Sr Software Quality Assurance Engineer

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.

A healthier future. That’s what drives us.  

Impact Healthcare

Roche Sequencing is not only changing science, but we are changing lives. Our software teams are laying the groundwork for the future by developing powerful bioinformatics algorithms, data analysis tools, and software/systems infrastructures so researchers and clinicians can make better health decisions faster. The path to curing cancer lies in ones and zeros as we work with next-generation genomic sequencing, a new frontier. The complexity and sheer size of the data in the life sciences will make astronomical data problems look modest.

Do you want to develop software products that scientists and others in the life sciences will use to diagnose, find treatments, and eventually beat diseases like cancer? Our team builds highly scalable, reliable software and secure systems for better diagnostics. Come join us!

The Opportunity:

As a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer in Test, you will design & develop automated verification tests, develop test framework & infrastructure, plan test strategies and document design history for Roche Sequencing products. You will develop cutting-edge, distributed, scale-out Next-Generation Sequencing data analysis software solution to

ensure the highest possible software quality for gene sequencing research and disease diagnostics.

When you join us, you will have meaningful work developing an innovative technology that saves and improves lives around the world. As you collaborate with some of the best engineers in the industry, you will make a huge difference! Our team is collaborative and fast-paced.

• Implement and maintain an end-to-end automation test framework for running UI integration tests and quality dashboards using various tools: JavaScript/TypeScript, Cypress, Playwright, Cucumber

• Design and develop requirements based test cases

• Implement automated API testing using tools such as REST Assured 

• Work closely with the development team to improve unit test coverage, frameworks and productivity tools

• Participate in requirements, architecture, and design specification reviews

• Develop and maintain Github actionsCI/CD pipeline

• Develop Load and Performance tests using tools such as JMeter and K6

• Follow scaled agile software development process.

Who you are you:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent field

• 3-5+ years of experience in software development in test / software test engineering

• Experience in Software Development in Test and proficiency in Behavioral Driven Development

• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Cypress, Playwright framework

• Experience in API and UI test automation

• Experience in using Agile SW development tools

• Basic knowledge of microservice architecture, AWS services, Docker, CI/CD, Linux & Shell scripting

Nice to have:

• Experience in infrastructure and framework testing

• Experience with testing bioinformatics software

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

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.