AWS DevOps & Data Platform Engineer

Roche; Województwo mazowieckie; Hybrid; PLN 170,000 - 316,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Dedicated training budget

Recharge Fridays

Take Time Program

Vacation subsidy

Flex Location

Take Time for Charity

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Multisport

Stock share purchases

Laptops and cars

Job summary

Roche Digital Technology – Data Platforms is seeking a senior data/platform engineer to design, build, and govern next-generation data lake and governance solutions around the OneLake initiative. The role blends cloud infrastructure with DevOps rigor and modern data engineering in a hybrid work model.

You will bridge cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and data engineering, driving technical excellence and autonomy within your first 90 days while collaborating with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• 3+ years of enterprise data experience within pharmaceutical/Life Sciences R&D or other regulated sectors (Finance, MedTech, Telecom)
• Strong collaboration and written and spoken English communication
• Proficiency with AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (CDK/CloudFormation)
• Experience designing data lakes with Iceberg, AWS Glue, and Amazon S3

Responsibilities

• Own core architectural domains within the OneLake initiative, enabling operational autonomy within 90 days
• Architect, deploy, and manage secure multi-account AWS environments using CDK/CloudFormation
• Build end-to-end CI/CD workflows with Git-based versioning and automated tests
• Design and optimize scalable data lake architectures using Iceberg, AWS Glue, and S3
• Implement fine-grained access control with IAM and stay aligned with data governance standards
• Develop backend automation, APIs, and data sync layers using Python (Boto3) and serverless components
• Mentor colleagues and collaborate with distributed squads over the first year

Skills

Python

Git

CI/CD

AWS

Data Lakes

English communication

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Iceberg

AWS Glue

S3

Snowflake

GraphQL

APIs

Lambda

RDS

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

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

At Roche, we believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now—even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives and are bold in both decision and action.

Roche Digital Technology (RDT) is where innovation meets purpose. As a global team at the heart of Roche, we are a community of business-minded technologists committed to help shape tomorrow’s digital future of healthcare. Our mission is to power Roche through cutting-edge digital technologies, harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence, data, and scalable tech innovations. Driven by purpose and passion, we’re building a future where digital is a core strength across all of Roche, enabling smarter ways of working, unlocking human potential, and driving breakthroughs that truly matter for millions of patients around the world. At Roche, we offer a hybrid work model that combines flexibility with in-person collaboration.

For now, we require our employees to be in our offices on average two days per week. The specific office days may vary depending on business needs, such as workshops, conferences, town halls, team meetings, and other collaborative events.

Join our Data Platforms organization to help design, build, and optimize our next-generation data lake and governance ecosystem centered around the OneLake initiative.

You will bridge the gap between cloud infrastructure, DevOps rigor, and modern data engineering while internalizing critical platform architecture. In this role, you will champion technical excellence and drive operational autonomy within your first 90 days.

The opportunity

• Take full ownership of core architectural domains within the OneLake initiative, transitioning expertise in-house to achieve complete operational autonomy within your first 90 days
• Architect, deploy, and maintain secure, reliable multi-account AWS environments using AWS CDK and/or CloudFormation templates, managing deployments and actively mitigating drift
• Build end-to-end CI/CD workflows, maintain clean Git-based versioning, and uphold SDLC excellence through automated testing, linting, code reviews, and controlled environment promotion
• Design, manage, and optimize scalable data lake architectures leveraging Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue (Catalog, crawlers, ETL jobs), and Amazon S3
• Implement fine-grained access control, role-based policies, and least-privilege principles via AWS IAM, ensuring full traceability and alignment with enterprise data governance standards
• Develop robust backend automation, APIs, and data sync layers utilizing Python (Boto3), AWS AppSync (GraphQL), REST, and serverless compute (AWS Lambda, RDS)
• Partner closely with distributed engineering squads, solution architects, and business stakeholders, stepping up to mentor colleagues over your first 12 months

Who you are

• Cloud & DevOps Core (Required): Deep hands-on expertise with core AWS services (IAM, VPC networking, CloudWatch, CloudTrail) and proven production experience with Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK and/or CloudFormation
• Development & Scripting (Required): High proficiency in Python (utilizing Boto3 for automation) and Git version control / CI/CD pipeline automation (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
• Data Lake & Architecture (Preferred): Practical experience designing data lake architectures with Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue, and Amazon S3, plus familiarity with Snowflake integrations
• Domain & Industry Experience (Preferred): 3+ years of enterprise data experience within pharmaceutical/Life Sciences R&D or other regulated sectors (Finance, MedTech, Telecom)
• Mindset & Communication (Required): Strong collaborative mindset, senior-level debugging and root-cause analysis skills, and excellent written and spoken English communication skills

What you get

• Salary range 14175 - 26 325P PLN gross based on the employment contract
• Annual bonus payment based on your performance
• Dedicated training budget (training, certifications, conferences, diversified career paths etc.)
• Recharge Fridays (2 Fridays off per quarter available)
• Take time Program (up to 3 months of leave to use for any purpose)
• Vacation subsidy available
• Flex Location (possibility to perform our work from different places in the world for a certain period of time)
• Take Time for Charity (additional paid leave of maximum 2 weeks to engage in the charity action of your choice)
• Private healthcare (LuxMed packages), group life insurance (UNUM) and Multisport
• Stock share purchase additions
• Yearly sales of company laptops and cars and many more!

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Compensation & Benefits

The expected salary range for this position, based on the primary location of Warsaw Grafit is 170’100.00 PLN - 315’900.00 PLN. Final compensation will be determined by a number of factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, and location. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus with a target of 15% subject to both individual and company performance.

This position also offers an attractive benefits package.

Learn more about how we reward our employees at Roche.

Who we are

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.