Technical Lead Engineer

Job Description

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Technical Lead Engineer (Java)

Location: Pune

Diabetes is a pesky monster — and that’s putting it mildly. If you’re serious about helping us face it head-on, join us!

Being a global leader in integrated Personalized Diabetes Management (iPDM), Roche collaborates with pioneers around the globe, including people with diabetes, caregivers, healthcare providers, and payers. We aim to transform and advance care provision and foster sustainable care structures. Under the brands Accu-Chek and mySugr, comprising glucose monitoring, insulin delivery systems, and digital solutions, we unite with our partners to create patient-centered value. By building and collaborating in an open ecosystem, connecting devices and digital solutions, and contextualizing relevant data points, we enable deeper insights and a better understanding of diabetes, leading to personalized and effective therapy adjustments. For a quick look at what we do, check out Roche code4life . 

Developing software is great, but developing software with a purpose is even better! As a Technical lead backend engineer, you’ll work on a product that helps people with the most precious thing they have — their health. In collaborative teams of developers, designers, product owners, and QA experts, you’ll experience best-in-class software development practices daily and contribute to software that meets the highest expectations — we do not put our users' lives at risk!

Here’s what we’re looking for:

We are looking for an experienced, motivated Technical Lead Engineer  who will work closely with their frontend and backend colleagues, as well as support our product teams. As a code-magician, you will support our efforts to make diabetes suck less. You will primarily be working in a global set-up with teams in India, Austria, and Spain. You will contribute with your knowledge of backend technologies within our agile and cross-functional teams. As a flexible and open-minded person with a passion for clean code, you will be an awesome addition to our team. We are committed to quality, dedicating time to code reviews, test coverage, quality days, and CI/CD principles. If this resonates with you, we would love to hear from you!

You will be part of a new team working on our platform for Health Care Providers (HCP) .

Essential skills:

• You have at least 7 years of experience working as a Software Engineer, with 3 years as a Backend Engineer

• You are familiar with the following backend technologies: Java 8+ and frameworks like Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and NodeJS / Typescript

• SQL and relational databases (e.g.PostgreSQL) are second nature to you

• You enjoy developing clean, stable, testable, and performant backend code, serving our beautiful applications

• You are passionate about solid technical design, clean code, and future-proof architectures

• You have experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other cloud providers

• You love working in and supporting an interdisciplinary team, together with frontend engineers, backend engineers, QAs, designers, and product owners

• You enjoy guiding and sharing your knowledge with other developers

• Great written and verbal communication in English

• You can empower, challenge, and coach a team of engineers to grow their impact as individual technical leaders

Bonus skills:

• Experienced in developing digital products, i.e. SaaS, marketplaces, e-commerce

• Understanding of  medical, security, and privacy regulations

• Knowledge of the diabetes industry or other comparable health industries

Here's what you can expect from us:

• Ambitious and passionate people building meaningful products 

• An innovative agile working environment allowing for collaboration with smart people and knowledge sharing in cross-functional teams 

• We welcome technical evangelists, so if you are interested in any thought leadership contributions (blogs, conferences) within the realm of the organization, we are happy to support you.

You will learn about the wide range of technologies we employ, from native mobile development to infrastructure-as-code in our cloud environment, gaining a rich understanding of the specific requirements of medical software, be it security, medical risk management, safe and resilient programming, or certifications and audits. 

You will have direct contact with our users, learning about their daily struggles living with diabetes, as well as customers and partners, understanding the unique needs and mechanics of healthcare systems worldwide. 

Interested? Great. We’d like to hear from you! Just click that “Apply Now” button and send us your CV… and anything else you think might impress us.

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.