Technical Lead Data Engineer

Role in Barcelona onsite - 3 days at the office and 2 days at home

Introduction to role

AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization 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 energized environment, and provide creative ideas - and be rewarded for this.

As a Technical Lead in the Drug Development Data Platform (3DP), you will manage a global team of full-stack data engineers and support solution development, provide technical leadership, and take responsibility for delivery. This is a business-facing role, and 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 containerized 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 the 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. 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.

Accountabilities

- Manage a global team of full-stack data engineers
- Support solution development and provide technical leadership
- Set expectations, report progress, and manage relationships with senior stakeholders
- Work almost exclusively on our AWS data platform
- Deliver cloud solutions such as auto-scaling containerized ETL
- Build automated ETL test harnesses integrating with CI/CD processes
- Collaborate with IT colleagues across multiple global locations
- Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle

Essential Skills/Experience

- Good experience of big data, ETL & cloud techniques, and tools (we currently use AWS-based Python, Terraform, Glue, S3, SQS)
- Experience of triaging and addressing tickets via ServiceNow
- Experience working in and leading a global team, handling team-related tasks and management activities
- Experience working in the DevOps lifecycle
- Ability to liaise with and build strong relationships with business colleagues
- Ability to design and document development best practices
- Strong analytical and data manipulation ability
- Experience of technical leadership in data and analytics
- Great interpersonal skills & a collaborative approach to delivery

Desirable Skills/Experience

- Experience of Agile practices using tools such as Jira
- Experience of Angular JS, Java, Oracle, and PostgreSQL
- Experience of Snowflake, DBT, Redshift (inc. Spectrum) and Aurora
- Experience of visualization technologies (we are focused on Power BI)

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our commitment to deliver accelerated growth for AstraZeneca and to make people's lives better. It pushes us to keep building on our foundations and progressing as we turn our ever-growing and increasingly complex pipeline from molecule to medicine. Be part of evolving how we work with Lean, cutting-edge science, digitalization, and sustainable practices.

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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.