Technical Lead Platform Engineering – Scientific Computing Platform (scp)

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Gothenburg, Sweden
Hybrid (minimum three days per week in-office)
Platform engineering expertise
High-performance computing (hpc)
Cloud technologies
AstraZeneca is seeking a Technical Lead for Platform Engineering within their Scientific Computing Platform in Gothenburg, Sweden. The role focuses on leading engineering innovation in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and cloud technologies to enhance research capabilities in drug discovery

Job Summary

  • 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.
  • Promote developer adoption and champion modern DevOps, cloud-native technologies and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Drive innovation to support emerging science while proactively reducing tech debt and simplifying the platform wherever possible.

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AstraZeneca is seeking a Technical Lead for Platform Engineering within their Scientific Computing Platform in Gothenburg, Sweden. The role focuses on leading engineering innovation in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and cloud technologies to enhance research capabilities in drug discovery.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Platform Engineering expertise
  • High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Cloud technologies
  • Kubernetes and Observability stacks
  • Terraform and Ansible
  • DevOps paradigms
  • Infrastructure as Code

Nice-to-have

  • Site Reliability Engineering mindset
  • ML engineering practices
  • Agile and product-centric delivery
  • Scientific computing environments
  • Combining HPC, cloud, and AI

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate in relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Experience delivering HPC, cloud, large-scale infrastructure or AI/ML solutions
  • Proven experience developing and operating compute infrastructure at scale
  • Demonstrated ability to build and influence empowered DevOps/platform engineering teams
  • Hands-on experience with version control, CI/CD, containerisation and automation
  • Solid grasp of agile and product-centric delivery models
  • Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills

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