Job Description

Job Title: Senior QA Lead– AI/ML


Do you have expertise in developing data pipeline managing massive amounts of data? Would you like to apply the latest industry-accepted technologies and methods in machine learning and AI in a company that follows science and turns ideas into life-changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.
The data science and AI team is focused on delivering innovations, science & technology and seeking out opportunity. We are looking for passionate, motivated individuals to help architect and develop solutions working closely with Data scientists, business, and brand partners. A successful candidate will have deep technical hands-on expertise in the public cloud including AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
We are currently looking for a Senior QA and Compliance Lead/Manager who can provide guidance and expertise to other roles of testing in order to deliver applications with high quality.

Main Responsibilities:
By joining the Data Science and AI team, you will closely monitor all operations related to quality and compliance.
As a QA lead, candidate should work with multiple teams and advocate quality at all stages of the product life cycle. Develop and deploy QA automation frameworks to ensure continuous monitoring of the application

Essential Requirements:

• Excellent knowledge of software development lifecycle, test methodologies, tools, and passion for quality process
• Hands-on experience in both white box and black box testing
• Develops, implements, and manages processes to ensure the application meet the required quality, compliance, and regulatory requirements
• Identify and set the quality and compliance guidelines
• Work with product managers and deliver applications with quality
• Proven track record of enforcing automation to track and measure quality
• Hands-on experience in test automation
• At least 2 years of experience in AWS technologies
• Strong knowledge of programming in Python, Java, or Scala.
• High level of competence in global and cross-skilled collaborative working.
• Working experience in one or more of the AWS technologies

o Amazon Glue, Sage Maker, Data pipeline, Kinesis, EMR (Hive, Presto, Spark), Step Functions, Athena, Comprehend, Medical Comprehend

• Familiarity with Container-based architecture
• Awareness of Microservices architecture
• Familiarity with any Elastic search (or any other cloud-based search engine)
• Experience in Database technologies like Amazon Aurora, Postgres
• Well-versed with SQL
• REST API

Desirable Requirements:

• Knowledge/working experience claims, EMR, and lab data
• Experience with medical domain is an added plus
• Experience understanding AI methodologies, measuring model outcome and their performance

Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.
So, what’s next?
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.