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Senior Specialist, Full Stack Developer,… at Bristol Myers… · Madison
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Job Description
Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a strong Full Stack Developer to join an AI-first, Agile product team supporting Global Regulatory Sciences (GRS). This role will develop and operate AI-native regulatory products, where large language models, agentic workflows, and data-driven intelligence are the default approach to solving business problems—not an add-on. The ideal candidate brings deep, hands-on software engineering experience delivering generative and agentic AI solutions in a regulated environment, with a focus on building production-grade platforms, integrations, and data-connected applications that can scale.
Key Responsibilities:
Rapidly prototype AI solutions, validate hypotheses with users and data, and iterate from proof-of-concept to MVP and production-ready releases with measurable outcomes.
Develop and maintain LLM-powered and agentic applications as long-lived products, incorporating human-in-the-loop review, controlled model updates, monitoring/observability, and governance (evaluation, auditability, and access controls) into the operating model. Experience with frameworks such as OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, and LangChain.
Build scalable, reliable, secure applications using Python and/or Java and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React). Leverage AI-assisted development and strong software engineering practices to accelerate prototypes into production-grade systems.
Design and operate secure document ingestion + vectorization workflows on AWS (S3, event-driven processing), enabling governed retrieval across structured and unstructured Regulatory Affairs content, leveraging Amazon S3 Vectors and/or OpenSearch.
Design and implement microservices and APIs on AWS, leveraging event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing where appropriate.
Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code to support repeatable, compliant deployments.
Monitor model performance in production and manage drift detection, evaluation, retraining/refresh, and rollback strategies.
Investigate issues across systems and data with strong critical thinking, delivering short-term fixes and long-term architectural improvements.
Monitor model performance in production and manage model drift, retraining, and rollback strategies.
Qualifications & Experience:
Demonstrated growth mindset with the ability to rapidly prototype, validate hypotheses, and evolve proofs of concept into MVPs and production-ready solutions. Comfortable working in ambiguity; quickly building POCs, gathering user feedback, and iterating to MVP with measurable outcomes.
Must have a minimum of 2 years of related work experience in software development; Pharma/Life Sciences experience is a plus.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
Strong proficiency in Python and/or Java, and a UI framework, preferably React JS
Solid understanding of AI concepts and familiarity in developing AI applications.
Practical experience building Generative AI and Agentic AI applications using tools like Claude, OpenAI, LangChain is a plus.
Experience with AWS Cloud services such as Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, Bedrock, SageMaker, is a plus.
Experience building document ingestion and vectorization pipelines (parsing, cleaning, chunking, metadata enrichment, embedding generation) to support RAG/search use cases.
Familiarity with vector storage and retrieval (e.g., Amazon S3 Vectors, OpenSearch vector search, pgvector, or other vector databases), including indexing strategies and relevance tuning.
Excellent data analytics skills - SQL/NoSQL databases, able to write efficient queries.
Strong technical expertise combined with a demonstrated commitment and passion for continuous learning and staying abreast of emerging technologies.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Must be a relationship builder and capable of working effectively in a highly matrix organization with strong communication, planning, and collaboration skills.
If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
Compensation Overview:
The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:
Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Work-life benefits include:
Paid Time Off
US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.
*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
Supporting People with Disabilities
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
Candidate Rights
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
Data Protection
We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself at https://careers.bms.com/fraud-protection.
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
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R1600492 : Senior Specialist, Full Stack Developer, Regulatory Engineering & Operations