Lead Software Engineer (Rust) — Roche
- Location
- Sant Cugat del Vallès
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 49 days ago
Role overview
At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring.
Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally.
This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come.
- At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring.
- Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally.
- Key Responsibilities:
- & Skills:
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities:
Key requirements
- & Skills:
Application process
- Lead the strategic migration of legacy C# (.NET) codebases, execution engines, and complex algorithms into highly optimized, safe, and concurrent Rust applications.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain high-performance software components throughout the full software development lifecycle.
- Define all aspects of development for the new stack, establishing rigorous coding standards, workflows, and appropriate build and CI/CD environments.
- Provide technical guidance, expertise, and coaching to developers, playing a central role in upskilling the team and building internal Rust expertise from the ground up.
- Monitor team progress to ensure consistency with the initial architectural design, technical vision, and quality standards.
- Ensure all software strictly complies with requirements for quality, security, modifiability, and extensibility while leveraging modern AI-supporting tools to optimize efficiency. Who You Are
- You are a visionary technical leader and a passionate educator who thrives when navigating ambiguity and driving technological evolution.
- You possess deep engineering intuition, love tackling complex architectural challenges, and excel at empowering others to adopt new modern paradigms.
Additional details
- Join Roche, where every voice matters.
- This shared spirit creates an environment where ideas grow, new approaches are trialed, and competitive products reach patients faster—ultimately realizing the DIA 10-year vision and our One Roche ambitions so that everyone can access personalized healthcare solutions.
- Ensure all software strictly complies with requirements for quality, security, modifiability, and extensibility while leveraging modern AI-supporting tools to optimize efficiency. Qualifications & Skills:
- Exceptional talent for coaching, mentoring, and providing high-level technical guidance to engineering teams while navigating ambiguity with a forward-progress mindset. Excellent interpersonal and English
Notes and original content
- The Position
- Who We Are
- The Opportunity
- Ensure all software strictly complies with requirements for quality, security, modifiability, and extensibility while leveraging modern AI-supporting tools to optimize efficiency.
- Who You Are
- Qualifications & Skills:
- Exceptional talent for coaching, mentoring, and providing high-level technical guidance to engineering teams while navigating ambiguity with a forward-progress mindset.
- Excellent interpersonal and English
Questions about this listing
What salary does Roche offer for this role?
Roche lists CHF 85'500 - 129'500 gross per year for this position in Sant Cugat del Vallès. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Roche offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Basel?
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