Lead Consultant - Snowflake and Cortex AI Engineer
Company: Astrazeneca
Location: India - Bangalore
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-08-04
About this role
JOB TITLE: Lead Consultant - Snowflake and Cortex AI Engineer
GCL: E
Introduction to role
Are you ready to harness Snowflake and Cortex AI to deliver meaningful outcomes for patients and the business? This role sits at the center of our data and AI transformation. It builds production-grade platforms and autonomous systems crafted to strengthen decision-making and accelerate impact across our US rare disease portfolio.
You will serve as the technical anchor for a high-performing analytics and engineering team, setting standards and translating sophisticated data into secure, auditable, and scalable operational systems. From predictive patient identification and field force alerting to agent-driven insights and recommendations, your work will help power the next wave of data-driven commercial excellence. Join us to shape Snowflake-native architectures and autonomous AI solutions that move from idea to production with speed and rigor!
Accountabilities
- Snowflake-Native ML Architecture: Define end-to-end ML platform architecture on Snowflake using Snowpark, Model Registry, Snowpark Containers, and Cortex AI as the primary compute and serving layer. Establish reusable patterns and frameworks that improve quality and speed delivery.
- Model Lifecycle and Serving: Create robust pipelines that move models from experimentation to production within Snowflake. Support patient identification, alignment prediction, next-best-action engines, and competitive intelligence through strong packaging, CI/CD, testing, versioning, and deployment practices using Cortex inference and Container Services.
- Advanced Data Pipeline Engineering: Engineer resilient batch and streaming workflows. Design feature stores, handle lineage, and enable feature reuse across initiatives.
- Production Operations and Optimization: Ensure reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. Implement logging, tracing, alerting, and health monitoring with Snowflake event tables and observabi...