Java Developer (AWS)

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

Who We Are

Roche Information Solutions (RIS) provides integrated digital solutions to deliver on the promise of affordable, high quality, and accessible healthcare. RIS is accountable for the development and delivery of digital solutions, common Diagnostics architecture and data management. Digitalization in healthcare is of increasing importance to deliver customer and patient value, and shape healthcare.

Digital Development Services (DDS) is part of RIS division of Roche, which provides digital product for various diagnostic workflow and services. We are part of RIS and work on digitization of pathology workflow in pathology lab operation to improve accuracy, efficiency and turnaround time for pathologist. We provide on premise and cloud deployed end-to-end digital workflow solutions to pathology labs across the globe.

We are looking for self-motivated developers to join our exceptional engineering teams that are building solutions with the latest cloud technologies for improving patient's life.If you would rather improve health outcomes for millions instead of helping sell ads on the Internet, this is the job for you!

The Tech Lead Engineer is a member of a team of 10+ engineers and will apply knowledge of design principles, practices in the implementation of complex, enterprise-scale software systems. General responsibilities include design concept generation, participating in design reviews for components or features, development and testing of the core software stack, unit testing of back end components and integration with external partner APIs.

Works autonomously or in a small team on specific product features with occasional guidance and in coordination with other team mates. Establishing an internal network across technical teams. Lead other backend engineers in design and development related challenges and review their work to ensure quality of deliverables.

• Software Development: This is a hands-on software development position to write high-quality software that will perform at scale, be supportable, and be extensible.
• Process & Operations: Ensure the software stack integrates with our existing CI pipeline and contribute to continuous improvement independently design, plan and deliver high-quality software.
• Leadership: Ensure a culture that values technical excellence together with support and compassion for individuals.
• Technology stack: Most of the stack is in Angular (backed by Spring boot microservices) but we constantly explore different technologies and toolsets that are fit-for-purpose. Here is a list of technologies we currently use:
  • Java, Spring Boot, Spring, Hibernate
  • Javascript MVC framework: Angular 16, ThreeJS
  • Object Oriented JavaScript, HTML5, JSON, and CSS3
  • TypeScript
  • Unit testing using Junit.
  • GIT
  • AWS (Must have working knowledge in EC2, ECS, ECR, Lambda, Elastic Cache, Route53, CloudFront, API Gateway, S3, Glacier, RDS, NLB/ALB, Security Groups/NACLs/VPCs, Cloud Watch)
  • Docker & Kubernetes (Good to have)
  • Experience In REST API integration

• Design and implement product modules in Java and related frameworks.
• Develop new user facing features - websites and extensions across several major browsers
• Translate UI/UX design wireframes to actual code
• Write clean, well designed, testable, efficient and maintainable code.
• Develop new set of APIs and write unit test cases for same.
• Integrate product with external partner APIs.
• Write reusable code and libraries
• Enhance application for maximum speed and scalability
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholder
• Review code written by fellow junior developers.
• Involve in stand-up, sprint planning, and demos with co-workers

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or directly related discipline
• 4+ years of hands-on industry experience as a full stack developer
• Believe in the achieving higher technical excellence and customer satisfaction everyday
• Experience of Java, Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, Rest services & APIs.
• Experience of HTML, CSS3, JavaScript, BootStrap, Integrating Rest services & APIs.
• Experience in designing concurrent and multitenant services.
• Experience in cloud development prominently using AWS.
• Solid understanding of design patterns, object-oriented design.
• Hands-on software development experience in Java, Spring, Hibernate, Spring Boot
• Quick learner with the ability to understand complex workflows and develop and validate innovative solutions to solve difficult problems
• Experience in healthcare is not required, but familiarity with healthcare data and workflows is a plus (e.g. HL7, IHE)
• Knowledge and experience with the Agile development process or SAFe is plus.

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.