Senior Principal Backend Software Engineer (mfd)

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The mySugr GmbH was acquired by Roche in 2017 and our Vienna office is one of Roches global sites. You will be located here in the heart of Vienna no matter if you work on a mySugr Accu-Chek navify or any other Roche product or solution. You can read more about the history of mySugr & Roche here.

Heres what were looking for:

As a Senior Principal SW Engineer - Backend you act as a visionary leader who defines the strategic direction of an entire engineering field. Your work focuses on solving open-ended highly ambiguous problems that have no clear precedent and whose resolution delivers massive long-term business outcomes for our portfolio of products that helps people with the most precious thing they have their health.

Own the technical vision and architecture for all Mobile Backend services within the Patient Insights Software chapter.

We are looking for a highly seasoned motivated individual to act as the backend strategist and expert for our domain. Your career focus is on driving architectural and organizational excellence across the organization and mentoring the next generation of top-tier engineers

Essential skills for this mission:

You bring Advanced mastery to every skill listed leveraging 10 years of experience in high-impact backend environments.

• Visionary Leadership & Strategic Thinking: Define and drive the ultimate technical direction for Mobile Backend engineering. Act as the Backend Strategist defining long-term stack development roadmaps and future-proof architectures specific to high-performance resilient mobile service delivery to answer critical portfolio business needs.

• Organizational & Architectural Excellence: Drive culture and mindset for engineering across the entire chapter. Act as the ultimate technical authority defining and implementing systematic processes for high domain competence and architectural integrity (especially regarding data integrity security and scalability for patient data) across major organizational segments and business units setting precedents for technical excellence and complexity.

• Problem Solving & Impact: Solve highly ambiguous complex problems that have no clear precedent delivering systemic solutions that enable large-scale platform development and massive business impact.

• Global Reference Point: Represent deep external expertise and act as a technical reference point globally for core backend technologies (e.g. Java 17 Spring Hibernate PostgreSQL AWS/Cloud) and advanced mobile backend patterns/methodologies (e.g. secure APIs low-latency architecture offline data synchronization).

• Mentorship & Coaching: Mentor and coach Backend Engineers cultivating a culture of technical mastery systematic approach and candid Feedback & Coaching and actively mentor/coach across the wider engineering organization to raise the overall technical competency base.

• Collaboration & Conflict Management: Expert ability to manage conflict constructively and collaborate across functions to ensure organizational and architectural excellence. Collaborate closely with Business and Leaders to translate complex technical risks and opportunities into business impacts ensuring strategic alignment of deep technical initiatives.

• Great written and verbal communication in English.

• You are either an EU citizen or hold a valid Austrian work permit.

Bonus skills:

• Experience with medical security and privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR HIPAA).

• Acting as a trusted technical advisor in the diabetes or comparable health industries.

Heres what you can expect from us:

• Ambitious and passionate people building meaningful products

• An innovative agile working environment allowing for collaboration with really smart people and knowledge sharing in cross-functional teams

• A growing organization with room for development

• Not a corporate environment but the leverage of a global market leader (Roche family)

• Loads of benefits (brand new Apple hardware fitness public transport lunch benefit language classes professional training budget chance to join global conferences...)

• Flexible working hours and home office policy 5 weeks vacation

• A wonderful office with a rooftop terrace fully stocked kitchen and amazing barista coffee machines in the middle of Vienna oh and did we mention the best team in the world!

Your deep technical expertise will define the system strategy and engineering implementation across our entire technology stackfrom native mobile development interfaces to infrastructure-as-code in our cloud environment. This mastery is crucial for ensuring the technical implementation meets the stringent requirements of medical software including security medical risk management regulatory compliance and audit readiness. Your influence extends to direct engagement with our users customers and partners ensuring every high-level technical decision is built upon a profound understanding of the daily challenges faced by those living with diabetes and the unique needs of global healthcare systems.

In Austria we have a legal obligation to disclose the minimum salary according to our collective agreement which is gross EUR 3.843 - per month for this position. But! Rest assured we offer amazing competitive compensation packages which take into consideration current market trends therefore you can expect a higher offer that reflects your experience level.

Who we are and what we care about

We are committed to providing a healthy equal and inclusive working environment for our employees to bring true relief to the patient! We care about family friendly career paths sustainability a healthy lifestyle and the flexibility of a modern workplace. We maintain a culture of learning and sharing as well as open and candid feedback. At every level there are many opportunities to develop and grow - both professionally and personally.

As a healthcare pioneer committed to transforming the lives of billions of people around the globe we push boundaries to redefine what is possible. We know that early accurate diagnosis is essential to maintain health prevent disease and help advance new targeted treatments and potential cures for the worlds most serious health problems. We have a passion for innovation and a profound commitment to make a lasting impact on society by continuing to improve the standard of care for humankind. Our culture inspires us to create healthcare that is sustainable efficient and financially viable. Healthcare that is built on peoples needs strong data and clinical insights. Healthcare that saves lives.

Interested Great. Wed like to hear from you! Just click that Apply Now button and send us your CV in English . and anything else that you think might impress us.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.