Technical Lead Platform Engineering – Scientific Computing Platform (SCP)

AstraZeneca AB; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 713,266 - 987,599; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca AB is seeking a Technical Lead for Platform Engineering at their R&D site in Gothenburg. This role involves leading technical direction, mentoring engineers, and collaborating on delivering the overall technical roadmap for the Scientific Computing Platform.

The ideal candidate will possess expertise in HPC, cloud technologies, and DevOps practices, along with a strong educational background in computer science or related fields. Join us and help innovate the future of research computing.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and supporting cloud infrastructure and HPC solutions.
• Hands-on experience with version control, CI/CD, containerisation and automation.
• Deep understanding of DevOps paradigms and engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical leader for Platform Engineering function.
• Work with other tech leads to develop overall SCP technical roadmap.
• Drive innovation to support emerging science while simplifying the platform.

Skills

Cloud technologies

DevOps practices

Kubernetes

HPC

Terraform

Ansible

AI/ML solutions

Agile delivery models

Version control

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate in computer science, engineering, computational biology or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD tools

Job description

Do you have deep expertise in platform engineering, High-Performance Computing (HPC) and cloud technologies? Are you motivated to lead engineering innovation that accelerates scientific discovery and transforms patient impact? Join us and help build the next generation of research computing at AstraZeneca. We are now recruiting a Technical Lead for Platform Engineering within our Scientific Computing Platform (SCP), a cornerstone capability in our global R&D Data & Analytics organisation. The SCP provides the computational backbone for analytics across drug discovery, including computational chemistry, imaging, multi-omics, structural biology, data science and AI engineering, combining modern HPC with a cloud-native, DevOps-first approach to power science at scale.

This role is based at AstraZeneca's dynamic R&D site in Gothenburg, where you will join an international, collaborative and innovation-driven environment.

Accountability

• Serve as the technical leader for the Platform Engineering function, setting direction and ensuring effective use of tools, platforms and infrastructure to enable scientists, IT teams and AI engineers.
• Work with the other tech leads to develop and deliver the overall SCP technical roadmap.
• Evolve and harmonise technology strategies, roadmaps and long-term platform vision across SCP and broader R&D IT, collaborating company-wide and sharing capabilities to drive best outcomes.
• Promote developer adoption and champion modern DevOps, cloud-native technologies and Infrastructure as Code.
• Mentor, coach and inspire platform engineers.
• Drive innovation to support emerging science while proactively reducing tech debt and simplifying the platform wherever possible.
• Push the team to overcome fundamental challenges in managing and configuring infrastructure and services, leading by example through hands‑on coding and solving complex technical problems.
• Encourage incubation of innovative ideas and approaches, guided by measurable impact and operational excellence.
• Advocate agile practices and ensure high standards in code quality, testing (unit/functional/integration), automation and documentation.
• Stay current with industry trends and apply relevant patterns to evolve platform architecture and practices.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate in computer science, engineering, computational biology, bioinformatics or related field; or equivalent experience delivering HPC, cloud, large-scale infrastructure or AI/ML solutions.
• Experience with developing and supporting Terraform and Ansible.
• Proven experience developing and operating compute infrastructure at scale, including Kubernetes and Observability stacks.
• Deep understanding of cloud technologies, DevOps paradigms and modern engineering practices.
• Demonstrated ability to build and influence empowered DevOps/platform engineering teams and culture with a Site Reliability Engineering mindset.
• Hands‑on experience with version control, CI/CD, containerisation and automation; familiarity with ML engineering practices is a plus.
• Solid grasp of agile and product‑centric delivery models.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience supporting research, scientific or other data‑intensive computing environments.
• Experience operating in environments that combine high-performance computing, scaled cloud and advanced AI workloads.

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.