Solution Architect - RDT Pharma R&D

About the role

Roche is looking for a Solution Architect for its RDT Pharma R&D team in Madrid. The role sits at the intersection of life sciences, enterprise cloud infrastructure and modern AI, guiding the technology roadmap, defining architectural fitness functions and contributing directly to the codebase while empowering engineering squads.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy end-to-end solutions that balance product needs, business priorities and enterprise architecture standards in Medical Affairs and R&D
• Contribute to production code and high-level technical design, and define and manage Non-Functional Requirements and fitness functions
• Own and evolve product architecture, documenting decisions in Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
• Research, pilot and scale cloud services and emerging AI technologies, and build data models, taxonomies and ontologies for AI applications
• Identify opportunities to modernize systems and reduce technical debt
• Guide engineering teams through architecture and code reviews, and promote coding standards and reusable patterns
• Translate technical trade-offs and risks into clear insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Required profile

• 5+ years in a hybrid Solution Architect / Technical Lead role combining hands-on development with scalable system design
• Domain experience in Medical Affairs, R&D, life sciences or a similarly regulated environment
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Track record of delivering enterprise-scale solutions on major cloud platforms
• Fluent English

Required skills

• Hands-on implementation of modern AI technologies such as LLMs, NLP and machine learning frameworks
• Cloud architectures, microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs, data modeling and system integration
• Defining and governing reference architectures, NFRs and fitness functions
• Evaluating emerging technologies and vendors