Sr Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (f/m/d)

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – 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 – 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.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Sr Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI builds production‑grade AI systems and platform capabilities that scale across Cytiva. This role closes the gap between experimentation and production by hardening proofs‑of‑concept into reliable, secure, and reusable components for LLM and agent‑based systems. You will operate as a technical leader in our fastest‑growing 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 production‑grade AI systems, turning POCs and experiments into scalable, reliable, and secure services.

• Lead architecture and implementation of LLM‑ and agent‑based 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:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Significant software engineering experience, including building and operating large‑scale, production systems.

• Strong experience designing and delivering AI‑enabled or data‑intensive systems, with hands‑on experience in LLM‑based or agent‑oriented 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, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s 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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