Currently tracking 11 active AI roles, up 14% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $129k–$228k (avg $176k).
Merck currently has 27 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles, 41%, are focused on agents. Engineering is the most frequent function for these positions. The company is hiring for these roles in the United States, Czech Republic, and Singapore. Frequent technology tags include fine-tuning, RAG, and agent orchestration. In the last 30 days, Merck has posted 48 new AI roles, representing a 700% increase from the previous 30-day period.
Merck currently has 34 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Senior Business Analyst – Automation, Analytics & AI (2), Specialist, Capability Innovation & Prototype (AI Content Delivery & Partnerships) (2), AI Developer, AI Engineer, AI Research Engineer. Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Merck's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (38%), application (24%), data (24%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Merck is hiring AI talent in: India (11 roles), United States (7 roles), Czech Republic (7 roles), Singapore (5 roles).
Job postings at Merck most frequently reference: llm observability, model serving, fine tuning, rag, evals.
In the past 30 days, Merck has posted 48 new AI-related roles. That is a +66% change versus the prior 30 days (29 → 48).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Director, Data Science, Foundation Model AI Director of foundational AI at Merck, leading a team of ML researchers and engineers to develop and train large multi-modal foundation models and bespoke methods for biological data analysis. The role involves providing technical guidance, interpreting results, and publishing research findings, with a focus on advancing therapeutic strategies. Requires a PhD and significant experience in ML/AI, team leadership, and training large models. | PretrainPost-train | 9 |
| Senior Data Scientist, Neuroscience Biomarker Discovery Senior Data Scientist role at Merck focused on Neuroscience Biomarker Discovery. The role involves developing and deploying advanced AI/ML methodologies to analyze proteomics and other omics data for identifying biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases. Collaboration with AI/ML scientists, data scientists, and bench biologists is key. |
| Data |
| 7 |
| Associate Principal Scientist, Computational Biologist and Image Analysis Expert Merck is seeking a computational biologist with expertise in image analysis to join their Translational Genome Analytics research team. The role involves applying AI/ML-based analytics to large multi-omics imaging and functional genomics datasets for target and biomarker discovery in drug development, with a focus on Oncology. The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to quantitative analysis of imaging datasets and integration of machine learning with phenotypic screens. | Post-train | 7 |