Software Engineering Expert

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 213,000 - 395,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Training budget

Recharge Fridays

Take time Program

Vacation subsidy

Flex Location

Take Time for Charity

Private healthcare

Group life insurance

Multisport

Stock share purchase

Job summary

Roche Polska Sp. z o.o. seeks a Software Engineering Expert to guide global technical initiatives and drive the evolution of data product tooling. You will champion high code quality, AI-ready architectures, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver end-to-end data solutions.

The role requires deep expertise across multiple tech domains, proficiency with React/NestJS/Neo4j, and a strong governance/tooling mindset. Join Roche to shape the future of data and AI in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Experience driving cross-functional collaboration to align engineering efforts toward common goals.
• Deep understanding of data processing principles for AI readiness.
• Expertise across multiple technology domains and ability to apply optimal tools.
• Proficiency with React, NestJS, and Neo4j (Cypher).
• Knowledge of governance/data tools: Snowflake, Collibra, Immuta, ABAC, GitLab CI/CD, dbt, REST API, YAML, data observability.
• Hands-on with agentic AI building and LLM workflows.
• Strong SDLC and software quality management practices.
• Fluent English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic technical guidance for the data product tooling portfolio.
• Develop new components and ideas with a multidisciplinary team.
• Architectural advisory for AI-ready data products and enforcing domain boundaries.
• Lead design and rollout of agentic AI workflows for engineering teams.
• Advise stakeholders on technology and software development topics.
• Share knowledge globally and engage in site-related activities.
• Drive innovation and align solutions with technology trends.

Skills

Cross-functional collab

Data processing principles

AI readiness

React

NestJS

Neo4j

Graph modelling

Snowflake

Collibra

Immuta

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

dbt

REST API

YAML

Tableau

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: Software Engineering Expert

In this role, you will provide global support for technical initiatives, share knowledge internationally, and shape the organization's technical direction. We are looking for deep expertise across multiple technology areas, a commitment to high code quality and security standards, and a proven ability to remove team obstacles while optimizing developer productivity across the software development lifecycle.

The Opportunity

Scope: Provide strategic technical guidance and set the direction for the wider data product tooling portfolio, in alignment with business goals and priorities.

Take ownership of developing new components and ideas while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to deliver end-to-end experiences to data product owners, stewards, and consumers.

Architectural Evolution: Provide strategic technology and architecture advisory for AI-ready data products while enforcing domain boundaries across the metadata, access governance, and data quality surfaces, and maintaining high performance.

AI-based software development: Drive the team toward adopting best practices and tools in AI-based software development, and lead the design and rollout of agentic AI workflows that accelerate how the team designs, builds, reviews, and ships.

Stakeholder Management: Act as an advisor on technology and software development topics to data domain, governance, and platform stakeholders, providing direction for mid- to long-term goals and objectives.

Impact/Strategy: Provide global support for innovative and technological initiatives. Share knowledge locally and on global platforms, while actively engaging in RDT Data Domain and site-related activities.

Business/Technical ability: Actively contribute to the advancement of technical knowledge. Inspire innovation, drive solutions in line with technology trends, and focus on designing new approaches to existing problems.

Data & AI Knowledge: Build frontier digital products that create a ‘Data for AI’ and ‘AI for Data’ portfolio, enabling Roche business units to discover the true value of Data and AI. Serve as the technology lead in a team developing the products that manage the lifecycle of AI and Data assets - from initiation through publication, access, and quality - an essential capability for implementing the Group Data Strategy and building an AI-ready organization.

Who you are

• Previous experience driving cross‑functional collaboration to solve complex technical problems and align disparate engineering efforts toward common goals.
• Deep understanding of data processing principles and data requirements for AI readiness.
• Deep expertise across multiple technology domains with a demonstrated ability to select and apply optimal tools to solve complex challenges.
• Proficiency in React, NestJS (Node.js/TypeScript), and Neo4j with graph data modelling (Cypher), or similar technologies.
• Working knowledge of the data‑governance and integration surface these products sit on: Snowflake, Collibra for metadata governance, Immuta and attribute‑based access control (ABAC) policy, GitLab CI/CD, dbt, REST API design and integration, YAML‑based configuration and data contracts, data observability tooling such as Monte Carlo, and Tableau for quality and adoption reporting, or similar technologies.
• Hands‑on experience with agentic AI building, evaluating, and operating LLM‑based agents and tooling - and readiness to set up agentic workflows for an engineering team.
• Strong grasp of software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices.
• Extensive knowledge of modern software development tooling, with the ability to evaluate and integrate tools that enhance developer productivity and experience Roche-wide.
• Solid understanding of software validation, regulatory processes, and software quality management practices (a plus).
• Proven track record of clearing obstacles for technical teams, empowering them to deliver exceptional products.
• Proactive mindset with a proven ability to anticipate future technical challenges and opportunities, developing strategies to keep the organization ahead.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

What you get

• Salary range 19,075 - 35,425 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!

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation & Benefits: The expected salary range for this position, based on the primary location of Warsaw Grafit is 228,900.00 PLN - 425,100.00 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 20% subject to both individual and company performance.
• This position also offers an attractive benefits package.

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. 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. We are courageous in both decision and action. And we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work each 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. We are proud of who we are, what we do, and how we do it. We are many, working as one across functions, across companies, and across the world. We are Roche.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future.

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