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Digital Biomarker Data Processing Solutions Architect

Inseriert am: 27.04.2020

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 every single 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.

Who we are

Are you ready to apply your creativity and solution architectural skills to transform the way new medicines are developed and to be at the frontier of personalized medicine? Roche’s Digital Biomarkers team is looking for a creative and aspiring Data Processing Solutions Architect to help us move forward in the new era of healthcare, where for us this is more than a job. It’s helping to change the world.

Roche Digital Biomarkers is a multi-disciplinary team within Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) Informatics. Here, a group of talented, passionate and hardworking colleagues are working on ground-breaking research to shed new light on diseases and ultimately improve development of new drugs for millions of patients.

Digital Biomarker studies are enabled by complex data collection and processing ecosystems comprising mobile applications, wearables, sensors, data lakes, data processing pipelines, analytics platforms, databases, device lifecycle management solutions etc. Currently, the use of digital biomarkers across clinical development programs is expanding significantly – generating terabytes of sensor/tracking data from dozens of studies and 10’000s of patients across global studies

The Position

As a Digital Biomarker Data Processing Solutions Architect you will be:

Designing and maintaining the scalable, modular Remote Patient Monitoring Platform (RPMP) architecture comprising data lakes, data processing pipelines, analytics platforms, databases, device lifecycle management solutions etc.

Leading the integration of the RPMP into the Roche enterprise clinical data management architecture and support cross company data standardization and harmonization initiatives

Leading software development teams and overseeing the development, maintenance and life-cycle management of all RPMP applications

Collaborating closely with Mobile Solutions Software Architects, Cloud/Backend Architects, Data Analysts, Clinical Study Managers and Lifecycle Managers to ensure that the RPMP provides end-to-end support of digital biomarker studies

Working with Software Product Owners to define and maintain the technical software development roadmap, enabling the RPMP to support multiple global clinical development programs and research collaborations

Who You Are

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, who possesses a very good university degree (MSc level or above) in computer science, scientific informatics or a related field, has excellent communication skills and proven project management experience. If you bring as well the following set of skills and expertise listed below, we are looking forward to receiving your application.

8+ years hands-on solutions architecture experience

5+ years leading software development teams

Experience working in large, geographically distributed high-performance teams in matrix organizations

Expertise in agile software development methodology (SCRUM preferred)

Solid track record as a solution architect for fully scalable infrastructures processing very large (time series) data volumes in real time

Strong track record in successful information modeling and database design (SQL, no-SQL, Data Warehouses and Big Data)

Significant experience with various data integration/ETL tools, application integration, business process and data science tools (e.g. Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Flume, Kafka)

Experience with RESTful web services

Experience with large scale cloud based solutions (Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS)

Experience in high performance computing

Familiarity with Computer Systems Validation for systems operating under GxP or other similar industry frameworks (healthcare, device, financial, aviation, transportation, energy) is a benefit

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.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Helpful links illustrating recent work in our program team:

Digital Biomarker Program overview:

isctm.org/public_access/Autumn2018/Presentation/Gossens-Aut18.pdf

Schizophrenia:

isctm.org/public_access/Autumn2018/PDFs/Umbricht-Poster.pdf

Parkinson’s Disease:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mds.27376

www.nature.com/nature/outlook/parkinsons-disease/pdf/roche.pdf

www.nature.com/nature/journal/v538/n7626_supp/full/538S8a.html

Huntington’s Disease:

curehd.blogspot.com/2018/03/roche-gears-up-for-pivotal-phase-3.html

Multiple Sclerosis:

floodlightopen.com