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156 AstraZeneca Jobs

Senior Software Engineer

AstraZeneca India Pvt. Ltd

4.1

based on 813 Reviews

6-10 years

₹ 7.05 - 18.6L/yr (AmbitionBox estimate)

Chennai

1 vacancy

Senior Software Engineer

AstraZeneca

posted 16hr ago

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Job Description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

GCL : D2

Introduction to role

AstraZeneca is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our R&D IT Solution Delivery Team. This role will entail writing customized software solutions for preclinical and clinical applications, ensuring reliability, performance, and security, while supporting AstraZeneca s digital transformation goals. You will be creating new features, enhancing existing features, providing bug fixes and taking responsibility for delivery of those features. You will work closely with senior engineers and mentor junior members in the team. The successful candidate will work across a variety of projects and technology stacks.

Accountabilities

Design and Development: Participate in designing software solutions and contribute significantly to the development of new features and functionalities.
Code Quality: Maintain code quality by implementing standard methodologies, such as writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
Code Reviews: Conduct and participate in code reviews to maintain high code standards and provide constructive feedback to peers.
Mentoring: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, helping them improve their technical skills and understanding of projects.
Problem Solving: Analyse and resolve challenging technical issues and aid the team in overcoming obstacles effectively.
Testing and Debugging: Implement automation testing strategies, including unit and integration tests, and actively participate in debugging and performance optimization.
Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, design, and QA, to ensure alignment and successful project delivery.
Documentation: Maintain up-to-date documentation for software designs, processes, and codebases to ensure knowledge sharing and project continuity.
Project Planning: Contribute to project planning and estimation efforts.
Continuous Learning: Stay updated with new technologies, tools, and industry trends to bring innovative solutions to the team.
Technical Leadership: Take ownership of components or modules of the software, driving their successful execution from design to deployment.
Communication: Clearly communicate technical concepts and project statuses to stakeholders, including non-technical team members.

Essential Skills/Experience

Advanced Python Programming:
Proficiency in Python, including advanced features such as decorators, generators, context managers, and multithreading/multiprocessing.
AWS Proficiency:
Strong understanding of core AWS services like EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, IAM, and Lambda.
Boto3 and AWS SDKs:
Expertise in using Boto3 to automate AWS service interactions and deployments.
DevOps and CI/CD:
Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions to automate deployment processes.
Networking and Security:
Awareness of AWS security best practices, including access management with IAM roles and policies.
Database Management:
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
API Development:
Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs.
Problem Solving and Debugging:
Strong analytical skills to solve complex problems and troubleshoot efficiently.
Version Control and Collaboration:
Proficiency with Git and collaborative development practices, including branching and merging strategies.
Test-Driven Development:
Experience of writing unit and integration tests with tools such as Pytest.
Clean Coding:
Strong skills in writing clean and maintainable code.
Agile methodologies:
Experience of working with Agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban.
Educational Requirements
Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science or an IT-related discipline with at least 6 years of experience in the IT industry.

Desirable Skills/Experience

Experience in the scientific or pharmaceutical industry
Understanding of the fundamentals of science and experience in the pharmaceutical sector
Advanced end-to-end testing:
Experience of testing methods such as shift-left testing and BDD.
Machine Learning and AI:
Knowledge of machine learning and how it can be applied to data
Serverless Architecture:
Knowledge of building and managing serverless applications using components such as AWS Glue and AWS Batch.
Microservices Architecture:
Familiarity with designing and implementing a distributed architecture, particularly within AWS environments.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
Proficiency with CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform for managing cloud infrastructure.
Advanced Security:
Experience with security mechanisms such as SSO and OAuth2.
Data Engineering:
Skills in data processing and storage using tools such as DBT and Snowflake.
Performance Optimization:
Ability to analyse and improve application performance including cost optimization strategies on AWS.
Web Development:
Solid understanding of front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to work on full-stack development.
Soft Skills and Leadership:
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to lead teams or manage cross functional projects.
Certification:
AWS Certifications as recognition of expertise.