Software Architect

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Who We Are

At Roche, we are passionate about transforming patients’ lives, and we are bold in both decision and action - we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work every single day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. Roche is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to build teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Embracing diversity enables us to create a great place to work and to innovate for patients.

Role Purpose
The Sofware Architect will be a key team leader applying extensive knowledge of design principles and practices in the creation of complex, enterprise-scale software systems. General responsibilities include design concept generation, leading design reviews, development and testing of the product stack. This role is hands on and entails leading the architecture and roadmap for the data exchange subsystem of the data platform. You will also collaborate with the wider Roche digital product community to influence innovative solutions that enable the products to work together to better impact patient outcomes.

Your values align with ours:

Customer Empathy, Respect/Earn Trust, Extreme Ownership, Bias for action, Entrepreneurship, Open sharing of information, Data-driven, Effectiveness, Resiliency, Grit, Radical Candor, Curiosity, Optimism, Disagree yet commit, Collaboration

You will be responsible 

• Architecture Design and Development:

  • Develop high-level and low-level design components, ensuring scalability, supportability, and extensibility of software products.

  • Drive software architecture and roadmap, full stack product planning, delivery, and support for the data exchange portions of the data platform.

  • Define the technology roadmap and stack, engineering best practices such as continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), infrastructure as code, modular design, and more.

• Leadership:

  • Allocate work effectively, mentor, and guide engineers at various levels including principal engineers.

  • Lead the design, development, delivery, and support of the core product software stack using technologies such as Java, Python, SQL and NoSQL datastores, and Cloud services.

  • Develop and deliver Proof-of-Concepts, including identifying technology options and assessments.

  • Provide technical leadership for several teams, mentoring and guiding engineers.

• Collaboration:

  • Collaborate with various groups like Product Management, UX, Customer Success, Sales, Compliance, Legal, and more to understand and meet customer needs.

  • Communicate with stakeholders including customers to explain solutions and technology, obtain customer insights, and translate them into technical deliverables.

• Quality Assurance:

  • Ensure high quality software that is highly scalable, available, reliable, supportable, and extensible and integrates with other Roche products and platforms.

Your profile

• Educational Background: BS in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related discipline. Master’s degree preferred.

• Experience:Proven expertise in leading and mentoring principal software engineers and other junior software engineers.

  • 15+ years of hands-on coding experience (or equivalent).

  • Proven expertise in leading and mentoring principal software engineers and other junior software engineers.

  • Knowledge of data governance, data quality, and data security best practices

  • Experience in Data Integration and Interoperability.

  • Proficiency in Cloud distribution/computing (AWS), API Design, Data Modeling, Capacity Planning, and Engineering best practices such as TDD, CI/CD.

  • Extensive experience in architecting and developing large-scale designs.

  • Solid experience in Agile methodologies for both delivery and operations.

  • Skilled in SQS, No-SQL technologies like PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB, MongoDB.

  • Experience in Client-Service architecture, design patterns, and building cloud/enterprise-grade solutions.
     

Nice to Have:

• Master in CS, Engineering (preferred)

• Experience in Healthcare tech, standards, and workflows (e.g. HL7, FHIR)

• Experience with QMS for FDA-regulated products

Locations

You will be based in Sant Cugat/ Barcelona. At the Company's discretion, an exception to the location requirement could be made under extraordinary circumstances.  

As this position is a global role, international business travel will be required depending upon the business location of the successful candidate and ongoing business project activities.

Roche is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to build teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Embracing diversity enables us to create a great place to work and to innovate for patients.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.

Leadership Skills:

 You are also responsible for building, and then providing effective technical leadership for a global team. Doing so in a manner that is consistent with the Roche Values and leadership capabilities. You will seek to inspire and lead the project teams to create transformative solutions, and to influence uptake in the wider organization, in order to ensure that customer solutions are at the forefront of Data Platform & Insights Services and deliver its optimal contribution to the Roche Diagnostics Vision.

The Principle Architect is expected to demonstrate the Roche Operating Principles and contribute to the Roche Group. The Roche Operating Principles are: 

• Put patients first

• Follow the science

• Act as one team

• Embrace differences

• Accelerate learning

• Simplify radically

• Make impact now

• Think long term

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.