Senior Data Engineer

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Job responsibilities

You will play the role of technical lead & PO and your key responsibilities will be:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and define technical requirements for the product or feature being developed

• Lead the data team in designing and optimizing efficient data integration workflows, ensuring high-quality data pipelines and seamless interactions with platforms like Snowflake, Talend, and Tableau

• Communicate the technical vision and requirements to the development team, ensuring a clear understanding of what needs to be built

• Contribute to the architectural design and scalability of the platform, ensuring seamless integration of new features and enhancements.

• Collaborate with architects and developers to establish and refine technical specifications, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives.

• Cultivate a culture of collaboration and innovation within the development team, fostering an environment conducive to creativity and problem-solving.

• As a Product Owner to analyze user stories and translate them into precise technical requirements, ensuring clear understanding and alignment with business objectives.

• Collaborate closely with software developers, system architects and stakeholders to deliver cohesive and effective solutions that meet both technical and business requirements

• Effectively communicate technical concepts through presentations to the team and stakeholders.

• Document code, technical designs, and system processes for reference.

• Keep abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data management.

Job requirements

The following skills are a must for the job:

• Expertise in implementing secure data-sharing solutions using Snowflake.

• Proficiency in designing and optimizing Talend ETL jobs for Snowflake integration.

• Experience in building data product architectures with real-time analytics.

• Strong skills in creating interactive, real-time Tableau dashboards.

• Experience with databases like Postgresql, MySql 

• Experience with API Management.

• Experience working in a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) environment.

• Essential effective oral and written communication skills in English. 

• Moderate travel required and ability to work across multiple time zones.

Additionally, as a nice to have:

• Experience in developing and using validated systems.

• Experience with codebeamer development or other ALM systems such as Jira, Azure DevOps, GitLab, etc.

• Proficiency in Java.

Education / Years of Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent work experience in software development

• You bring more than 5  years of relevant work experience in one or more multinational work environments (e.g. healthcare industry experience is a plus).

• Good analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Good communication and collaboration skills

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

We do #Code4lLife, creating innovative software that helps doctors, patients, and scientists around the world.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.