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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 3 months ago

Staff Engineer Agentic AI, Oncology Data Science & AI

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$178K/yr - $266K/yr

10+ years exp

AstraZeneca is a global, science-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative medicines. The Staff Engineer Agentic AI role focuses on building AI-driven solutions for scientific research in oncology, including developing tools for genomics and automating data analysis processes.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build Agentic AI driven solutions that tackle scientific research problems

Develop, test, and support Agentic tools for Genomics, Computational Pathology, Clinical Trials, etc

Automate complex data analysis processes

Introduce leading AI technologies applied to cancer research

Qualification

PythonAgentic AI systemsCloud computing (AWS)Software development best practicesUnixSQL databasesREST APIsMachine learningBioinformaticsTypeScriptAI frameworksRAGVector databasesLLMs / Foundation modelsCompiled programming languages

Required

Relevant graduate degree: Computer Science, Engineering, or Bioinformatics

Minimum of 10 years of applied experience in software engineering, data science, machine learning, bioinformatics, or relevant field

Hands-on experience building Agentic AI systems and deploying them to production

Programming skills: Solid Python and/or TypeScript programming skills

Vast Experience in: Unix, SQL databases, REST APIs, Cloud computing (AWS)

Vast Experience in software development best practices

Preferred

AI frameworks, such as Pydantic-AI, LangChain, etc

Experience in RAG, vector databases

An understanding of LLMs / Foundation models technologies

Experience in at least one compiled programming language (e.g. any of C, Java, Go, Rust, etc.)

Benefits

Short-term incentive bonus opportunity

Equity-based long-term incentive program

Qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid leaves

Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

Company

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease is focused on pioneering new possibilities for the rare disease community.

Founded in 1992

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://alexion.com

H1B Sponsorship

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (49)

2024 (57)

2023 (51)

2022 (29)

2021 (27)

2020 (17)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$5.8M

2020-12-12Acquired

1999-02-12Post Ipo Equity· $5.8M

1996-02-29IPO

Leadership Team

Frederic Chereau

SVP, Strategy and Business Development

Imran Shakur

Director, IRT and Technology Lead

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