Forward Deployed Engineer - Data and AI Applications

Advertised by Try&Hire on behalf of a client · Reference TAH-KJ486

Discipline
Data engineer
Region
Basel-City, Basel (BS)
Client
Pharmaceutical research
Advertised on
14.10.2026

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You embed with domain teams to turn data and research problems into working applications, building end-to-end solutions on a data platform from prototype through production.

Your tasks

  • Embed with domain teams to define success criteria and translate needs into shipped capabilities
  • Design and implement data pipelines, transformations and ontology alignment on the platform
  • Build user-facing applications and integrate with upstream and downstream systems
  • Define data quality checks and document assumptions and limitations
  • Support deployment, monitoring and ongoing improvement of production applications
  • Partner with product managers, data scientists and governance teams to align scope and standards
  • Create reusable templates and components to accelerate future deliveries

What you bring

  • Bachelor's degree in Biology, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics or related discipline
  • 8+ years of experience in biomedical research, bioengineering, bioinformatics or related domain
  • Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry building pipelines, ontology, applications and access controls
  • Experience delivering software, data or analytics products in a fast-paced, user-facing environment
  • Strong programming skills across data and application layers
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Conditions

  • Workload: 100 %
  • Work model: Hybrid
  • Option of a permanent position after the assignment if both sides want it

What to expect

  • Hybrid work, 3 days per week in the office
  • 3–6 months interim, then a permanent position

Technologies

  • Palantir Foundry
  • Python
  • R
  • SQL

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