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Full Stack Developer

Roche
MadridPosted Discovered via the company's careers siteMatch locked
Full time

About the role

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

Role Overview

As a

Full Stack Developer (SE7)

, you will serve as a technical leader, innovator, and backlog accountable within Roche's RDT Engineering Excellence & Experience organization. You will drive large-scale (Medium to Large) technical initiatives and optimize the developer experience for thousands of engineers worldwide. In this role, you will take ownership of Roche's core integration portfolio and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) ecosystem (spanning RETINA/Codebeamer, Jira and Confluence among other similar solutions). You will design integration layers among the toolchain, pioneer applied AI/MCP solutions, drive legacy platform migrations, and lead high-performing engineering teams all while enforcing GxP compliance, high code quality, and cybersecurity standards.

Leading Integration layer among different solutions within EEx (Engineering Experience Product)

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Portfolio Ownership

Manage and scale a business-critical portfolio of internal integration products (e.g., OpsHub, MCP Synapse, T-REX, Allure Importer, TDG Importer, Reports4Diait, RAO). •

Ecosystem Interoperability

Design seamless, secure, and resilient interoperability across Roche's engineering toolchain (RETINA, Jira, Tosca, ADO, Aha!, GitLab, GitHub) using platforms like OpsHub and OpenPDM to deliver unified developer experiences for 6,000+ concurrent users globally. •

Engineering Productivity

Continuously evaluate, recommend, and integrate market-leading integration tooling to streamline developer workflows and enhance the end-to-end Roche developer experience. •

Backlog management

: Contribute to the creation and prioritization of the integrations backlog as a technical product owner and take accountability for the backlog execution.

Technical solutions, Systemic Migration & Roadblock Removal

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Platform Decommissioning & Modernization

Design and execute platform-wide decommissioning of legacy ecosystems (e.g., WebIT) and transition workloads to modern architectures without business disruption. •

Enterprise Integration Layers

Design robust integration layers (e.g. between RETINA and CIDM), negotiating alignment across IT & Business stakeholders to execute massive migrations affecting 30,000+ users and thousands of active projects. •

Obstacle Removal

Identify and resolve systemic technical debt, scalability bottlenecks, and operational blockers across technical teams to accelerate digital product delivery.

Intelligent Automation & AI Innovation

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Applied AI Architecture

Conceptualize, build, and maintain enterprise Model Context Protocol (MCP) layers (e.g., MCP Synapse) across ALM systems and other tools, collaborating closely with central enterprise AI and integration teams (such as MuleSoft and LUMIN). •

Test & Workflow Automation

Design high-impact, scalable and easy to maintain automation engines (e.g., T-REX) to automate test imports, data management, and operational workflows, drastically reducing manual engineering overhead.

Vendor Strategy, Procurement & Financial Optimization

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Commercial Alignment

Whenever required, partner directly with Global Procurement and Legal teams to run formal vendor RFPs, evaluate external vendor ecosystems, and align software integration strategies with vendor optimization. •

Software Asset Optimization

Optimize enterprise software licensing structures across the integration ecosystem to drive cost efficiency.

Regulatory, GxP & Cultural Leadership

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GxP Validation & Quality

Set and enforce Roche-wide best practices for code quality, cybersecurity, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), containerization, and software validation within strictly regulated GxP environments. •

Culture Championship

Foster cultural awareness and support the establishment of high-performance engineering cultures and collaborative practices across global tech hubs.

Experience & Leadership

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Large-Scale Initiative Delivery

Proven track record of driving Medium to Large (M/L) cross-functional technical initiatives at a Product level. •

Migration & Integration Expertise

Demonstrated experience managing complex enterprise integrations across diverse tools (preferably on GxP environments) and leading multi-thousand-user legacy migrations. •

Backlog management

Experience contributing to the creation and prioritization of the integrations backlog and taking accountability for the backlog execution. •

Vendor & Procurement Management

Experience participating with procurement and legal teams on enterprise RFPs, contract negotiations, and cost-optimization strategies.

Technical & Engineering Skills

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Core Languages & Full-Stack Development

Deep, hands-on programming expertise in

Python, Java, and JavaScript

, along with modern full-stack application frameworks. •

ALM & Integration Ecosystems

Familiarity with tools like

Jira, Codebeamer (RETINA), OpsHub, Tosca, Azure DevOps, Aha!, GitLab, and GitHub

. •

AI & Agentic Operations

Practical experience creating and validating

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

, AI agent workflows, or agentic automation frameworks. •

Infrastructure, Containers & GxP

Solid understanding of the

Infrastructure Delivery Lifecycle

, container orchestrations (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD automation, and software validation under a strict

GxP regulatory framework

. •

Software Operations

Proven ability in performance tuning, load management, and maintaining high availability for multi-tenant enterprise platforms.

Behavioral & Leadership Capabilities

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Stakeholder Negotiation

Exceptional ability to navigate complex organizational ecosystems, align engineering efforts and negotiate win-win outcomes. •

Horizon Scanning

Capability to anticipate future technical trends, proactively mitigate risks, and shape the long-term technical direction of the organization.

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.

Not included in the source posting: benefits.

Skills

artificial-intelligencejiraci-cdazurecybersecuritydevopsdockerjavajavascriptkubernetespython

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