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Senior Scientist, AI for Discovery — New Target Discovery

AstraZeneca • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary
£58k – £58k
Posted
24 October 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Senior Scientist, AI for Discovery — New Target Discovery in Cambridge, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £58k – £58k. AstraZeneca holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

About AstraZeneca At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person. We are a global, science-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines that enrich…
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  • Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £58k – £58k
  • How this salary compares: about 42% above the £41,180 median across 1,195 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · Full-time
  • Similar roles nearby: 30 other live scientific & qa roles in Cambridge — browse them
  • Posted: 24 October 2026
  • How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.
About this sector

Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.

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