Associate Principal AI Platform Engineer

Description

Posted date Aug. 14, 2026 Contract type Full time Job ID R\-258170 **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** -------------------- **Job ID** R\-258170 **Date posted** 08/14/2026 **About AstraZeneca** --------------------- AstraZeneca offers the chance to disrupt an industry while working on technology that directly supports life\-changing medicines. Here data, analytics, AI and modern engineering come together with science to unlock new possibilities for patients. The environment is dynamic and hands\-on: experiment with leading\-edge platforms, shape new ways of working at scale, learn continuously through collaboration with diverse experts, hackathons and external partnerships, and see the impact of decisions across a truly global enterprise backed by strong investment in digital transformation. **About the AI Platforms Team** ------------------------------- The Enterprise AI Platforms and Technologies Team is responsible for building, developing, and maintaining the AI platforms that power AstraZeneca's ambition to use AI in every step of the value chain—from discovering new compounds to patient safety systems. We are at the forefront of innovation, ensuring we introduce the latest and best technology quickly in a scalable manner. Our mission is to empower AI scientists and engineers across the enterprise by managing all infrastructure and platform operations. We build, develop, and maintain: * Cloud Native infrastructure and automation * Vendor platforms including Domino, Databricks, and Dataiku * Home\-grown AI and data science platforms tailored to our enterprise needs **About the Role** ------------------ As an Associate Principal AI Platform Engineer, you will drive individual work packages within our platform ecosystem, taking ownership of specific initiatives and ensuring their successful delivery. You will work closely with vendor partners (Domino, Databricks, Dataiku, etc.), internal stakeholders, and our key customer teams (AI scientists and engineers) to design, implement, and optimize platform capabilities. You will report to the Principal AI Platform Engineer and/or Product Owner, who owns the overall platform strategy and vision. Your role is critical in translating that vision into scalable, reliable, and user\-centric platform components that accelerate research and drive innovation at scale. **Key Responsibilities** ------------------------ ### **Platform Architecture \& Design** * Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation * Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and high availability across development, staging, and production environments * Design multi\-tenant, secure, and compliant infrastructure that meets enterprise security and governance standards ### **Vendor Integration \& Feature Assessment** * Evaluate, integrate, and optimize vendor platforms (Domino, Databricks, Dataiku, etc.) for enterprise use at scale * Assess new vendor features and capabilities; develop proof\-of\-concepts and evaluate business value, technical feasibility, and integration impact * Plan and execute the implementation of approved vendor features, ensuring minimal disruption to production environments and seamless integration with existing platform components * Serve as the primary technical contact and liaison with vendor partners, managing technical escalations, roadmap discussions, implementation support, and feature roadmap alignment * Stay current with vendor product innovations and advise on adoption of cutting\-edge features and capabilities to ensure AstraZeneca remains at the forefront of technology ### **Platform Ecosystem Integration** * Design and implement seamless integrations between AI platforms and enterprise data systems, including AWS S3, Snowflake, and other data warehouses * Integrate data governance and access control tools (Immuta, Collibra, etc.) with AI platforms to ensure secure, compliant access to datasets * Build data pipelines and connectors that enable smooth data flow between platforms while maintaining data lineage, quality, and security standards * Ensure the platform ecosystem operates as a seamless, integrated whole, minimizing friction for data scientists and engineers when accessing data and deploying models ### **Deployment Automation \& Operational Excellence** * Automate all deployment activities across the platform ecosystem using CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, ArgoCD) to ensure rapid, reliable, and repeatable deployments * Develop and maintain deployment pipelines for platform updates, vendor platform upgrades, and application deployments to minimize manual effort and reduce deployment risk * Automate operational tasks, environment provisioning, configuration management, and infrastructure scaling using scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell * Implement automated testing, validation, and rollback strategies to ensure high\-quality deployments and rapid incident recovery ### **Work Package Ownership \& Execution** * Take full ownership of assigned platform work packages, from planning and design through implementation and deployment * Plan, estimate, and schedule work; identify dependencies with other platform components, vendor deliverables, and enterprise initiatives * Manage dependencies and coordinate across vendor partners, internal teams, and key stakeholder groups * Communicate progress, risks, and blockers transparently to your manager and stakeholders ### **Platform Operations \& DevOps** * Enable and maintain machine learning environments (Databricks, Domino, etc.) for scalable ML model training, hosting, and pipelines * Implement and manage observability tools like Amazon CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, or ELK for monitoring, alerting, and platform insights * Support container orchestration environments using EKS (Kubernetes), ECS, or Fargate ### **Security, Compliance \& Governance** * Collaborate with security and compliance teams to implement best practices around IAM, encryption, logging, monitoring, and cost optimization * Ensure platform configurations and vendor integrations comply with enterprise security, data governance, and regulatory standards * Manage and publish curated infrastructure templates through AWS Service Catalogue and platform portals to enable consistent and compliant provisioning ### **Stakeholder Engagement \& Support** * Engage with key customer teams (AI scientists and engineers) to understand their needs and translate them into platform capabilities * Provide technical guidance and support to platform users; gather feedback to inform p