Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Chemistry & ML Platform

AstraZeneca; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer with a Chemistry background to join our Kendall Square initiative. You will help build an integrated software platform supporting drug discovery workflows, partnering with scientists and product teams to translate high-value problems into scalable solutions.

Join a global team to design, deploy, and optimize production-grade systems, combining cheminformatics, data pipelines, and cloud-native architecture to accelerate drug discovery with

Qualifications

• Strong Python production experience and OO design.
• Ability to translate scientific needs into software.
• Experience with scalable systems and APIs in production.

Responsibilities

• Partner with scientists and engineers to translate problems into software.
• Design, deploy, and improve software for scientific workflows.
• Prototype rapidly and evolve into production systems.
• Bridge chemistry, data and engineering for integrated solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build high-impact apps.
• Improve scalability, reliability, and usability of platforms.
• Promote engineering discipline including tests and documentation.
• Mentor others and stay current with tech trends.

Skills

Python

APIs

Data pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud

SQL

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Artifact deployment

Cheminformatics

Education

PhD preferred

Masters essential

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Elasticsearch

Job description

AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer with a Chemistry background to join our Kendall Square initiative. You will help build an integrated software platform supporting drug discovery workflows, partnering with scientists and product teams to translate high-value problems into scalable solutions.

Join a global team to design, deploy, and optimize production-grade systems, combining cheminformatics, data pipelines, and cloud-native architecture to accelerate drug discovery with