ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business 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. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your ambitious spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

ABOUT OUR IT TEAM

We’ve been busy building and developing our technology which is now enabling our transformation to become a digital and data-led enterprise. There’s never been a better time to join us as we bring our digital strategy to life. There’s a huge opportunity to develop, explore and thrive during our next chapter.

We’re specialists who are passionate about patients. A curiosity to learn, grow and develop is at the heart of what we do, evolving as our technologies constantly change. We’re invested in recognising, coaching and motivating you. Here, your personal and professional journey is filled with unlimited potential.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

In Early Science, we have highly skilled scientists in our labs who experiment and support complex drug projects. The environment is driven by scientific and technical innovation with a high level of diversity in workflows, data and vendors.

This platform will accelerate digitization in two business areas, cutting across both complex synthetic modalities & biologics, that combined deliver AstraZeneca’s chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) which are crucial activities when developing new pharmaceutical products. CMC involves partnering with the Research and Operations functions to ensure potential new products have the required pharmaceutical properties that can be delivered to the patients, and secondly defining the manufacturing practices and product specifications that must be followed and met in order to ensure product safety and consistency between batches.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Early Science Engineering is an expanding global development team which is migrating as close to as we can to a true DevOps model. The Accelerated Pharmaceutical Development Platform is a mixture of unique self-developed and Commercial Off the Shelf Software (COTS) solutions. The platform will support lab based scientists working globally across a range of modalities along with clinical product manufacture and supply. It is a silo'd environment and you have the challenge and opportunity to make the software experience to the user seamless with the aim to reduce the need for manual manipulation of data, allowing scientists to quickly gain insights from a wealth of data from multiple solutions.

• You'll lead a team of engineers, distributed across multiple locations to ensure a hard-working team that consistently and iteratively delivers high-impact, high-quality solutions
• You'll collaborate with Scientists to understand and estimate requirements and provide tailored, complete solutions that fit the needs by using technology that best fits the solution in a way that is operationally stable and sustainable. In our Platforms, if you build it you run it.
• You'll drive the technical direction of the platform ensuring we have the right technology to enable our labs and scientist to work efficiently and accurately and are able to cope with the fast scientific changes that occur
• Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and help develop and evangelize great engineering culture
• You'll build and support your teams of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• You'll transform an estate of silo'd systems into an ecosystem that delivers great user experiences

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

We consider individuals in this role to be our top tier Engineers; this means you need to be capable of working in multiple spaces and are likely to be the most experienced and skilled engineer on the team. You will raise expectations within the whole team, solve sophisticated technical problems and work alongside complementary delivery platforms while aligning solutions with scientific and data strategies and target architecture. You should apply if:

• You have 8 years as a Software Developer, Architect, DevOps Engineer, Programmer, or equivalent
• You have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• You have life sciences experience, particularly within Research & Development Labs
• You are technically proficient and curious, with a passion to explore, iterate, fail, and learn.
• You have previously worked as a software engineer at a senior level and have developed a team of hard-working software engineers responsible for multiple products, particularly a portfolio environment. (Technologies to include Java, .NET, C, as well as scripting languages like Python, VBA Script)
• You are customer-focused, success is measured by how well your team is delivering against requirements
• You know what good looks like for a hard-working team of engineers and know how to get there
• You are confident in leading Engineers on standard processes on technology or key architectural concepts as needed
• You understand the importance of sustainability and are comfortable to have trade off conversations around technical debt
• You are highly skilled in modern Devops culture / practices with proven experience of Cloud based environments

Date Posted

Closing Date

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.