Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, 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.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to architect AI-first systems that accelerate the discovery and delivery of life-changing medicines?
You will guide the end-to-end technical evolution of a high-impact portfolio of custom enterprise solutions. This strategic role integrates traditional engineering rigor with pioneering Agentic AI capabilities to drive innovation. The Lead is accountable for engineering quality, solution scalability, and delivery throughput, providing hands-on leadership across full-stack technologies and cloud-native AI architectures. Serving as the primary architect of the AI-augmented SDLC, the incumbent establishes formal standards while shaping the future of "Intelligent Bespoke" applications in close partnership with product and delivery teams. If you enjoy turning enterprise data into actionable knowledge and measurable business value, this role is for you!
Accountabilities:
Architectural Leadership & AI Strategy: Define and uphold engineering patterns for Python, React, and cloud services. Lead the move from traditional logic to Agentic workflows, ensuring custom solutions are "AI-first" by design.
AI-Augmented SDLC: Drive the integration of AI throughout the software lifecycle. Implement Model Context Protocol (MCP) to bridge the gap between local development environments and LLM-based assistants.
Engineering Quality & Governance: Reinstate structured code reviews with a focus on AI Governance. Establish quality gates that cover not just security and performance, but also LLM observability, hallucination mitigation, and bias detection.
Agentic Productivity: Mentor and upskill junior engineers on Agentic AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Agent Builder). Shift the team’s focus from manual boilerplate to high-level system design.
FinOps for AI: Optimize cloud architectures for cost-efficiency. Lead AI FinOps by balancing token usage, model selection (SMMs vs. LLMs), and inference costs against business outcomes.
Solution Shaping & RAG Patterns: Partner with Business partners to scope work using RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and semantic search patterns to unlock value from enterprise data.
Essential Skills and Experience:
Experience: 10+ years in software engineering; 5+ years in a Technical Lead role.
Core Stack:Python (FastAPI, Flask, or Django) and React (TypeScript).
AI Specialization: Hands‑on LLM integration, prompt engineering, and orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain,AutoGen, or LlamaIndex).
Data Architecture: Strong SQL/NoSQL skills, plus experience with Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, or Milvus) for semantic retrieval.
Cloud & Infra: Expert-level Azure or AWS experience. Proficiency in IaC(Terraform/Bicep) and building AI-ready CI/CD pipelines.
Integration: Expertise in REST, event-driven architectures, and emerging protocols like (MCP).
Desirable Skills:
Enterprise Platforms: Experience integrating AI agents with Workday (HCM) or Power Platform.
AI Governance: Familiarity with compliance-aware development in regulated environments (e.g., Pharmaceutical or Finance), focusing on data privacy in AI models.
Containerization: Mastery of Docker and Kubernetes for deploying scalable AI microservices.
DevSecOps: Advanced understanding of secrets management and "Security for AI" (OWASP Top 10 for LLMs).
Why AstraZeneca:
This is a pivotal moment to join our technology transformation. We combine scientific ambition with leading digital platforms to turn complex data into decisions that change patient outcomes. You will work in an environment where unexpected teams collaborate to unleash bold thinking—where experimentation is encouraged, standards are high, and learning runs through the entire community. With investment and support behind you, you will scale AI safely and sustainably, building systems that matter. We value kindness alongside ambition, and we give you the autonomy to take ownership and run with ideas that move the enterprise forward.
Step into the lead and shape AI-first engineering with real-world impact—send your CV to start the conversation and help build the next chapter at AstraZeneca!
Date Posted
06-Mar-2026Closing 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 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, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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