Senior Ontology Engineer all genders permanent full-time

The job that makes possibilities real in patients lives. And yours.

The job that helps you get ahead in life. Moving mountains together.

Welcome to AbbVie! As part of an international company with 48000 employees worldwide and around 3000 employees in Germany you will have the opportunity of addressing some of tomorrows unmet medical needs in close collaboration with your colleagues. Are you passionate about improving global health care Do you want to contribute to improving patients quality of life through your expertise In a challenging work environment that offers opportunities of developing and increasing your own skills Youve come to the right place!

Moving mountains together as Senior Ontology Engineer (all genders) (permanent / fulltime)

Come to work each day with an inclusive and collaborative business technology team. As a Senior Ontology Engineer in the AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS) organization youll have opportunities to contribute to the digital transformation of a leading biopharma company helping to create solutions that impact patients and their communities for the better.  

About our Team

The RDA (Reference Data Architecture) team provides comprehensive ontologies and services to manage and semantically map diverse controlled vocabularies throughout our pipeline. We aim to make companywide data FAIR (Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable) and unite common meta data in a single reference data architecture.  

In partnership with AbbVies EPIC team our companyinternal software incubator dedicated to building and scaling cuttingedge technology products for internal use we are building an enterprise ontology service layer to support among others our generative AI and large language model (LLM) capabilities to derive new insights and improve existing processes with our partners from all over the business. Join this global collaborative team in a flexible work environment to help AbbVie make a remarkable impact on peoples lives. 

As a Senior Ontology Engineer you will be responsible for  

• Working with a team of experts to create and maintain an enterprise ontology service layer to provide common access to ontology information within AbbVie 

• Demonstrating the benefits of using ontologies in conjunction with our inhouse AI/LLM capabilities to produce more accurate and AbbViespecific results 

• Delivering clean scalable welloptimized Python code and creating and maintaining documentation metrics operating procedures and training materials 

• Contributing to building out data governance rules for reference data and their use 

• Supporting larger R&Dwide convergence initiatives like our AbbVie R&D Convergence Hub (ARCH) with a comprehensive meta data model 

• Understanding the Ontology and LLM landscape and help to evaluate the right tools for the right tasks 

• Participating in the identification and development of new reference data sources and demonstrating applicability in selected projects with business data owners 

To do this effectively strong communication skills will be crucial for crossfunctional collaboration scientific engagement and training.  Excellent problemsolving and quantitative skills are needed to identify the right solution and troubleshoot workflows. Building solutions such as dashboards visualizations APIs and analyses will require strong technical skills and experience with appropriate software. 

Tools and skills you will use in this role

• Excellent skills in developing Python code in a production environment and experience with enterprise platform integration 
• Strong technical capabilities to programmatically use ontology management tools (e.g. CENtree) triple stores (e.g. Marklogic) and knowledge graphs (e.g. Neo4J) 
• SQL SPARQL and Cypher skills (basic queries table creation views and reporting) 
• Familiarity with GitHub or other version control tools and project tracking platforms (e.g. JIRA) 
• Experience working with foundational language models and LLM frameworks 
• Mature interpersonal communication skills that will enable you to work with clients from AbbVie R&D and other business areas 
• Excellent problemsolving skills 

Qualifications :

Experiences that make you a strong candidate for this role

Required

• Bachelors degree in computer science or other relevant technical degree and at least 6 years relevant experience OR Masters degree in relevant field and at least 5 years experience OR PhD degree in relevant field 
• Working knowledge of using and building APIs 
• Experience with pipeline software (e.g. Apache AirFlow) Machine Learning workflows (e.g. Cloudera ML) 
• Familiarity with FAIR data principles and common life science data standards 
• Knowledge of semantics data modeling (RDF) and data mining techniques 
• Demonstrated history of successful execution in a fastpaced collaborative environment and in managing multiple priorities effectively 
• Demonstrated ability to learn understand and master new technologies 
• Strong written and oral English communication skills.  

Beneficial

• Background in life sciences and work experience in the biopharmaceutical industry 
• Working knowledge of the drug discovery and development process  
• Familiarity with life science resources (e.g. public or commercial databases) and descriptive metadata for small molecule and biologics research (e.g. omics) 
• Experience designing and developing taxonomies reference data or controlled vocabularies 

If you believe youre a great fit for this job but dont have all the experiences listed above we encourage you to apply anyway! 

Why Business Technology Solutions 

For anyone who wants to use technology and data to make a difference in peoples lives shape the digital transformation of a leading biopharmaceutical company and secure sustainable career growth within a diverse global team: were ready for you. 

Heres how we can move mountains together

• with a diverse work environment where you can have a real impact
• with an open corporate culture 
• with an attractive salary
• with an intensive onboarding process with a mentor at your side
• with flexible work models for a healthy worklife balance
• with a corporate health management that offers comprehensive health and exercise programs
• with company social benefits
• with a wide range of career opportunities in an international organization
• with toptier attractive development opportunities
• with a strong international network

Multiple times we have been globally recognized as a Great Place to Work and we are proud to provide our employees with the flexibility to maintain a healthy worklife balance. We take our impact on the environment and our communities seriously and therefore focus on giving something back on a regular basis. We are committed to equality equity diversity and inclusion (EED&I) a commitment that is fundamental to us. This includes appreciating different perspectives creating an inclusive culture and treating all employees with dignity and respect.

At AbbVie your individual contributions count help us move mountains together. Be a part of our success grow with us and accomplish more than you could have imagined. Sounds like the perfect career opportunity for you We look forward to receiving your application! All you need is a complete CV we will discuss everything else with you in person.

Have questions Email we look forward to hearing from you! 

Additional Information :

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy) physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected group status.

US & Puerto Rico only to learn more visit ;

US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation click here to learn more: