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Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.\nThe Position\nThe Principal Data and AI Engineer leads the architectural design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade data infrastructure and advanced AI solutions (including agentic workflows and RAG systems). In this role, you will modernize clinical data generation and submissions content through automated, high-accuracy multi-agent systems and scalable cloud infrastructure. You will establish engineering best practices, guide cross-functional teams, and liaise with senior business leadership to turn complex data and AI strategies into production-ready platforms.\nDescription of the area\nThe Clinical Submission Data and Content Generation & Reuse function focuses on transforming the creation, management, and reuse of clinical data and regulatory submission content through advanced digital capabilities and AI-driven automation. The organization develops structured content management platforms, reusable data and content assets, and intelligent agent ecosystems that support clinical submissions, regulatory compliance, and scientific communication.\nThe team is at the forefront of leveraging Generative AI, Agentic Workflows, Knowledge Graphs, and advanced analytics to improve quality, accelerate submission timelines, and enable data-driven decision-making across the clinical and regulatory landscape.\nJob Responsibilities\nScope / Content Leadership:\nLeads the design and construction of large-scale data architectures. Oversees and mentors junior engineers while driving technical excellence and setting standards across the team.\n\nDesign and deploy high-performance AI systems, RAG platforms, and multi-agent workflows.\n\nArchitect scalable distributed data systems, cloud data platforms, and advanced ETL/ELT processing pipelines to manage enterprise-level clinical data.\n\nAccountability/Problem Solving:\nSolves highly complex data engineering problems and troubleshoots intricate performance issues.\n\nEnsures high resilience, compliance, and strict security standards across all data infrastructure and AI product deployments.\n\nStakeholder Management:\nLiaises with senior leadership to align on data and AI strategy and functional needs, and occasionally step into product-owner-level alignment when needed.\n\nGuides and directs various technical teams and effectively influences the team's architectural decisions.\n\nInfluence key stakeholders on AI strategy, roadmap prioritization, and solution adoption.\n\nImpact/Strategy:\nDefine and execute the technical roadmap for data platforms, Generative AI, and agentic AI capabilities within the function.\n\nLead high-impact projects that directly influence organizational objectives, innovation initiatives, and operational efficiency.\n\nEstablish strict software engineering standards by integrating automated evaluation, test-driven development (TDD), and robust testing frameworks into CI/CD pipelines.\n\nComplexity / Product Size:\nManages enterprise-level data systems and infrastructure.\n\nDesigns and implements advanced data processing frameworks, scalable data warehouses, and data lakes.\n\nWork with large-scale clinical, regulatory, and enterprise datasets across structured and unstructured formats.\n\nBusiness / Technical ability:\nApply strong software engineering principles to develop secure, scalable, and maintainable AI products.\n\nActs as an expert in multiple programming languages and Big Data technologies.\n\nDemonstrates a deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud data platforms, advanced ETL/ELT patterns, and data architecture best practices.\n\nBalance system accuracy with inference latency and API costs by establishing LLM evaluation benchmarks, token-optimization strategies, model distillation, and cloud FinOps principles.\n\nQualifications\nEducation / Experience\nExtensive track record leading large-scale data architecture and AI/ML solution deployments in complex environments.\n\nProven track record of leading high-impact projects that shape enterprise-level data infrastructure and developing long-term data and AI architecture strategies.\n\nProven experience optimizing end-to-end latency and retrieval accuracy in production RAG systems or agentic AI solutions.\n\nDemonstrated experience contributing significantly to data governance and ensuring the resilience and security of critical data infrastructure.\n\nDemonstrated leadership in embedding agile software engineering standards, CI/CD automation, and MLOps/LLMOps frameworks.\n\nTechnical Skills\nAI/LLM Stack: Graph-based multi-agent systems, RAG optimization (vector & keyword hybrid search), MCP servers, and LLM evaluation frameworks.\n\nData & Cloud Engineering: AWS, distributed computing, workflow orchestration, microservices, and REST APIs.\n\nCore Engineering: Advanced programming proficiency, distributed data systems, ETL/ELT pipelines, and GitLab CI/CD integration.\n\nFamiliarity with clinical and regulatory data standards (e.g., CDISC SDTM/ADaM, FHIR, OMOP) and integration patterns with enterprise content/RIM platforms (e.g., Veeva Vault, EDMS).\n\nAdditional Qualifications\nAbility to interface directly with senior business leadership to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps and architectural decisions.\n\nProven capability to mentor junior and mid-level engineers, promote strong engineering cultures, and drive technical decision-making.\n\nStrong strategic mindset with the ability to influence cross-functional architectural decisions and drive technical excellence.\n\nCompensation & Benefits\nThe expected salary range for this position, based on the primary location of Warsaw Grafit is 228,900.00 PLN - 425,100.00 PLN. Final compensation will be determined by a number of factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, and location. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus with a target of 20% subject to both individual and company performance.This position also offers an attractive benefits package.\nLearn more about how we reward our employees at Roche.\nWho we are\nA healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. 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