Senior Scientific Software Engineer (Fullstack)

Roche seeks a Senior Scientific Software Engineer in Basel to build full-stack analytical tools that transform complex data into insights for drug discovery.

This position belongs to the Analytics and Workflows group within Roche’s Computational Sciences Center of Excellence. The team focuses on converting intricate data into actionable insights for drug discovery, operating at the intersection of data science, medicinal chemistry, and engineering to create robust analytical platforms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with medicinal chemists, cheminformaticians, and AI scientists to comprehend molecular design and analysis workflows.
• Develop end-to-end platforms that include front-end interfaces, backend services, and data integrations.
• Lead the creation of intuitive and extensible user experiences for complex scientific workflows, emphasizing interactive visualization.
• Architect and implement APIs, data models, and services for scalable, data-intensive applications.
• Evaluate and apply emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development tools, to accelerate iteration.
• Work with distributed scientific, engineering, and design teams to move ideas from exploration to production.

Requirements

• A Ph.D. in engineering, physical, or quantitative discipline with 2+ years of experience, or BS/MS with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Proven track record of designing and building modern web applications across the full stack.
• Expertise in creating interactive, data-rich visualizations using web-based libraries.
• Experience designing and implementing APIs, data services, and application architectures for scientific workflows.
• Proficiency in leveraging modern AI-assisted and agentic coding practices.
• Ability to work effectively with complex datasets in scientific contexts using Python- or R-based tools.
• Fluency working with data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.

Nice to have

• Comfortable reasoning about chemical structures and molecular design workflows, including core chemoinformatics concepts.

About the company

Roche is a global company with more than 100,000 employees dedicated to advancing science. The company’s mission is to prevent, stop, and cure diseases while ensuring everyone has access to healthcare. The culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections where employees are valued and respected.

• Culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections where employees are valued and respected.
• Mission is to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare.
• More than 100,000 employees across the globe dedicated to advancing science.