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The PositionJunior IT Software Engineer
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.
The Junior IT Software Engineer is focused on learning and execution. You will fulfil given tasks within deadlines, raise problems when they appear, and solve straightforward technical problems with guidance. Your focus will be on understanding immediate project goals, applying foundational programming skills, and demonstrating an eagerness to learn and grow within the organization.
The opportunity:
- Design, implement, maintain and manage multiple highly available solutions and platforms with thousands of users for supporting software engineers and DevOps engineers at Roche.
- Develop and maintain technical specifications, diagrams and supporting system documentation and system architecture documentation.
- Continuously learn and upskill on relevant technology products and methodologies, leveraging and training resources provided.
- Participate in technical peer reviews (design reviews, code walkthroughs, test reviews and root cause analysis sessions).
- Champion automation and evangelize lean development.
Who you are:
- Eager to learn and grow within the software engineering field, with a focus on executing tasks based on established procedures.
- Basic understanding of DevOps principles.
- Understanding of software validation and regulatory requirements.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Proficient in English.
Nice to have:
- Experience with repository managers like Artifactory.
- Experience with SCM tools (Git) and project management tools.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions and Gitlab.
- Experience in container technologies (e.g. Docker, LXC) and container platforms (e.g. Kubernetes, Rancher).
- Experience automating using infrastructure as code (e.g. Packer, Vagrant, Terraform) and configuration management (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef) tools and ability to understand and implement immutable infrastructure.
- Experience with Public (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure) and Private clouds (e.g. VMWare, OpenStack).
- Experience in mainstream programming languages (Java, Python) and scripting languages (Bash, Python).
What you get:
- Salary range 7 525-13 975 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!
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This position also offers an attractive benefits package.
Learn more about how we reward our employees at Roche.
Who we areA 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.
Skills Required
- Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Basic understanding of DevOps principles
- Understanding of software validation and regulatory requirements
- Eager to learn and grow within the software engineering field
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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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Performance bonuses and profit-sharing are integral components of total rewards, with variable pay linked to individual and company outcomes. Long-term incentive programs and an employee stock purchase plan further reinforce consistent incentive opportunities.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance alongside mental health support and flexible spending accounts. Wellness resources such as fitness stipends and wellbeing programs broaden healthcare value.
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Parental & Family Support — Support includes parental leave, adoption assistance, childcare benefits, and family medical leave, with some locations offering extended maternity leave. Family allowances and flexible working models reinforce accommodations for caregiving needs.
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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).
