Director- Software Engineering Lead

Software Development
  • Software Development
  • India

You’ll set the technical direction for enterprise‑scale AI applications, defining architectures, standards, and platform capabilities that enable secure, reliable, and cost‑efficient solutions across product teams.

What You’ll Do

  • Define and drive a multi‑year AI platform strategy aligned with business outcomes.
  • Establish architecture principles, reference designs, and patterns for GenAI, ML, and data foundations.
  • Review solution designs across AI initiatives, mediating trade‑offs and ensuring measurable value delivery.
  • Build shared components such as model registries, feature stores, and internal developer tooling.
  • Lead model selection, evaluation, prompt governance, and human‑in‑the‑loop frameworks for LLMs.

What You Need

  • 15+ years in software/AI engineering with proven technical leadership.
  • Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • Deep expertise designing distributed, cloud‑native microservices and data architectures (OLTP/OLAP, streaming, Snowflake).
  • Proven experience with ML/GenAI at scale, including model lifecycle, MLOps, and prompt governance.
  • Strong background in AWS, Azure, or GCP for secure AI/ML deployments and cost optimization.

Good to Have

  • Experience building internal developer platforms or AI Centers of Excellence.
  • Familiarity with analytics tools like Tableau or Power BI.

The Opportunity

The role requires a minimum of three days per week onsite, offering flexibility around that schedule. AstraZeneca champions diversity and inclusion, building teams that reflect a broad range of perspectives.

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