Edge Software 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

Roche Diagnostics has created a new Platform area that will change the way software is developed at Roche. Our challenge is to bring together complex diagnostic and treatment data to intelligently process and present this data to healthcare professionals which allows for improved patient care. If you want to be a part of revolutionizing the healthcare industry, join us to put your software touch on it!

We are looking for candidates with a deep understanding of modern Edge architecture needs and constraints, and experience across the full stack with a “create tools, not band-aids” DevOps mindset. If you would rather improve health outcomes for millions instead of helping sell ads on the Internet, this is the job for you!

You'll get to build a new level of services on the Edge enabling and improving our SaaS business from the ground up with the ability to influence the product and architecture and lots of opportunities for growth.

The Position:

The Software Engineer is a member of the platform team(7+ engineers) and applies knowledge on design principles and practices in the implementation of complex, enterprise-scale software systems. General responsibilities include design, development, testing, maintenance and continuous improvement of the core software stack.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Software Development: This is a hands-on software development position to write high-quality software that will perform at scale, be supportable, and be extensible.

Leadership: Ensure a culture that values technical excellence together with collaboration mindset

Platform Components/Services Ownership: In collaboration with the Platform Owners, since the platform is intended for developers, you may take ownership over specific requirements related to platform components or services, defining the details and prioritizing based on other developer needs.

Process & Operations: Ensure the software stack integrates with our existing CI/CD pipeline and contribute to continuous improvement; independently design, plan and deliver high-quality software.

Who You Are:

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or directly related discipline

4+ years of hands-on industry experience as a software engineer

2+ years experience in contemporary platforms extended from cloud (e.g: docker Kubernetes, helm charts, Kustomize).

2+ years experience in development using AWS services like IAM, S3, SQS, API Gateway, lambda, etc.

Experience in technical design discussions to come up with the most effective technical solution

Quick learner with the ability to understand complex workflows and develop and validate innovative solutions to solve difficult problems

Have successfully built, deployed, and supported enterprise-scale applications in the edge and/or in a multi-instance cloud.

Technical experience:

Hands-on software development experience in Java working with different Spring boot backend projects, testing frameworks and integration libraries and tools.

Secure infrastructure as code provisioning experience and cloud knowledge (AWS preferred)

Willingness to learn new technologies like Go

Nice to have:

Hands-on software development experience in JavaScript (or TypeScript) with a modern component based framework (e.g. Angular, React, etc.).

Experience with reactive libraries and architectures

Experience in healthcare is not required, but familiarity with data standards and workflows is a plus (e.g. HL7, IHE)

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.