About the role
Associate Principal AI Engineer Help build the AI platforms powering the future of medicine. Are you passionate about AI, machine learning and engineering at scale? Imagine applying that expertise to challenges across the pharmaceutical value chain, from drug discovery and clinical trial data to patient safety. At AstraZeneca, you’ll have the opportunity to turn innovative ideas into practical AI capabilities that can ultimately make a meaningful difference for patients. About the role As an Associate Principal AI Engineer within our Enterprise AI Products and Technology Team, you’ll help build and evolve the platforms, tools and infrastructure that enable AI and Machine Learning across AstraZeneca. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and Data Science teams, creating solutions that make it easier to move from experimentation to scalable, production-ready AI. Our teams are applying AI to some of the most exciting challenges in life sciences, including: Drug discovery and deep learning Clinical trial data analysis Knowledge graph analytics Patient safety systems Software as a Medical Device If you combine a strong software engineering mindset with an understanding of how Data Scientists work, this is an opportunity to influence how AI is developed and scaled across a global biopharmaceutical organization. What you’ll do Partner with Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers to understand their challenges and build the platforms and tools that support their research and development. Continuously improve Machine Learning development environments, platforms and tooling within a high-performing Agile team. Work collaboratively with Cyber Security, Data Privacy and governance teams to create secure solutions while supporting end-user productivity. Help optimize Machine Learning workloads for modern parallel environments, including distributed clusters, multicore systems and GPUs. Champion a production-first mindset, helping teams transition exploratory Data Science work into scalable production solutions. Contribute to automation, standards and best practices across the Machine Learning product lifecycle. What you’ll bring BSc, MSc or PhD in Computer Science or a related quantitative or analytical field. Strong experience in software engineering, automation and DevOps. Experience developing and deploying production-grade Machine Learning products, or exceptional software engineering experience in a related area. 3+ years of Python development experience, or exceptional proficiency in another programming language. Knowledge of at least one orchestration framework such as Airflow, Argo or Kubeflow, or a strong willingness to learn. Experience deploying infrastructure and tooling for Machine Learning or Data Science at scale using Infrastructure as Code. Experience working in Agile environments. Experience working with internal security standards and frameworks. A creative, collaborative and resilient approach to solving complex problems. Why AstraZeneca? Here, AI isn’t just an experiment. You’ll be helping create the platforms and capabilities that enable teams across AstraZeneca to apply AI to complex scientific and healthcare challenges. You’ll work alongside experts across engineering, Data Science and the wider organization, with the opportunity to build, challenge existing approaches and shape how AI is delivered at scale. We believe that bringing different perspectives together fuels bold thinking and innovation. Our teams work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office, balanced with individual flexibility. Ready to engineer AI solutions with the potential to make a real-world impact? Apply and help us shape what’s next. Date Posted 03-nov-2026 Closing Date 16-nov-2026 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. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.
Posted Nov 2, 2026
