Data Scientist

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. 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.

The Position

As a Data Scientist you will join the data science cluster in the Roche Informatics Data and Analytics Chapter (DnA). You will be part of one or several multi-disciplinary agile teams where you’ll actively shape the future of healthcare by using data science methods and principles to generate deeper insights from a great variety of data sources. To achieve this, you will proactively identify needs, design and implement analytical solutions, provide advice and consulting support to our key stakeholders and show impact by executing proof-of-value initiatives, or contributing to existing products. 

As a Data Scientist you will:

• Apply your expertise in NLP/LLM to develop and refine models that address Roche business needs. Involved in building and fine-tuning models and optimising their performance to provide valuable insights and solutions to business stakeholders

• Support prioritisation efforts, understand feasibility and business impact, take smart risks to make informed decisions in a fast-paced, evolving environment to deliver patient benefits faster.

• Collaborate within global agile teams in the Roche Informatics business and foundational domains to develop products that provide the highest value to both Roche Pharma and Diagnostics business stakeholders. 

• Provide methodical and implementation guidance as well as hands-on support around analytical LLM/NLP use cases. Evaluate the pros & cons of different NLP approaches  and Generative AI platforms with comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analysis

• Communicate findings and market the value of use cases to key stakeholders.

• Contribute to positioning data science as a key competency within the enterprise

• Continuously look for opportunities to broaden knowledge, capabilities and skill set to enable talent to flow into different specialties.

• Be a role model for knowledge sharing within the DnA chapter. 

• Act as a coach, mentor, or buddy to help colleagues grow and develop.

Qualifications

• M.Sc. or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Statistics, Mathematics or equivalent degree and experience with machine learning/data mining/artificial intelligence. 

• Experience of working as a hands-on data scientist in pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

• Hands-on experience with Python programming and common NLP libraries (e.g., transformers, gensim, spaCy, etc.)

• Familiarity with essential frameworks (e.g. PyTorch) and infrastructure components (Docker, GPU) for training, fine-tuning and evaluating NLP tasks

• Experience in using  both open source (e.g. HuggingFace) and closed source LLM models with different deep learning architectures 

• Experience implementing RAG, working with knowledge databases and using LLM through APIs

• Good knowledge of effective training and optimising language models  to fit for internal infrastructure and ensure seamless integration

• Familiarity with best practices for code generation, code documentation, data security, and compliance in cloud-based data science workflows.

• Proven experience to add value and insight by providing advanced analytical solutions.

• Data storytelling skills and using visualisation tools to communicate data and results with a non-technical audience.

• International, goal oriented mindset with can do attitude.

• Fluency in written and spoken English.

A 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. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.