. For international hires, Merck provides a dynamic environment with a strong emphasis on innovation and professional development, making it an attractive employer for those looking to advance their careers in Spain.

Industry
Life Science
Founded
1668
Employees
50,000–100,000
Headquarters
Darmstadt, Germany
In Spain
Madrid, Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

  • Merck is a global leader in life science and healthcare, offering international career opportunities.
  • The company has a strong presence in Spain, with offices in Madrid and Barcelona, providing a base for professionals in the region.
  • Merck emphasizes innovation and research, with many roles in AI, data science, and engineering.
  • The company offers internships and trainee programs, ideal for early-career professionals.
  • Merck's work culture is collaborative and international, with English often used in professional settings.
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