Associate Specialist, Software Engineering -AI

Job Description

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the worlds greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our companys’ IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

We are looking for an entry level AI Agent Developer (1-3 years experience) to join our team and support the development of AI-powered applications and intelligent automation solutions. This entry-level role is ideal for candidates with a strong foundation in software engineering and an interest in Generative AI technologies.

You will work closely with experienced engineers, architects, and product teams to build, integrate, and deploy AI agents, chatbots, copilots, and backend services. The role offers hands-on experience cloud platforms, data integration, and modern development practices in an Agile environment. Candidates should be eager to learn extensively, collaborate, and contribute to innovative AI-driven solutions.

What you will do :
1. AI Agent Development (Entry-Level)

• Assist in building and integrating AI agents and AI-powered features into applications
• Support implementation of LLM-based use cases (e.g., chatbots, copilots, automation flows)
• Apply basic prompt engineering techniques under guidance

1. Software Engineering

• Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and application components
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices
• Participate in unit testing, debugging, and code reviews

1. AI Data Integration

• Support integration of AI models with enterprise applications and data sources
• Work with structured and unstructured data (APIs, documents, datasets)
• Assist in implementing simple retrieval/search workflows

1. Cloud DevOps Support

• Contribute to deployment of applications on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)
• Support CI/CD pipeline execution and automation tasks
• Assist in containerization and environment setup

1. Collaboration

• Work closely with senior engineers, architects, and product teams
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives)
• Communicate progress, issues, and ideas clearly

What you should have :
Bachelor’s Degree

1-3 Years Experience in Development

Primary Skills:
Python, Java, C#, or JavaScript with experience building APIs and backend services.

Understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI-powered application development.

Experience working with APIs, structured/unstructured data, debugging, testing, and implementing basic retrieval/search workflows.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are

We are known as Merck Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing , bringing f…