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Senior Expert Cloud Data & AI Architect - Healthcare
Hybrid in Mollet del Valles·Full-time·Added 4 days ago
Overview
Job details
Full-time hours
Per the ad.
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.
Requirements
Have the right to work in Spain
Merck doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.
Work in English
English is required, per the ad.
Be near Mollet del Valles for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
Have 6+ years of experience
Senior-level role.
University degree
“Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field.” — per the ad.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
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!
Requirements
What we're looking for
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in cloud architecture, cloud engineering, or a closely related technical role.
• Hands-on expertise designing solutions on AWS, including identity and access management, storage, compute, serverless, data, and security services.
• Experience with at least one enterprise data platform, such as Snowflake or Palantir Foundry.
• Experience designing and delivering AI/ML or GenAI infrastructure, including data pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and governance.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality, privacy, security, and regulated-data considerations, including PII/PHI and GxP-relevant contexts.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, plus infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience designing or delivering GenAI and agentic AI solutions, including large language model application architecture, retrieval-augmented generation, agent orchestration, tool integration, evaluation, monitoring, and responsible-AI controls.
Nice to have
• Master's or doctoral degree in a related discipline.
• AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect, Data Analytics, or Machine Learning Specialty.
• Experience with clinical, research, manufacturing, regulatory, commercial, or supply-chain data in a healthcare or life-sciences environment.
• Experience leading architecture governance forums and developing enterprise standards, data lineage, metadata, or integration practices.
• Experience delivering scalable, multi-service data and AI platforms in regulated environments.
• Experience applying agentic workflows to regulated healthcare or life-sciences use cases, with security, privacy, auditability, and human-oversight controls.
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.
What you'll do
Your Role: As a Senior Cloud Data & AI Architect within the Healthcare Architecture Team, you will design and govern cloud-native architectures that enable scalable data, analytics, AI/GenAI, and agentic AI solutions across the healthcare portfolio. You will partner with Data & AI, Security, Platform, and cross-functional Healthcare teams to define standards, drive reference architectures, and enable governed solutions across AWS, Snowflake, Palantir Foundry, and related technologies. This role combines deep cloud engineering with data, AI/ML, and agentic workflow architecture to accelerate value delivery while ensuring compliance, security, reliability, and responsible AI.
• Design end-to-end cloud architectures on AWS and connected data platforms, including Snowflake and Palantir Foundry.
• Define and govern reusable patterns for data ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, and AI/ML workflows.
• Lead the architecture of AI/ML and GenAI capabilities, including MLOps, model monitoring, and risk controls.
• Embed security, privacy, data governance, resilience, and cost management into solution designs from the start.
• Evaluate platform and integration choices to improve performance, scalability, and total cost of ownership.
• Promote architecture standards and best practices; create reference architectures, design documents, roadmaps, and runbooks; and mentor engineers and architects on automation and infrastructure as code.
• Collaborate with cross-functional Healthcare teams to translate business priorities into scalable, secure, and compliant data and AI solutions.
• Define reusable architecture patterns for agentic AI solutions, including agent orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, tool integration, human-in-the-loop controls, evaluation, observability, and governance.
Hiring process
Online application
Application review
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.
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
- Website
- merckgroup.com
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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