AI Solutions Engineer

We are seeking a hands-on AI Solutions Engineer (Freelance) to support the development and deployment of internal AI-powered systems used by Syneos Health Communications teams.

This role is focused on designing, developing, and deploying AI-enabled solutions that support daily work across PR, advertising, medical communications, and related business units.

The freelancer will work with the Innovation Team to translate business unit requirements into working, production-ready AI systems, adapting existing code where available and originating new code where required. A key responsibility will be progressing these builds through to secure hosting on Azure.

Key Responsibilities

Internal AI Build Development

• Design and develop AI-powered internal systems based on business unit requirements
• Adapt and extend existing internal codebases where available
• Originate new Python-based solutions where no existing code exists
• Experience with RAG pipelines and context engineering

Engineering & Implementation

• Writes modular, maintainable code across projects in Python and other relevant languages. Confident with Git, contributing to documentation.
• Structure inputs, outputs, and schemas to ensure tools are usable and scalable
• Support integration of AI components e.g.LLM APIs into workflows
• Ensure builds are robust, documented, and suitable for handover

Deployment & Hosting

• Building and maintaining evaluation pipelines to track performance when needed
• Work with Azure-based environments to get systems live and accessible
• Evaluation frameworks for performance, compliance, and ethical use

Collaboration & Iteration

• Work closely with the Innovation Team to refine requirements and priorities
• Iterate builds based on feedback from internal users
• Support multiple internal builds in parallel during the engagement

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong Python development experience
• Proven experience building and deploying AI-powered systems and working with vector DBs / advanced or multistep RAG pipelines
• Hands-on experience with AI APIs (e.g. OpenAI or similar)
• Experience working with git/github for version control / CI/CD
• Confidence working with deploying scalable services from solution architecture to deployment within Azure
• Comfortable working independently with defined requirements
• Strong problem-solving skills and delivery mindset
• Understanding of schema design, metadata handling, and structured outputs

Nice to Have

• Experience building dashboards or internal tooling
• Familiarity with FastAPI or similar backend frameworks
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Syneos Health Communications is powered by Syneos Health, a global professional services organisation designed to help the biopharmaceutical industry shorten the distance from lab to life®. We have a proven pedigree in health, with industry titans in every facet of healthcare. This eliminates guesswork and fuels our passion for total, life-changing solutions. At the heart of health, we’re uniquely poised to predict what’s next and respond to the market’s demand for smarter and faster answers. We are able to help our customers make important decisions within their business due to our unique understanding of the complexities that come along with working in the healthcare industry. Syneos Health Communications is able to make the complex, simple.

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