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
Job Title: Lead Consultant - Full Stack Engineer
Career Level: E
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to disrupt an industry and change lives? In Early Science, we empower our scientists to perform at their peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. As a Lead Consultant - Full Stack Engineer, you'll work alongside Software and Data Engineers, Architects, Analysts, and other IT and science partners to devise technical solutions that tackle some of the most challenging issues slowing down innovation. Your work will have a direct impact on the science we do, enabling our scientists to undertake research not possible today. Are you prepared to make the impossible possible?
Accountabilities:
In this role, you will join a distributed team of software engineers, support engineers, and informaticians in our Augmented DMTA platform. You will design and implement software-based solutions to streamline scientific processes, enhance learning, and deliver faster and higher quality across all therapeutic modalities. You will ensure standard methodologies are followed in software development, bridging the gap between legacy systems and ground breaking technology.
Your ideas will become invaluable tools in supporting scientific endeavors. You will be responsible for the end-to-end implementation of new applications, using expertise in surrounding technologies like cloud platforms, libraries, frameworks, etc. Collaborate with solution and IT architects to reach consensus on optimal solutions for given problems. Work with project teams to integrate new software with existing systems, making impactful suggestions that shape the platform itself.
Provide feedback into the technical direction of the platform, ensuring DMTA scientists have the tools and technology needed to work efficiently and accurately in a rapidly changing scientific environment. Advocate for modern, agile software development practices and help develop a vibrant software engineering culture. Support junior software engineers through mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development.
Essential Skills/Experience:
8+ years and deep expertise in languages like (but not limited to) Java, with the willingness and ability to quickly ramp up on new ones as the need arises
5+ years experience in some kind of scripting language like Python, Ruby, shell, etc
Experience in at least one major web development or microservices framework, like Spring or Quarkus
5+ years with strong front end skills using JavaScript and several years’ experience in a front end framework like Vue.js, React, or Angular.
Additional front end skills in CSS as well as some related CSS framework like Bootstrap, MUI, or TailwindCSS
Several years’ experience relational and/or NoSQL databases (bonus points for Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB and/or Cassandra)
Proficiency in *nix environments
Demonstrable high proficiency in data structures and design patterns, as well as associated antipatterns. Be able to defend, compare, and contrast these decisions
Experience in cloud services and tools (e.g. AWS services such as S3, Redshift, lambda, DMS)
Excellent unit testing practices using proper software architectures to make those tests possible
CI/CD experience with some automation tooling like Jenkins, GithubActions, TravisCI, etc
Experience of in data analysis – profiling, investigating, interpreting and documenting data structures,
Attention to detail and the ability to follow standards while contributing to the evolution of standards themselves
Excellent teamworking skills
Hands-on technical leadership skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
A critical thinking attitude and the ability to propose solutions, not just highlight problems
The desire to engineer rather than just write code, no “ticking checkboxes”
An always learning, never complacent attitude when it comes to what you do best
Be able to pick the right tool for the job
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Experience with Docker and other tooling for dev environments
Experience in microservices
Experience with message queuing (RabbitMQ, SQS, etc)
Experience with CM tools like Ansible, Chef, etc
Strong willingness to teach and educate peers and beyond on what you do and how you do it
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, we couple technology with an inclusive attitude to cross international boundaries and develop a leading ecosystem. Our diverse teams work cross-functionally at scale, bringing together the best minds from across the globe to uncover new solutions. We think holistically about applying technology while building partnerships inside and out. We drive simplicity and efficiencies that make a real difference.
Ready to make an impact? Apply now and join us on this exciting journey!
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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