Associate Engineer, AI Agents

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

As a Software Engineer, AI Agents, you will contribute significantly to the agility and productivity of our IT organization by building AI agents that challenge the boundaries of traditional computing capabilities. Your work will be crucial in enabling our IT organization (Business Technology Solutions) to fulfill its mission of using technology to propel AbbVie to the forefront of our industry. 

Are you excited about developing cutting-edge AI systems to create new opportunities and transform the way we deliver technology? If so, you may be an excellent fit for this role at AbbVie – join us in our mission to improve the lives of patients through innovation. 

This role is part of the Digital Experience and Innovation group within the Business Technology Solutions department. We set the vision for our digital employee experience and collaborate closely with other groups to bring that experience to life. 

This role is on site in Lake County, IL; we offer flexibility to work from home approximately 2 days/week 

Ideal candidates are

• Forward Thinkers: Pragmatically impact-driven individuals who are at the forefront of AI Agents but focus on making possibilities real and measuring impact. 

• Strong Technologists: Those who quickly learn the latest AI landscape, frameworks, and code on a detailed technical level. 

• Quick-to-Value Developers: Developers who understand that working code is paramount. 

• Highly Agile: Individuals who prefer to learn by building, experimenting, and iterating. 

Responsibilities 

• Deliver clean, scalable, well-optimized Python code 

• Work with a team of experts to determine optimal system design 

• Develop sensible unit tests and anticipate edge cases 

• Implement agentic workflows, from scratch where necessary 

• Understand the LLM landscape and help to evaluate the right tools for the right tasks 

• Support multiple projects and advocate for optimal solutions 

• Learn new skills and approach problems creatively 

• Work within constraints, including cost and security 

• Multi-task and work within timelines 

Required:

•  Bachelor’s degree in computer science and 2 years of relevant experience 

• Understanding of data structures and principles of optimal algorithm design 

• Experience working with foundational language models and LLM frameworks 

• Deep understanding of structured outputs, output validation and other agentic concepts 

• Demonstrated ability to deliver and maintain working software in a production environment. 

• Demonstrated experience in Python.

Nice to have: 

• Experience with AWS is a strong plus. 

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​​​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​​​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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