Senior AI Engineer

Job Title: Associate Director, AI Engineer

Career Level - E

Introduction to Role:

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? We are seeking an Associate Director, AI Engineer to join our team at AstraZeneca. This role will allow you to develop, maintain and productionize AI solutions across our business areas. You will be responsible for packaging solutions and code bases, building machine learning pipelines, maintaining existing AI/ML solutions, and using up-to-date data science, artificial intelligence and cloud technologies to scale solutions systematically.

Accountabilities:

As an Associate Director, AI Engineer, you will be part of our Clinical Data & Insights Team. Your role will focus on applying state of the art AI approaches to AstraZeneca’s data to derive new insights, unlock predictive power, and automate expensive cognitive processes. You will provide technical leadership in the aspects of machine learning and AI solution engineering, collaborate with cross-functional teams, stay updated on the latest developments in AI and related technologies, and drive research efforts to explore new machine learning and AI techniques.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience in a related scientific or technical discipline.

• Proven experience in handling AI/ML development platforms.

• Strong understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence concepts.

• Strong software development skills and proficiency in Python.

• Experience with one or more DL frameworks such as Tensorflow or PyTorch.

• Experience with scientific and machine learning libraries e.g., SciPy, Scikit-learn, NumPy.

• Exposure to Knowledge Graph/graph technologies

• Ability to explain and present analyses and machine learning concepts to a broad audience.

• Ability to work with loosely defined objectives and turning these into concrete machine learning problems.

• Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern DevOps practices.

• Proficiency in security standard methodologies, data protection, and encryption methods.

• Experience with leading database technologies and data query languages.

• Strong project management and time management skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to engage with customers and internal collaborators.

• Experience in software engineering and machine learning standard methodologies, including version control, continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD), containerization, and shell scripting.

• Creative, collaborative, & product focused.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

Not Applicable

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we fuel bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we follow the science to explore and innovate. We are working towards treating, preventing, modifying and even curing some of the world's most complex diseases. Here we have the potential to grow our pipeline and positively impact the lives of billions of patients around the world. We are committed to making a difference and have built our business around our passion for science. Now we are fusing data and technology with the latest scientific innovations to achieve the next wave of breakthroughs.

Are you ready to be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients' lives? If your passion is science and you want to be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients' lives, then there's no better place to be. Apply today and join us in our mission to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines!

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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.