Tech Lead: AI-Driven Cloud & Production in Pharma

Astek; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

International collaboration

Professional development plans

Flexible schedules

Job summary

Astek Iberia is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join an international pharmaceutical project focused on delivering a new digital application. You will own architecture, infrastructure, and deployment in Azure while coding directly with AI-assisted tools.

Lead end-to-end delivery, ensure quality, mentor engineers, and collaborate with global teams in a hybrid setup. English proficiency required; regulated industry experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD, Docker, Terraform and GitHub.
• Azure application hosting experience (Azure Container Apps, managed PostgreSQL, Key Vault, Entra ID).
• Familiarity with enterprise networking and monitoring/logging.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.
• Experience mentoring engineers.
• English – Professional working proficiency.
• Experience in regulated environments (pharmaceutical, life sciences).

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end technical ownership of the solution, including architecture, infrastructure, deployment and code quality.
• Build and extend the application directly using AI-assisted coding tools.
• Plan and coordinate the project day-to-day, tracking progress and priorities.
• Translate business requirements into buildable technical designs.
• Extend the prototype into a production-ready application.
• Ensure high standards across testing, maintainability, performance and code quality.
• Manage deployment and cutover to production environment.
• Support training materials, adoption and post-go-live activities.
• Run pilots and experiments with AI development tools and workflows.
• Measure and improve developer productivity and delivery practices.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical ownership

DevOps

Project delivery

English proficiency

Tools

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Docker

Terraform

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Azure

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Astek Iberia is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join an international pharmaceutical project focused on delivering a new digital application. You will own architecture, infrastructure, and deployment in Azure while coding directly with AI-assisted tools.

Lead end-to-end delivery, ensure quality, mentor engineers, and collaborate with global teams in a hybrid setup. English proficiency required; regulated industry experience is a plus.