88-50100558 Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
Genentech, Inc. seeks a Principal Software Engineer at its South San Francisco, CA location. Duties: Identify innovative and sustainable solutions to improve data management and business processes to address the needs of our customers. Elicit requirements and effectively communicate them to diverse stakeholders and team members, and act as a liaison between scientists and offshore software development teams. Define product roadmap and strategy in collaboration with customers and software engineering management. Develop and drive strategies to support our data driven organization. Successfully work with software developers, technical architects, business analysts and support personnel to develop roadmaps, backlog items, and other artifacts which help the product team meet business objectives. Work closely with key stakeholders in the business unit to define and influence the functionality of IT solutions supporting critical research processes. Manage multiple product backlogs of Genentech Research and Early Development tools that support science focused on in-vivo and in-vitro studies. Define strategic and tactical approaches in engaging Translational Researchers, Animal Resources, Molecular Biology, and other stakeholders to co-design solutions to support drug discovery workflows. Oversee development of technical solutions to support registration of samples, and management of research models and genotyping. Lead initiatives to analyze the impact of new technologies including cell profiling, and spatial transcriptomics, on lab workflows and inventory management. Design software solutions to automate lab workflows and data pipelines for metadata aggregation. Translate researcher requirements into technical specifications and oversee offshore development. Develop biospecimen registration systems or similar software to support drug discovery. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent degree, in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or Life Science, or related field, and 5 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the position offered or as Software Engineer, Architect, Software Technical Lead or related position in life science or healthcare field
- 3 years of experience with Object-Oriented design and application/database programming for large-scaled systems
- 3 years of experience with Full Lifecycle Development: Experience in object oriented design, implementation of microservices and automating test documentation for the release of new features and hot-fixes
- 3 years of experience defining and deploying REST-based microservices specifically on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- 3 years of experience with Microservices Development: Expertise in designing microservice-driven architectures for healthcare domains
- 3 years of experience with Software implementation using Java, Python, and Node.js
- 3 years of experience with DevOps & CI/CD Automation: automating delivery pipelines using technologies including Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), and Helm
- 3 years of experience with Agile Software Development: Experience in an Agile programming environment, including effort estimation, work breakdown, and risk management
- In-depth knowledge of healthcare data standards including DICOM, HL7, IHE, and FHIR
Responsibilities
- Identify innovative and sustainable solutions to improve data management and business processes to address the needs of our customers.
- Elicit requirements and effectively communicate them to diverse stakeholders and team members, and act as a liaison between scientists and offshore software development teams.
- Define product roadmap and strategy in collaboration with customers and software engineering management.
- Develop and drive strategies to support our data driven organization.
- Work with software developers, technical architects, business analysts and support personnel to develop roadmaps, backlog items, and other artifacts which help the product team meet business objectives.
- Work closely with key stakeholders in the business unit to define and influence the functionality of IT solutions supporting critical research processes.
- Manage multiple product backlogs of Genentech Research and Early Development tools that support science focused on in-vivo and in-vitro studies.
- Define strategic and tactical approaches in engaging Translational Researchers, Animal Resources, Molecular Biology, and other stakeholders to co-design solutions to support drug discovery workflows.
- Oversee development of technical solutions to support registration of samples, and management of research models and genotyping.
- Lead initiatives to analyze the impact of new technologies including cell profiling, and spatial transcriptomics, on lab workflows and inventory management.
- Design software solutions to automate lab workflows and data pipelines for metadata aggregation.
- Translate researcher requirements into technical specifications and oversee offshore development.
- Develop biospecimen registration systems or similar software to support drug discovery.
Benefits
- A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
- This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below. Benefits (https://roche.ehr.com/default.ashx?CLASSNAME=splash)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
