JOB TITLE : SENIOR ENGINEER - Java

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

• Provide technical leadership, architectural governance, technical expertise
• Use technical knowledge and expertise to lead the design and coding software solutions.
• Work with key partners to identify functional and technical requirements, translate into design specifications, determine testing levels and manage test case and test script development in line with ALS processes and standards, ensuring that requirements are effectively met, tested and implemented.
• Ensure that solution architecture and designs are aligned with appropriate guidelines and standards and are robust to address business, application, information and infrastructure architectural requirements.
• Ensure effective interoperability of services and technologies and ensure alignment of solutions with AstraZeneca standards, policies and procedures as well as regulatory requirements.
• Maintain awareness and knowledge of software industry trends and specialized business needs, and proactively identify and drive identification of opportunities to be demonstrated in solutions delivered.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers.
• Help to create an environment that promotes collaboration within and across teams.
• An undeniable passion for software development and design using open source platforms.
• Expert knowledge of software development, testing processes, and methodologies, and maintained by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Self-motivation and an ability to contribute to rapidly evolving programs.
• A strong academic record (min. Bachelor degree) with substantive experience in software development.
• 8+ years of experience developing Java based applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with and knowledge of tools that can help make software delivery and testing more effective. Preference for experience with the following tools: Jira, Confluence; Code coverage and analysis: Clover, SonarCube (code coverage and analysis); Stash (code review); Bamboo, puppet (CI, deployment, and release management); Zephyr, Selenium, jMeter, TestComplete, Docker,…
• Perform work without significant direction.
• Help transform Application Lifecycle Services solution delivery process as it evolves into a modern test-driven, continuously integrated, set of micro-services.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED

• Technical Degree in Computer Science / IT
• Excellent skills in Agile Application Development
• Experience working on an agile project
• Experience working in a global organization where partners and project team members are geographically dispersed.
• Quick learner, demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and programming languages as necessary
• Solid skills in Java 8
• Node.Js
• SpringBoot
• JUnit
• Open source Java frameworks
• HTML 5/CSS3
• Angular 6 +
• SQL
• Maven
• CI tools Hudson, Jenkins or Bamboo
• Spring framework 3.0+
• Tomcat
• Restful Services

WHY JOIN US ?

We’re a network of entrepreneurial self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering world-class 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 meaningful 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.