Why choose AstraZeneca Spain?
AstraZeneca Spain is a rising force in our global business. With headquarters in Madrid and our global hub in Barcelona, we’ve become an important international centre of excellence in the fight against critical disease. Boasting vibrant universities and business schools, the Barcelona ecosystem is a place where scientists can thrive. We attract a diverse workforce from across the globe, shining a beacon for innovation in a country that’s committed to clinical development.
We invite you to bring your talents to Barcelona where our respiratory medicine R&D and Global Marketing centre offers opportunities in R&D, IT, Commercial and HR. Or join us in Madrid and shape our growth in our BUs (Respiratory, Oncology & CVRM ), and a range of Corporate functions. Additionally, you can find sales roles throughout the country. Together, we’re contributing to a world-leading pipeline of therapeutics and delivering life-changing medicines to patients.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca Spain, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. Alongside technical expertise, colleagues have the resilience, energy and collaborative mindset to change lanes, work with different teams and start projects from scratch.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Madrid or Barcelona, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Diverse collaborators
This is a speak-up culture that values collaboration. You’ll proactively bring your unique perspectives, experiences and skills to the table and seek the same from others. With our international team composition and the need for fast-paced collaboration, you’ll always be building new connections with colleagues.
Cutting-edge innovators
When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that embraces digital technology and data to transform the way we work and the work we do. Every day, you’ll help make history, empowered to ignite your creativity and build something enduring.
Resilient trailblazers
Here, the answers aren’t always available. So, you’ll need to bring a fearless, self-starter mindset to navigate uncharted territories. You’ll harness your ceaseless energy to discover and make the necessary connections with colleagues to shape the future and achieve maximum impact.
Agile movers
Seize ownership and excel with autonomy to enjoy the constant rush of ground-breaking discovery. Your ability to anticipate sudden shifts and adapt swiftly will prove critical as you make your mark in an environment that rewards initiative and resilience.
Responsibilities
About the team
The Connected Insights digital product delivery service is an internal, high-profile, bespoke data & AI service built in collaboration with our in-house competitive intelligence professionals. It is transforming how competitive intelligence is created, disseminated and consumed across AstraZeneca into a rich, digital, interconnected and on-demand experience.
Using data pipelines, knowledge graphs, interactive visualisations and AI, we seek to integrate key external and internal data sources, generate complex interactive information, and transform how our teams of competitive intelligence professionals create and share insights. We value creating an excellent user experience, trusted data, and effective engineering practises.
Introduction to role
Are you ready to disrupt an industry and change lives? We are seeking a versatile AI Engineer with a strong product mindset to join our Connected Insights team at AstraZeneca. In this dynamic role, you will actively work on cutting-edge AI projects while leading the development and deployment of AI-driven products, delivering impactful business and competitive intelligence insights. Collaborate with stakeholders and Product Leads to understand requirements, develop customized AI solutions, and partner with external AI companies where required. Are you prepared to make the impossible possible?
Accountabilities
- Agentic AI Development: Build and test agentic AI systems and tools, directly addressing competitive analysis challenges for strategy teams.
- Process Automation: Automate complex data analysis workflows to enhance efficiency and accuracy across projects.
- Innovation and Partnerships: Introduce advanced AI technologies and lead collaborations with external AI companies to integrate innovative solutions.
- Product Leadership: Oversee the lifecycle of AI-driven products, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations and driving successful deployment.
- Technical and Design Collaboration: Partner with the Software Engineering Lead to develop our approach to AI-led software development for improved speed and quality, and work closely with the UX Team to transform product design with AI, enhancing user experience.
- Agile Framework Collaboration: Work within an agile framework and in cross-functional teams to align AI solutions with business goals.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Engage internal stakeholders and external partners for the successful delivery of AI solutions.
- Model Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize AI models to improve accuracy and efficiency, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and well-maintained.
- Ethical Standards Compliance: Ensure AI models adhere to ethical standards, privacy regulations, and fairness guidelines.
Essential Skills/Experience
- Relevant graduate degree: Computer Science, Engineering, or AI.
- Minimum of 5 years of applied experience in software engineering, data science, machine learning, or relevant field.
- Demonstrate a strong product mindset by prioritising outcomes, balancing technical innovation with business value, and driving solutions that are both impactful and market-ready.
- Strong experience working in an Agile team with knowledge or experience of working in product focused delivery.
- Hands-on experience building Agentic AI systems and deploying them to production.
- Experience building and delivering software using the Python programming language, exceptional ability in other programming languages will be considered.
- AI framework experience, such as LangChain, etc.
- Experience in RAG, vector databases.
- An understanding of LLMs / Foundation models technologies.
- Demonstratable experience working with AWS or a similar cloud environment.
- Experience working with container-based application deployments.
- Experience in software development best practices.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash 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.
At AstraZeneca, you'll be part of a team with the backing and investment to win. Our work has a direct impact on patients, transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. With a passion for impacting lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning, and more, you'll be at the forefront of digital healthcare. Shape your own path with support all the way while contributing to something far bigger.
Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now and be part of our journey!
Date Posted
05-feb-2026Closing Date
18-feb-2026AstraZeneca 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.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, inclusivity, balance and sustainability. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
An award-winning company
We're passionate about being a great place to work, and 84% of our employees would recommend us as an employer. We've been recognised as a Top Employer in Spain, an EFR Family Responsible Business, and we achieved third place in Forbes Spain's Top 50 Best Places to Work list.
Inclusive environment
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do, and our different views, experiences and strengths enrich our culture. There's no salary gap at AstraZeneca, and the number of female employees has increased by four per cent over the last three years. We've also made all positions fully accessible.
Work-life balance
Your wellbeing means a lot to us, and we're here to support you through all of life's ups and downs. That's why we offer an unpaid leave policy, annual leave, reduced-hours timetables and a host of benefits, including a retirement plan, long service award, and health and travel insurance.
Sustainability initiatives
We're committed to harnessing the power of science to become a more sustainable business. We've reduced our carbon footprint by over 9,000 kg of CO2 over the last two years, and we lead the European GoGreen Project, which aims to introduce environmentally friendly options in our fleet of corporate vehicles.
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