Senior AI Product Engineer & Technical Leader

AstraZeneca; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca is seeking a pragmatic builder-architect to lead hands-on coding and architectural direction for AI-powered features. You will own end-to-end delivery, from idea through production, embedding with a product team and potentially mentoring engineers.

You will balance rapid shipping with durable design, ensuring scalable architecture and strong engineering judgment for long-term product health. This role is based in Gaithersburg, MD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a software engineering field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience at senior levels.
• Production experience shipping AI-powered features (agent systems, RAG, model orchestration).
• Strong full-stack capability across apps, data stores, and infrastructure.
• Experience with AWS at scale and production systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI-powered product features with end-to-end ownership.
• Own the full stack for deployed features including deployment, observability, cost, and security.
• Mentor and coach engineers on your team.
• Read existing systems to understand context before proposing changes.

Skills

Software engineering

AI systems

Full-stack

Mentoring

Production readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

Job description

AstraZeneca is seeking a pragmatic builder-architect to lead hands-on coding and architectural direction for AI-powered features. You will own end-to-end delivery, from idea through production, embedding with a product team and potentially mentoring engineers.

You will balance rapid shipping with durable design, ensuring scalable architecture and strong engineering judgment for long-term product health. This role is based in Gaithersburg, MD.