Hybrid Director of Engineering – AIDD Product Engineering

at Roche

• Job title: Director of Engineering – AIDD Product Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $201,200 - $373,600 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: Angular, Microservices, Python, React, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, South San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Director of Software Engineering at Roche leveraging AI for drug discovery and leading technical teams. Collaborating with scientists, influencing strategy across the organization and managing complex platforms.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and own the strategic roadmap for the Prescient 'Lab-in-the-Loop' platform, guiding product features and technical architecture to maximize AI impact in drug discovery over an 8–12 month planning horizon.
• Take a leading role in the full-stack design and development of scalable, reliable software systems, including crafting responsive and intuitive front-end applications that form the core of our AI/ML platform.
• Collaborate closely with Machine Learning Scientists, AI Engineers, and experimental specialists, translating complex scientific workflows into intuitive user interfaces, dashboards, and analytics tools with a strong focus on user experience.
• Lead and mentor a team of technical staff, fostering best practices, high-quality engineering, and a culture of psychological safety while driving development goals.
• Explore and implement integrations with novel AI agents and models to enhance platform capabilities and automate complex tasks, identifying gaps and opportunities across the wider software landscape.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering work experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex, full-stack applications at enterprise scale.
• Proven expertise in front-end development using modern frameworks (e.g., React, Angular) and building intuitive, user-centered interfaces for complex scientific workflows.
• Extensive experience leading and mentoring teams of software engineers, with the ability to manage through others to achieve long-term technical results.
• Intense curiosity about the biology of disease and eagerness to contribute to scientific and computational efforts as a recognized leader in the field.
• Proficiency with Python and SQL, with expert knowledge of modern software architecture patterns including Serverless and Microservices.
• Domain experience in drug discovery, computational biology, bioinformatics, or cheminformatics, with the ability to independently collaborate with senior scientific stakeholders.
• Ph.D., MS, or equivalent professional work experience demonstrating clear evidence of independent thought, innovation, and strategic thinking.

Benefits

• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance
• Benefits detailed at the link provided below.