Remote Backend Engineer for Health Tech (EU)

Lifelancer Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 78,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche is seeking an experienced Freelance Backend Software Engineer to work remotely within the EU, contributing to backend services used by mySugr, Accu-Chek, navify or other Roche products.

You will join cross-functional teams, emphasize clean code, CI/CD, and high-quality software delivery while collaborating with architects, frontend engineers and product owners. This role is full-time and remote in the EU.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• At least 2 years of full-time Backend Engineer experience.
• Proficient in Java 17+ and Spring 5/Hibernate/JAX-RS.
• Experience with SQL and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• EU citizen or Austrian work permit.

Responsibilities

• Develop clean, stable, testable, and performant backend code for mobile apps.
• Collaborate with architects, frontend engineers, QAs and product owners.
• Contribute to CI/CD, code reviews, and quality days.
• Support future-proof architectures and solid technical design.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring 5

Hibernate

JAX-RS

SQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

English

EU citizen / Austrian permit

Backend engineering

Software engineering

CI/CD

Job description

Roche is seeking an experienced Freelance Backend Software Engineer to work remotely within the EU, contributing to backend services used by mySugr, Accu-Chek, navify or other Roche products.

You will join cross-functional teams, emphasize clean code, CI/CD, and high-quality software delivery while collaborating with architects, frontend engineers and product owners. This role is full-time and remote in the EU.