Preclinical Data Engineer: Scalable AI‑Ready Pipelines

AstraZeneca; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Barcelona seeks Associate Director, Data Engineer to design enterprise-grade data capabilities that accelerate discovery and enable trustworthy AI in preclinical R&D. You will prototype and scale modular data solutions, drive production readiness, and mentor engineers while collaborating with architects and external partners to deliver reusable, auditable pipelines.

This role emphasizes FAIR data, data quality, and governance, with opportunities to apply AI-assisted

Qualifications

• Experience designing and deploying data- and software-solutions for complex workflows.
• Proficient in Python and familiar with other programming languages.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud services and related S3/Lambda/Step Functions/CloudWatch/IAM.
• Ability to translate business or scientific needs into technical requirements.
• Experience working in agile environments and delivering technical work.
• Understanding FAIR principles and data quality and metadata concepts.
• Interest in AI capabilities, automation, and agent-based approaches for data workflows.

Responsibilities

• Prototype, design, develop, and deploy modular data solutions for end-to-end R&D workflows.
• Translate requirements into clear designs and implementation plans.
• Move solutions from prototype to production with lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with architects, data engineers, semantic modellers, and other specialists.
• Mentor juniors and coordinate delivery with internal and external partners.
• Ensure data quality, metadata governance, and FAIR-aligned traceability.
• Explore AI-assisted development and automation to boost productivity.

Skills

Python

AWS

Relational databases

Data integration

Agile

Data quality

FAIR principles

AI capabilities interest

Tools

Amazon S3

AWS Lambda

AWS Step Functions

Amazon CloudWatch

AWS IAM

SQL/Relational DBs

Job description

AstraZeneca in Barcelona seeks Associate Director, Data Engineer to design enterprise-grade data capabilities that accelerate discovery and enable trustworthy AI in preclinical R&D. You will prototype and scale modular data solutions, drive production readiness, and mentor engineers while collaborating with architects and external partners to deliver reusable, auditable pipelines.

This role emphasizes FAIR data, data quality, and governance, with opportunities to apply AI-assisted