SW Technical Lead - Data Platforms

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The Position

SW Technical Lead - Data Platforms 

As a Custom Software Developer, you will act as a strategic leader and innovator. You will define tasks for others, drive large-scale initiatives, and mentor colleagues to foster growth. This role involves providing global-level support for technical initiatives, sharing knowledge internationally, and shaping the organization's technical direction. You will possess deep expertise across multiple technology areas, set high standards for code quality and security, and remove obstacles for teams, continuously improving developer productivity and the overall software development lifecycle.

The Opportunity:

• Scope: Provide strategic technical guidance and set the direction for digital product development in alignment with business goals and priorities.

• Architectural Evolution: Lead the strategic transition from a modular monolith to microservices, ensuring domain boundaries are respected and performance remains high. Take ownership of the development of new components and ideas as you cooperate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver end-to-end experiences to the End Users.

• Accountability/Problem Solving: Define tasks for others and drive successful Medium to Large (M/L) initiatives at the Product or Product Line level. Challenge others in a growth-enabling way, leverage team strengths effectively, and act as a coach and/or lead for others.

• Stakeholder Management: Possess a strong grasp of stakeholder ecosystems and their needs, excelling in negotiations and partnerships for mutual benefits. Provide direction for mid- to long-term goals and objectives.

• Impact/Strategy: Provide global-level support for innovative and technological initiatives. Give speeches and share knowledge in local/international events and knowledge-sharing initiatives, and actively engage in RDT Data Domain/Site-related activities.

• Complexity/ (Product Size): Operate at the Product / Domain / Site level.

• Business/Technical ability: Actively contribute to the advancement of technical knowledge within the field through publications, presentations, and mentorship (for example, by serving as a capability owner). Inspire innovation, drive innovative solutions in line with technology trends, and focus on designing new approaches to existing problems.

Who you are:

• 10+ years proven experience driving cross-functional collaboration to solve organization-wide technical problems and aligning disparate engineering efforts toward common goals.

• Possess a deep understanding of data processing principles and AI-readiness data needs. Hold experience in building solutions for data experts (e.g., Data Owners, Data Consumers, Data Product Owners, and Digital Asset Management).

• Exhibit deep expertise in multiple technology areas and the ability to select and apply appropriate technologies to solve complex problems.

• Maintain proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Angular, AWS, ECS, Docker, PostgreSQL, GitOps, Event-driven architecture, or similar technologies.

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of software development lifecycle practices, including performance tuning and scalability.

• Leverage excellent knowledge of market-available software development tooling to suggest adoption into the current Roche toolset, continuously improving developer productivity and experience Roche-wide.

• Apply expertise in cybersecurity best practices, ensuring that software solutions comply with security standards in coordination with appropriate Roche experts.

• Possess comprehensive knowledge of software validation, regulatory processes, and software quality management practices.

• Demonstrate a strong ability to remove obstacles for technical teams, empowering them to deliver exceptional products.

• Exhibit a proven ability to anticipate future technical challenges and opportunities, proactively developing strategies and solutions to keep the organization at the forefront.

• Fluency in English.

What you get:

• Employment contract (Umowa o pracę).

• Annual bonus payment based on your performance.

• Private healthcare ( LuxMed packages), group life insurance (UNUM) and Multisport.

• Recharge Fridays (2 Fridays off per quarter).

• Take Time Program (up to 3 months of leave to use for any purpose).

• 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).

• Stock share purchase additions.

• Yearly sales of company equipment and many more! 

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Compensation & Benefits

This position also offers an attractive benefits package.

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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.