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At Cytiva, one of Danaherâs 15+ operating companies, our work saves livesâand weâre all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
Youâll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaherâs system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact â innovating at the speed of life.
Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.
At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us â working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.
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The Sr Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI builds productionâgrade AI systems and platform capabilities that scale across Cytiva. This role closes the gap between experimentation and production by hardening proofsâofâconcept into reliable, secure, and reusable components for LLM and agentâbased systems. You will operate as a technical leader in our fastestâgrowing area, materially increasing delivery capacity and engineering rigor for applied AI.
This position reports to the Sr Director, Digital & AI Engineering and is part of the Digital, Data & AI team located in Krakow, Poland and will be an on-site role.
What you will do:
Design, build, and operate productionâgrade AI systems, turning POCs and experiments into scalable, reliable, and secure services.
Lead architecture and implementation of LLMâ and agentâbased systems, including orchestration, tool use, evaluation, observability, and guardrails.
Develop reusable software components, libraries, and platform capabilities that accelerate applied AI delivery across teams.
Partner closely with product, data, and MLOps to ensure AI solutions meet standards for performance, reliability, safety, and lifecycle management.
Act as a technical leader and multiplier, setting engineering best practices, reviewing designs and code, and raising the bar for applied AI development.
Who you are:
Bachelorâs degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of software engineering experience, including building and operating largeâscale, production systems.
Strong experience designing and delivering AIâenabled or dataâintensive systems, with handsâon experience in LLMâbased or agentâoriented architectures.
Deep software engineering fundamentals, including system design, APIs, reliability, performance, security, and production operations.
Proven ability to lead technically across teams, influence architecture and standards, and operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces.
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Join our winning team today. Together, weâll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrowâs science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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