SENIOR ENGINEER - AI/ML

CAREER LEVEL: D1

Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, information technology? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the IT strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that

focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

ABOUT OUR IT TEAM

It’s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross- functionally and broadly together.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Establish strong working relationships with the Data Science team and their customers to develop an in-depth understanding of business priorities and early insight into changing needs.
• Develop and deploy AI solutions into production using cloud technologies and data science platforms such as AWS Sagemaker and Dataiku.
• Understand, develop and optimise highly scalable tools leveraging machine learning, encoders and rule-based models.
• Adapt machine learning models to best exploit modern parallel environments.
• Translate unstructured, complex business problems into appropriate solutions.
• Develop a robust understanding of relevant AZ data sources and their provenance, quality and structure.
• Work with engineering and architecture to support large scale data preparation, platform delivery and the industrialization of proven analytics methods.
• Provide technical expertise in at least one AI specialism.
• Provide working knowledge & support to one or more specific AI specialism frameworks.
• Be creative, collaborative and product focused.
• Promote and present AI engineering work both within and outside the organization.
• Liaise with data scientists to understand their challenges and apply AI capabilities.
• Be an active member of the EUIT AI Science & Engineering team.
• Create, refactor and maintain packages in both Python and R programming languages.
• Experience building APIs using frameworks like Python/FLASK, loosely-coupled web applications on recognized frameworks and experience using docker containerization.
• Develop and apply ongoing knowledge and awareness in trends, best practice and new developments in analytics and data science.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED

• Demonstrated technical skills in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, natural language processing or computer vision.
• Strong software development skills, including python and R
• Experience using a data science platform
• Demonstrated experience with data analytical approaches, and tools for understanding of data in support of scientific questions
• Strong written and verbal communication, business analysis, and consultancy skills
• Experience working on financial time-series problems as part of an agile software delivery team.

WHY JOIN US ?

We’re a network of results-oriented self-starters who give to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering extraordinary technology and data solutions.

We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it’s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.