Custom Software Developer - RDT Pharma R&D

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 Developer 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. As a Software Developer, you act as a seasoned expert who takes ownership of tasks and drives quality. You will challenge the status quo, foster collaboration and mentorship, and design complex software solutions utilizing strong full-stack expertise. By possessing a deep understanding of the broader technical landscape, you will improve the entire software delivery process, proactively addressing technical debt and architectural challenges while aligning your efforts with global organizational strategies. The opportunity: Agentic Architecture: Design, deploy, and scale multi-agent orchestration systems and autonomous workflows using cutting-edge frameworks. Advanced RAG Pipelines: Build and optimize advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines over massive, heterogeneous datasets (structured and unstructured). State & Memory Management: Implement robust state management, short/long-term memory systems, and self-correction/reflection loops within agent networks. Evaluation & Guardrails: Create and implement robust evaluation metrics, observability pipelines, and guardrails for content quality, hallucination reduction, bias mitigation, and safety standards. Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize AI inference cost, latency, throughput, token usage, and overall system reliability. Security & Access Control: Implement robust access controls, data encryption, user authentication, and prompt injection mitigation across all LLM workflows. Collaboration & Best Practices: Document and share reusable agent patterns, prompt libraries, and engineering components across cross-functional technical teams. End-to-End Pipeline Delivery: Independently leads the design, build, and maintenance of scalable data pipelines, managing specific data engineering projects autonomously from inception to deployment. Performance Optimization & Problem Solving: Solves complex data ingestion and processing challenges, actively optimizing data flows to enhance overall system performance and reliability. Stakeholder Alignment & Integration: Partners directly with business units and data scientists to understand data requirements, effectively bridging technical execution with non-technical business needs. Strategic Infrastructure Impact: Owns large-scale data engineering initiatives, implementing robust strategies that significantly modernize and strengthen the organization’s data infrastructure. Complex Data Integration: Manages large, intricate data ecosystems by seamlessly integrating multiple diverse data sources to ensure efficient, secure cross-platform data flows. Impact/Strategy: Acts as a technical mentor and aligns development plans with the global strategy. Gets involved in initiatives and tasks reaching outside of regular project scope, gives speeches, shares knowledge in organizational events (e.g., DevOps Days, Tech Talk), and engages in the organization of knowledge-sharing events. Who you are: Education & Experience: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field (Required), along with 4+ years of professional software development experience (Required). Technical Proficiency: Strong full-stack expertise with hands-on experience in LLM frameworks, agentic architectures, and advanced RAG pipelines (Required); familiarity with cloud services and DevOps practices (Preferred). Problem Solving & Ownership: Proactive self-starter who takes ownership of complex architectural challenges, tackles technical debt, and drives end-to-end software delivery (Required). Collaboration & Mentorship: Strong communicator who enjoys mentoring peers, sharing knowledge across cross-functional teams, and bridging technical solutions with business needs (Required). Continuous Improvement: Curious mindset eager to challenge the status quo, adopt emerging AI technologies, and align development practices with global strategies (Required). Additional Qualifications Exceptional communication and collaboration skills , with the proven ability to engage effectively with both technical audiences (like data scientists) and non-technical business stakeholders. Pharma & GxP Compliance: Extensive experience in pharma or biotech, architecting data pipelines that strictly comply with GxP frameworks (GCP/GMP/GVP), data integrity principles, and computer systems validation (CSV). Compliant Data Delivery: Proven capability to build scalable solutions within regulated R&D environments, aligning technical execution with critical Clinical, Regulatory, and Safety milestones. Workflow & Data Optimization: Skilled at identifying bottlenecks, eliminating operational silos, and optimizing fragmented workflows to ensure automated, streamlined solutions. What you get: Salary range 14,175 - 26,325 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! Apply directly and join us in shaping the future of healthcare. If you feel this offer suits a friend of yours, feel free to share it. Want to know what it’s like to be a part of Roche IT first-hand? 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If you wish to report any irregularities related to our activities, all necessary information regarding the reporting process can be found on our website: https://www.roche.pl/kontakt/ochrona-sygnalistow-zglaszanie-naruszen . 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.