Associate Director, AI Engineering for Discovery
AstraZeneca · Barcelona, Spain
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Role summary
AstraZeneca seeks a Principal AI Engineering leader in Barcelona to develop production-grade AI systems for drug discovery. The role involves translating research breakthroughs into scalable, secure platforms while mentoring engineers and establishing engineering standards across cloud and on-premises environments.
What they're looking for
- Master's degree or PhD in relevant field
- Advanced Python proficiency with PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas and scientific libraries
- Track record implementing software engineering best practices across multiple use cases
- Experience optimizing distributed machine learning model training at scale
- Demonstrated production AI/ML system deployment experience
- Proficiency with GitHub, CI/CD, MLOps practices and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills
What you'll be doing
- Lead technical strategy for AI platform and product engineering with focus on design, reproducibility and maintainability
- Convert research prototypes into secure, scalable products and reusable platform capabilities
- Develop and optimize machine learning workflows across hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure
- Establish and enforce software engineering standards, testing protocols and delivery patterns organization-wide
- Mentor engineers and guide architecture decisions promoting responsible and compliant AI practices
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