Senior Analyst, AI Engineer

Senior Analyst, AI Engineer

Employer: Cardinal Health. At Cardinal Health's Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence, we're focused on using technology to improve healthcare. Our commitment to innovation, design, and a product-centric approach helps us create solutions that make a real difference. We're a team of passionate individuals who thrive in a culture of collaboration and continuous learning. We leverage cutting-edge technology and data insights to solve complex problems, forge new business models, and create products that truly impact the lives of our customers. As an AI Engineer, you will play a key role in building, testing, and deploying cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions natively on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Working closely with senior engineers, you will leverage Vertex AI to integrate Large Language Models (LLMs), build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and develop Agentic AI systems (equipping Gemini models with tools, API access, and reasoning loops). This role is ideal for an early-career engineer who has strong Python skills, a solid grasp of foundational cloud principles, and a passion for building next-generation action-oriented AI. Tech stack Skillset: - Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in Python and standard SQL. - GCP Infrastructure (Basic familiarity): Experience or projects utilizing Google Cloud Platform (e.g., Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, BigQuery). - Vertex AI Suite: Basic exposure to Vertex AI Studio, Model Garden, Gemini APIs, or Vertex AI Vector Search. - GenAI / Agentic Frameworks: Conceptual understanding of LLM prompt engineering, embeddings, and agentic workflows (experience with Python frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or Vertex AI Agent Builder is highly regarded). - Developer Fundamentals: Comfort with Git, VS Code/Jupyter, and writing clean, modular Python code. Responsibilities - GCP AI Development: Help build and configure GenAI applications utilizing the Vertex AI SDK and the Gemini model family.