Senior Principal Software Engineer

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche. 

Roche Digital Pathology empowers precision diagnosis in support of better, more personalized healthcare. By combining innovative hardware, software and image analysis algorithms, the Roche Digital Pathology solution offers an end-to-end experience to our customers and users. Our Roche Digital Pathology solution starts with our reliable and high quality VENTANA slide scanners that provide high-resolution images that pathology labs can trust. Our VENTANA slide scanners are unique because they produce high quality scan and provide consistent, reproducible images with a low rescan rate. The scanners also come with built-in calibration and use a tray-based system which eliminates slide-handling errors and improves reliability. 

The Opportunity: 

• Leads software architecture, software development and integration efforts on complex projects.

• Leads and contributes to development and testing in an Agile/Scrum environment and delivers highest quality software against aggressive schedules.

• Design, modify, develop, write, and implement software programming applications applicable to devices, systems and solutions.

• Prepare and write detailed, specific documentation regarding design, architecture, requirements, coding, testing, and debugging of software applications.

• Practice, develop and refine requirements of long-term, complex software applications in accordance with overall project goals

• Works as technical lead on long-term, complex programs and prototypes software systems, requiring coordinated activities across organizational lines

• Drives and collaborates with other software leads, solution architects, hardware and software architects to provide a consensus based scalable and adaptable software solution, and promote use of shared components across solutions

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Who you are:  

• You have a BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Science or Engineering or relevant field.

• You have a  minimum of 12 years of related experience as a Software Developer and Software Architect in an industry setting, with experience in commercially launched products preferred. Or, equivalent combination of advanced degree with practical experience to perform at this level.

• You are an expert in software architecture, C, C++/C#/Object Oriented programming, .NET, WPF, Angular, networking, distributed systems, and Instrumentation/Robotics

• You are knowledgeable with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• You have experience in medical device system & instrument and software engineering

• You have team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders.

• You have strong project and time management skills.

Relocation benefits are not available for this posting

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Santa Clara, CA is 185,900-345,200of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

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Who we are

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.

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