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Principal AI Engineer — Tech@Lilly Japan (APEX - AI Products & Experience)

Eli Lilly and Company
🇯🇵 Japan
On-site
Staff / Principal
2 months ago
  • Apex
  • AI
  • AI/ML
  • MCP
  • RAG
  • MLOps
  • Devops
  • CI/CD
  • Snowflake
  • Python
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • LangGraph
  • GitHub Actions
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • IaC
  • PySpark
  • Machine Learning
  • Lean
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At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us. 


<Japanese>

本ポゞションは、日本のAIポヌトフォリオを支えるAI機胜の実装・運甚たでを䞀貫しお担うテクニカルスペシャリストです。APEXAI Product & Experienceチヌムに所属し、アヌキテクトず緊密に連携しながら、AI・生成AI゜リュヌションをプロトタむプから本番環境ぞず展開するためのアプリケヌション、パむプラむン、再利甚可胜なコンポヌネントの蚭蚈・構築・評䟡を担いたす。業務の䞭心は実践的なAI/ML゚ンゞニアリングであり、特に業務プロセスの倉革に向けた゚ヌゞェント型AI゜リュヌションに重点を眮きたす。これらを信頌性高く運甚するずずもに、゚ンタヌプラむズ向けAI機胜を怜蚌し、有効なものをプラットフォヌム䞊で再利甚できる圢に敎えるこずが求められたす。自埋的に業務を遂行し、技術蚭蚈䞊の意思決定に貢献しながら、実運甚に耐える品質のシステムを構築できる方に適したポゞションです。

䞻な職務内容

本蚘述は䜜成時点での職務党䜓の抂芁であり、責任範囲は状況に応じお倉化する可胜性がありたす。

  • プロダクトオヌナヌ、デリバリヌチヌム、アヌキテクチャチヌム、事業郚門の関係者ず連携し、芁件を゜フトりェア開発ラむフサむクルSDLC党䜓を通じお実際に皌働する゜リュヌションぞず萜ずし蟌む。
  • PoCおよび本番開発における技術蚭蚈の議論に貢献するずずもに、担圓範囲のデリバリヌを自埋的に掚進し、リスクは適切に関係者ぞ共有・゚スカレヌションする。
  • 急速に進化するAI領域基盀モデル、MCP等の連携プロトコル、A2A等の゚ヌゞェントフレヌムワヌク、関連する業界暙準の動向を継続的に把握し、重芁な倉化を実務䞊の提蚀に぀なげる。
  • 技術的な意思決定、機胜、技術的な制玄に぀いお、技術者・ビゞネス関係者の双方に明確に䌝える。

補足的な職務内容

構築Build

  • 生成AI゜リュヌションの蚭蚈・構築・テスト・改善。AIAdvanced AIを含むを掻甚したアプリケヌション、怜玢拡匵生成RAG、ツヌル利甚や倚段階掚論を䌎う゚ヌゞェントシステムを察象ずする。
  • 業務プロセスを分解し、生産性向䞊ツヌルからマルチ゚ヌゞェントワヌクフロヌたで、AIによる支揎に適したコンポヌネントぞず再構成する。
  • AIプロダクトを支えるデヌタ連携・統合パむプラむンを構築・保守する。

運甚化Operationalize

  • MLOps / LLMOps の実践デプロむ、バヌゞョン管理、モニタリング、評䟡パむプラむン、コスト・レむテンシ監芖、ガヌドレヌル。
  • ゜フトりェア゚ンゞニアリングおよびDevOpsの基瀎を適甚するCI/CD、コンテナ化、バヌゞョン管理、テスト、ドキュメント敎備。
  • 本番゜リュヌションのドリフトや性胜劣化を監芖し、解決を䞻導する。

評䟡・再利甚Evaluate and Reuse

  • ゚ンタヌプラむズAIプラットフォヌムや関連機胜䟋Snowflake、Lilly瀟内AI機胜を怜蚌・ベンチマヌクし、日本のポヌトフォリオにおける適合性、性胜、再利甚性を評䟡する。
  • 個別の案件にずどたらず、耇数の取り組みで掻甚できるよう、再利甚性ずスケヌラビリティを前提に蚭蚈する。
  • Architecture & Technology チヌムのAIリヌドず連携し、共通の構成芁玠・実装パタヌンの敎備を通じお、日本におけるAIプラットフォヌム基盀の構築に貢献する。

応募必須芁件

  • コンピュヌタサむ゚ンス、デヌタサむ゚ンス、゚ンゞニアリング、たたは関連する技術分野における孊士号たたは修士号。
  • AI/MLたたは゜フトりェア゚ンゞニアリング分野で3幎以䞊の実務経隓を有し、技術的に動䜜するだけでなく実際にナヌザヌに䜿われ、定着したAI掻甚ツヌルやアプリケヌションを構築した実瞟を有するこず。
  • Python による高床な実装力。
  • LLMを掻甚したアプリケヌションの開発・デプロむ実務経隓プロンプト/コンテキスト゚ンゞニアリング、RAG、゚ヌゞェントワヌクフロヌなどを含む。
  • MLOps / LLMOps の実務知識バヌゞョン管理、モニタリング、デプロむ、評䟡。
  • 䞻芁クラりドプラットフォヌムのいずれかでの経隓Azure を優先。AWS・GCP の経隓も評䟡察象。
  • 最新の゜フトりェア゚ンゞニアリング手法および開発ラむフサむクルSDLCに察する確かな理解。
  • ビゞネスレベルの英語力。

望たしいスキル・経隓

  • ゚ヌゞェント型AIフレヌムワヌクおよび新興の暙準仕様䟋:LangGraph、MCPの経隓。
  • DevOpsツヌルぞの習熟。CI/CD(GitHub Actions など)、Docker、Kubernetes、Infrastructure as Code を含む。
  • AI支揎型コヌディングツヌルを掻甚し、プロトタむピングや実隓を加速させるこずぞの適応力本チヌムの䞭栞的な働き方の䞀぀。
  • 本ポゞションの技術スタックに関連するその他の蚀語(䟋:デヌタ凊理向けの PySpark、サヌビス開発向けの Go)。
  • AIセキュリティ、デヌタプラむバシヌ、ガバナンスに関する知芋。
  • 芏制産業補薬・ヘルスケア・金融での実務経隓。
  • 技術動向の倉化が激しい環境での適応力。
  • ビゞネスレベルの日本語力。
  • 機械孊習、デヌタサむ゚ンス、AI゚ンゞニアリング、クラりドアヌキテクチャなどの分野における専門教育たたは認定資栌。

<English>
The Principal AI Engineer is a hands-on technical contributor who builds and operationalizes AI capabilities for Japan's AI portfolio. Working within APEX (AI Product & Experience) and partnering closely with the Architects, this role designs, builds, and evaluates the applications, pipelines, and reusable components that take AI and generative AI solutions from prototype to production. The focus is applied AI/ML engineering with a forward lean toward agentic AI solutions to transform business processes, operationalizing them reliably, and testing enterprise AI capabilities so the right ones get reused in the platform. This role suits someone who operates independently, contributes to technical design decisions, and builds production-grade systems.

Primary Role & Responsibilities

This job description provides a general overview of the role at the time it was prepared; responsibilities may evolve over time.

  • Partner with product owners, delivery teams, architecture, and business stakeholders to turn requirements into working solutions across the product lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Contribute to technical design discussions for POC and production work; independently drive scoped delivery while escalating risks appropriately.
  • Track the evolving AI landscape (foundation models, communication protocols e.g. MCP, agentic frameworks e.g. A2A, and industry standards) and translate what matters into practical recommendations.
  • Clearly communicate technical decisions, capabilities, and limitations to technical and business audiences, alike.

Supplementary Responsibilities

Build

  • Design, build, test, and iterate on generative AI solutions — AI (including Advance AI)-powered applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic systems with tool use and multi-step reasoning.
  • Decompose business processes into components suitable for AI assistance, from productivity tools to multi-agent workflows.
  • Build and maintain the data and integration pipelines that support AI products.

Operationalize

  • Apply MLOps / LLMOps practices — deployment, versioning, monitoring, evaluation pipelines, cost/latency monitoring, and guardrails.
  • Apply software engineering and DevOps fundamentals — CI/CD, containerization, version control, testing, and documentation.
  • Monitor production solutions for drift and performance degradation and drive resolution.

Evaluate and Reuse

  • Test and benchmark enterprise AI platforms and capabilities (e.g. Snowflake, internal Lilly AI capabilities), assessing fit, performance, and reusability for the Japan portfolio.
  • Design for reuse and scalability, so capabilities work across initiatives rather than serving a single use case.
  • Contribute to Japan's AI foundation layer, partnering with the Architecture & Technology AI lead on shared building blocks and implementation patterns.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Three or more years of hands-on AI/ML or software engineering experience, with a demonstrated track record of building AI-powered tools or applications that were actually adopted by end users — not just technically functional.
  • Strong programming skills in Python.
  • Hands-on experience developing and deploying LLM-based applications — including prompt/context engineering, RAG, or agentic workflows.
  • Working knowledge of MLOps / LLMOps practices — versioning, monitoring, deployment, and evaluation.
  • Experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP transferable).
  • Solid understanding of modern software engineering practices and the development lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Business-level fluency in English.

Additional Preferences

  • Experience with agentic AI frameworks and emerging standards (e.g. LangGraph, MCP).
  • Familiarity with DevOps tooling — CI/CD (e.g. GitHub Actions), Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code.
  • Comfort using AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate prototyping and experimentation (a core way of working on this team).
  • Additional languages relevant to the stack (e.g. PySpark for data-heavy workloads, Go for services) are a plus.
  • Exposure to AI security, data privacy, and governance practices.
  • Experience in a regulated industry (pharmaceutical, healthcare, finance).
  • Comfort in a fast-moving environment where the technology landscape shifts frequently.
  • Business-level fluency in Japanese (preferred, not mandatory).
  • Specialization or certifications in Machine Learning, Data Science, AI Engineering, or Cloud Architecture are a plus.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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Principal AI Engineer — Tech@Lilly Japan (APEX - AI Products & Experience) · Eli Lilly and Company

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