Artificial Intelligence Research Expert

Overview

This role is based in Barcelona, with an on-site commitment of three days a week. Fluency in English is required.

Introduction to the opportunity

Are you passionate about creating artificial intelligence and machine learning systems for real-world science applications? Does contributing to preventing, modifying, and even curing some of the world's most complex diseases inspire you? Would you like to work on developing an iterative drug discovery and development process while drawing on methods across various fields, from active learning to optimisation and search? What about advancing our understanding of biology, streamlining research and development processes, and leveraging a variety of data modalities? Do you thrive working in a supportive, inclusive environment where creativity, collaboration across disciplines and lifelong learning towards innovative breakthroughs are encouraged? If yes, this opportunity may be for you.

Join our interdisciplinary Centre for Artificial Intelligence team working on the frontier of AI research for digital biology. Your work will support the next generation of medicines and vaccines at the intersection of AI, biology, and engineering. Your work will contribute to transforming the drug discovery and development value chain as we know it, uncovering novel biological insights, automating processes, streamlining decisions, and improving the overall pipeline across all therapeutic areas at AstraZeneca.

Accountabilities

• You will work efficiently in a team to lead and deliver projects optimally, researching, developing and using the novel AI theories, methodologies, and algorithms, with engineering best practices and standard processes for various biology, chemistry and clinical applications.
• You will be part and also lead multifunctional projects to conceive, design, develop and conduct experiments to test hypotheses, validate new approaches, and compare the effectiveness of different AI / ML systems, algorithms, methods and tools for new applications to support the discovery, design, and optimisation of medicines with improved biological activity.
• You will lead and contribute to addressing challenges and opportunities in the drug discovery and development value chain processes and provide innovative solutions in fields such as deep learning, representation learning, reinforcement learning, meta-learning, active learning approaches applied to de novo molecule design, protein engineering, in-silico discovery, structural biology, computational biology, translational sciences, biomarker discovery, clinical research, clinical trials and many other areas.
• You will lead and develop machine learning models designed explicitly for analysing heterogeneous biological data while collaborating with biology researchers to run algorithmically designed wet lab experiments to inform future experimental directions.
• You will remain at the forefront of AI / ML research by participating in journal clubs, seminars, mentoring, and personal development initiatives and contributing to publications and academic and industry collaborations.

Essential Skills / Experience

Desirable Skills / Experience

Why AstraZeneca?

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person work gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. Join the team, unlocking the power of what science can do. We are working towards treating, preventing, modifying, and even curing some of the world's most complex diseases. Here, we have the potential to grow our pipeline and positively impact the lives of billions of patients around the world. We are committed to making a difference. We have built our business around our passion for science. Now, we are fusing data and technology with the latest scientific innovations to achieve the next wave of breakthroughs.

Ready to make a difference?

Apply now and join us in our mission to push the boundaries of science and deliver life-changing medicines!

Date Posted

12-sept-2025

Closing Date

31-oct-2025

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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