Director- Software Engineering Lead

Software Development
  • Software Development
  • India
  • Applications have closed

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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