Roche

Solution Architect - RDT Pharma R&D

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Madrid, SpainSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy robust end-to-end solutions for Medical Affairs and Pharma R&D.
  • Contribute directly to production code and high-level technical design.
  • Define and manage non-functional requirements, fitness functions, reference architectures, and reusable design patterns.
  • Own product architecture, document decisions through Architecture Decision Records, and align with enterprise governance.
  • Research, pilot, and scale cloud services and emerging AI technologies for medical workflows.
  • Build data models, taxonomies, and ontologies supporting AI applications and cloud integrations.
  • Lead architecture reviews, code reviews, developer mentoring, and engineering standards.
  • Translate technical trade-offs, risks, and architecture strategy for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in a hybrid Solution Architect or Technical Lead role combining software development with scalable system design.
  • Experience in Medical Affairs, R&D, life sciences, or a similarly regulated environment.
  • Experience designing, building, and deploying enterprise-scale solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Hands-on experience implementing AI technologies such as LLMs, NLP, and machine learning frameworks in production business applications.
  • Strong foundation in cloud architecture, REST and GraphQL API design, data modeling, and enterprise system integration.
  • Experience defining and governing reference architectures, reusable design patterns, non-functional requirements, and fitness functions.
  • Ability to evaluate emerging technologies, technical feasibility, vendors, and tools.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, consensus-building, mentoring, and English-language skills.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

  • Roche promotes personal expression, open dialogue, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.

Categories

Solutions Engineering
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About Roche

10,000+ employees

Roche is a Swiss healthcare company that develops and sells prescription pharmaceuticals and in vitro diagnostic systems for hospitals, laboratories, and clinicians. Its business spans two core divisions—Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics—with strengths in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases, and diabetes care. Founded in 1896 and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche also advances personalized healthcare by pairing therapies with companion diagnostics.

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