Roche
Healthcare
Principal/SeniorPrincipalSoftwareEngineer
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“Principal / Senior Principal Software Engineer at Roche. Skills: Full-stack software engineering, Data engineering, Cloud-native architectures. Build and enhance a modern, scalable ecosystem of applications and tools to capture, move, and prepare scientific data for analysis. Design and deliver complex, user-friendly data applications and pipelines that integrate diverse data sets across key scientific domains”
Industry & Context.
Solve complex challenges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience, Significant professional experience in full-stack software engineering, Skills in backend (e.g., Python, Java), Skills in frontend (e.g., JavaScript, React), Deep experience with modern data engineering, Databases (SQL/NoSQL), Data analytics (ETL/ELT), APIs (REST, GraphQL), Proven experience developing and deploying applications on cloud-native architectures, Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, Ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences
Nice to Have
AWS, Kubernetes
What You'll Do.
Build and enhance a modern
scalable ecosystem of applications and tools to capture
and prepare scientific data for analysis
Design and deliver complex
user-friendly data applications and pipelines that integrate diverse data sets across key scientific domains
Leverage standard patterns like microservices and event-driven architecture to improve our data workflows and application ecosystem
Champion technical excellence by ensuring our solutions are innovative
and seamlessly integrated
Integrate diverse data sets to power Artificial Intelligence (AI)
machine learning (ML)
and Natural Language Search capabilities
Collaborate directly with computational and research scientists to understand their challenges and translate them into effective technology solutions
Provide technical leadership on ongoing initiatives and identify new opportunities to build common
Mentor junior developers
fostering their professional growth and upholding high engineering standards
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate directly with computational and research scientists to understand their challenges and translate them into effective technology solutions; Outstanding communication and collaboration skills; Ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences
Communication Scope
Outstanding communication and collaboration skills; Ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences
Full Job Description
At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters. ### ### The Position A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche. Advances in AI, data and computational sciences are transforming drug discovery and development. Roche’s Research and Early Development organizations at Genentech (gRED) and Pharma (pRED) have demonstrated how these technologies accelerate R&D, leveraging data and novel computational models to drive impact. Seamless data sharing and access to models across gRED and pRED are essential to maximising these opportunities. The Computational Sciences Center of Excellence (CS CoE) is a strategic, unified group whose goal is to harness the transformative power of data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist our scientists in both pRED and gRED to deliver more innovative and life-changing medicines for patients worldwide. Within the CS CoE organisation, the Data and Digital Catalyst (DDC) organization leads the modernization of our computational and data ecosystems by integrating digital technologies across Research and Early Development to empower stakeholders, advance data-driven science and accelerate decision-making. The Solutions team within the DDC Organization develops modernized and interconnected computational and data ecosystems. The Data Ecosystem is foundational to building solutions that accelerate the work done by
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