AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, you would express diverse perspectives, contribute to an energised environment and provide creative ideas - and be rewarded for this.
As a Full-stack Data Engineer in the Drug Development Data Platform (3DP), you will support solution development and testing, provide technical leadership, and take responsibility for delivery. This is a partially business facing role so your communication and technical skills are equally important; you will be setting expectations, reporting progress and managing relationships with senior stakeholders.
You will have a broad range of knowledge and experience across data & analytics. You will work almost exclusively on our AWS data platform. You will join a team that has delivered cloud solutions, such as the development of auto-scaling containerised ETL. Similarly, we have built an automated ETL test harness which integrates with our evolving CI/CD processes.
You'll be part of a team of engineers who work closely with IT colleagues across the world in Mexico, Spain, India, and the UK. You would be a technical point of reference in the team and need a collaborative delivery approach to be successful. We prefer to use Agile but choose the appropriate approach for the team and stakeholders. So, experience of a variety of delivery management approaches will come in useful. You will provide technical leadership throughout our software development lifecycle, from the initial development of a technical design based on a blueprint, right through to hypercare.
Essential skills and experience Good experience of Angular JS and PostgreSQL Experience of big data, ETL & cloud techniques, and tools (e.g. we currently use AWS-based Python, Terraform, Glue, S3, SQS) Experience of triaging and addressing tickets. You must have experience working in a global team You are able to liaise with, and build strong relationships with business colleagues You will be able to design and document development best practices You must have strong analytical and data manipulation ability You must have experience of technical leadership in data and analytics You will need great interpersonal skills & a collaborative approach to delivery Desirable skills and experience Some experience in Java and Oracle for an old system that is planned for decommissioning You are very likely to have experience of Agile practices using tools such as Jira Experience of Snowflake, DBT, Redshift (inc. Spectrum) and Aurora Experience of visualisation technologies (we are focused on Power BI) Location: Guadalajara (hybrid - Expectation of working in the office 3 days a week)
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.
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