.AstraZeneca are looking for a senior software engineer to help build and enhance our next generation Drug Discovery platform AstraZeneca are looking for a senior software engineer to help build and enhance our next generation Drug Discovery platform.We are looking for a strong senior software engineer to join our team to help build and modernise our integrated software platform supporting key Drug Discovery science.In Early Science, we have highly skilled scientists generating ideas and performing experiments in the support of complex drug discovery projects. Our environment is driven by scientific and technical innovation with a high degree of diversity in workflows, data, vendor solutions and in-house builds.Working alongside Software and Data Engineers, Architects, Analysts and other IT and science partners, you will devise technical solutions, estimate, and deliver high value returns in our DevOps teams to some of the most challenging issues slowing down innovation. You will use your technical acuity to troubleshoot and provide innovative solutions to ensure smooth experiences for our users, as well as make recommendations with peers on how we can move forward.Your work will have a direct impact on the science we do, and you have an opportunity to enable our scientists to undertake science not possible today.**What you'll do**In this role you will join a global team of software engineers, support engineers and chem informaticians in our A-DMTA platform.- Working with cutting edge technology stack in cloud environment- Responsible for designing and implementing software and data solutions to make our science easier to do, easier to learn from, and offer faster delivery and higher quality across all therapeutic areas.- Design and build novel products and features to address long-standing problems in drug discovery with a focus on producing amazing user experiences that are more than the sum of their parts.- Collaborate with product, design, data science, and our scientific teams to build cutting-edge experiences and services- Propose and implement changes to our data models, core architecture, and code base- Develop all levels of the technical stack even if you are more experienced in some layers- Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and help develop and evangelize a vibrant software engineering culture- Support more less experienced software engineers mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development- Collaborate in the transformation of an estate of siloed systems into an ecosystem that delivers great user experiences- Plan, implement and support core infrastructure with an overall objective to improve the scalability, reliability, performance, and availability- Advocate for rigorous engineering practices and discipline: code reviews, automated testing, logging, monitoring, alerting, etc