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The PositionJunior Custom Software Developer - RDT Data Platforms
As a Junior Custom Software Developer, your primary focus will be on execution, learning, and growth. You will deliver assigned tasks on schedule, proactively flag blockers, and resolve straightforward technical challenges with team guidance. In this role, you will apply foundational software and data engineering skills to achieve immediate project goals while actively expanding your technical expertise.
What You Will Do:
- Scope / Content Leadership: Focus on learning and foundational execution by carrying out tasks in accordance with established procedures.
- Accountability / Problem Solving: Fulfill assigned tasks within agreed deadlines while adhering to procedures and regulations. You will escalate issues promptly as they arise, communicate mistakes transparently, and proactively seek support to resolve them.
- Stakeholder Management: Focus on short-term needs while maintaining a clear alignment with immediate project goals and objectives.
- Impact / Strategy: Focus on personal development and continuous learning by executing a growth plan with support and actively participating in assigned training and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Complexity / Product Size: Operate primarily at the individual task level.
- Business / Technical Ability: Solve straightforward technical problems (including within data platforms and integrations) independently or with minimal guidance. You will question how systems are architected, remain open to new approaches, seek inspiration, and apply Agile principles to daily development tasks.
Who You Are:
Education & Experience
- Eager to learn and grow within the software engineering and/or data engineering domains, with a focus on executing tasks based on established procedures.
- Basic understanding of DevOps and/or DataOps principles.
- Familiarity with software validation and regulatory compliance requirements.
Technical Skills
- Core Programming: Good foundation in at least one key programming language and modern framework (e.g., Python/Django, Java/Spring, or JavaScript/React/Node.js).
- Software Engineering: Exposure to standard software development concepts across frontend, backend, or full-stack applications.
- Databases & Data Storage: Familiarity with relational or NoSQL databases, including writing basic SQL queries to retrieve and update data. Interest in or basic exposure to platforms like Snowflake is a plus.
- Data Engineering: Basic grasp of data pipelines and how data flows through basic ETL/ELT processes.
- Cloud Basics & Architecture: Exposure to core AWS services (like S3 and IAM) and awareness of modern data concepts like Data Lakes or Lakehouses.
- Code Quality: Basic understanding of software testing, quality practices, and writing clean, maintainable code.
Interpersonal & Additional Qualifications
- Highly collaborative team player with strong communication skills, transparent about acknowledging mistakes, and proactive in working with peers to resolve blockers.
What You Will Get:
- Competitive salary range 7,500 - 14,000 PLN gross monthly.
- 18 month fixed-term employment contract.
- Annual bonus payment based on your performance (target 10%).
- Hybrid Work Model: 2 days per week in office (Poznań or Warsaw)
- Comprehensive benefits: Private healthcare (LuxMed), group life insurance (UNUM), Multisport card
- Generous leave programs: Recharge Fridays (2 extra Fridays off per quarter), Take Time Program (up to 3 months), Take Time for Charity (up to 2 weeks)
- Global work options: Flex Location for extended periods anywhere in the world
- Additional perks: Stock share purchase options, company equipment sales, and more!
Interested? Apply Now!
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Skills Required
- Eagerness to learn and grow in software engineering and/or data engineering
- Basic understanding of DevOps and/or DataOps principles
- Familiarity with software validation and regulatory compliance requirements
- Foundation in at least one programming language and modern framework, such as Python/Django, Java/Spring, or JavaScript/React/Node.js
- Exposure to software development concepts across frontend, backend, or full-stack applications
- Familiarity with relational or NoSQL databases and basic SQL queries
- Interest in or basic exposure to Snowflake
- Basic understanding of data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
- Exposure to core AWS services such as S3 and IAM
- Awareness of data lakes or lakehouses
- Basic understanding of software testing, quality practices, and clean maintainable code
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
Roche Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roche and has not been reviewed or approved by Roche.
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Retirement Support — U.S. materials describe a 401(k) with both matching and an additional company contribution, supported by formal plan documents and true‑up features. This structure is positioned as a standout element of the total package, particularly at Genentech.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions include substantial vacation, a year‑end shutdown, and a paid six‑week sabbatical after six years. These elements indicate a recharge‑oriented approach within the U.S. offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials emphasize comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health resources alongside well‑being programs. Benefits pages consistently highlight breadth across core health coverage elements.
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What We Do
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
