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At Roche, we believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives and we are fearless in both decision and action. And we believe that good business means a better world.

That is why we come to work each day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigour, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow.

Our team in Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) Informatics is part of Roche’s global Research & Early Development Organization. The mission of our team is the design, development and delivery of innovative integrated scientific informatics solutions and platforms focusing on data capture, analysis, and visualization of chemical, biological and biomedical data to support scientific decision making in all stages of the drug development processes and finally to deliver new innovative treatments to the patients. This internship program integrates seamlessly into European-based University degree program and therefore we offer the most talented students the opportunity to gain valuable work experience with us.

Your main accountabilities will be:

• Software development to implement a beeswarm plot (special kind of scatter plot) as a custom interactive visualization in TIBCO Spotfire to help scientists across pRED to better visualize their scientific data.


• Have a direct impact on the daily work of many pRED scientists, and thus improve the development of new treatments for our patients


• Acting as a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the monthly accrual process


• Supporting ad-hoc project requests from the team

We are keen to discover talents who are passionate about learning and show great curiosity in discovering new things. We contribute our share towards achieving our mission and to make our vision of personalized healthcare happen. We offer you a multicultural workplace in a modern environment, which at the same time requires you to be open-minded and adaptable. You provide us with examples that prove your ability to cultivate collaborations with different partners. This also means that you continuously compare your results with others and acknowledge the benefit of collaboration and communications.

Who you are

You are an enrolled Bachelor or Master student within informatics, medical informatics or a related field. You are motivated to increase and share your theoretical and practical knowledge. You are an enthusiast of new technologies and you easily show engagement with people.

Further qualifications:

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills as well as a vivid interest in software development


• Ideally first software development experience, e.g. with C-style programming languages like Java and/or integrated development environment like Visual Studio or Eclipse


• Experience in a scripting language like Python or R is considered a plus


• Excellent organizational skills and a flexible approach to coordinate demanding workloads as well as the ability to adapt to changes


• Ability to work effectively and independently within a diverse group of people


• Written and verbal English is mandatory

If you are proud of contributing and feel you have the dedication to teamwork and innovation that we are seeking, then Roche is the organization for you. Every role at Roche plays a part in making a difference to patients’ lives. If you want to work in a passionate team, make your mark & improve lives, apply now.

The preferred start date of the internship is January 2020 or upon availability. Please clearly indicate your preferred starting date and duration of the internship (preferably 3-6 months) on your motivation letter. Applications need to include a CV and a motivation letter both merged in one document.

Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Due to regulations non-EU/EFTA citizens must provide a certificate from the university stating that an internship is mandatory as part of the application documents.

Roche strives to be an equal opportunity employer.

Do you have any questions? Please call the Recruiting Team Switzerland: +41 61 682 25 50

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