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Alcon · Bangalore, India

# Principal, Data Science (Sr. AI Engineer)

Bangalore, India Full-time Senior individual contributor Data & Analytics 

Listed on Alcon’s official careers site. Posted November 4, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
[Apply on Alcon’s careers site →](https://alcon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers_alcon/job/Bangalore-India/Principal--Data-Science--Sr-AI-Engineer-_R-2026-49863-1)

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## Job description

### Summary of Position

We are seeking a hands-on AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy scalable AI and Generative AI solutions that accelerate innovation across Alcon R&D. The ideal candidate combines strong AWS Cloud expertise, professional AI coding skills, software engineering discipline, and end-to-end solutioning experience to address complex MedTech challenges.

### Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop AI and Generative AI applications using AWS services and modern AI frameworks.
- Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agent, copilot, and intelligent document-processing solutions.
- Develop secure, scalable APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
- Drive technical solution design, architecture reviews, rapid prototypes, and production deployment.
- Implement MLOps and GenAIOps practices, including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, observability, and governance.
- Collaborate with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, and Medical stakeholders to translate business needs into practical AI solutions.

### Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5–7 years of experience in software, cloud, data, or AI engineering, with hands-on delivery of production-grade solutions.
- Strong proficiency in Python and professional software engineering practices, including modular design, testing, code review, and AI-assisted coding.
- Hands-on AWS experience, preferably including Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, Glue, Athena, and Step Functions.
- Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, vector databases, AI agents, and model evaluation.
- Experience developing REST APIs and microservices using frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask.
- Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Terraform or CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

### Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in MedTech, healthcare, life sciences, clinical research, medical devices, quality, or regulatory environments.
- Exposure to responsible AI, AI governance, security, privacy, and regulated-data practices.
- Experience with knowledge graphs, Amazon Neptune or Neo4j, multimodal AI, and agentic frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, or AutoGen.
- Relevant AWS certification in Solutions Architecture, Developer, Data, AI, or Machine Learning. Success Profile Technical Depth Strong AI coding, AWS architecture, and production engineering skills. Product Mindset Focus on user value, scalability, quality, security, and measurable outcomes.

Solution Ownership Ability to take use cases from discovery and design through deployment and support. Collaboration Ability to work effectively with technical teams and MedTech R&D stakeholders.

### Work hours

1 PM to 10 PM IST Relocation assistance: Yes Employment Scams: Alcon is aware of employment scams which make false use of our company name or leader’s names to defraud job seekers. Alcon does not offer any positions without interview and never asks candidates for money. All our current job openings are displayed here on the Careers section of our website, where you can search for open positions and apply directly.

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## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Nov 4, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Nov 8, 2026
- Last checked: Nov 8, 2026
- Listed for: 4 days
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Alcon’s careers site →](https://alcon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers_alcon/job/Bangalore-India/Principal--Data-Science--Sr-AI-Engineer-_R-2026-49863-1)

## Hiring at Alcon
- Open jobs: 316
- New in the last 7 days: 61
- Tracked since: Jul 16, 2026

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