Internship in Innovation & Sustainability - For students in the field of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or Data Analytics

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

Our Global Internship Programme in Innovation & Sustainability (#IP2TIS) offers a unique opportunity for passionate individuals to gain hands-on experience in the pharmaceutical industry while making a positive impact on the world.

Are you ready to join a global network spanning 20+ countries, where bright minds collaborate to tackle real-world challenges in Innovation & Sustainability? Do you want to work on impactful projects, shape the future, and drive change from within?

As an intern, you will contribute to GreenCoding, a project focused on scaling sustainable software engineering practices across Roche’s developer community. The project aims to implement a practical framework to measure, monitor, and optimize the carbon footprint of software development by embedding energy awareness into engineering workflows. Within your first 3 months, you are expected to help evaluate open-source green coding tools, benchmark the environmental impact of selected Roche applications, support the development of a proof of concept integrated into CI/CD pipelines, and contribute to a developer-focused toolkit with energy-efficient coding guidance. Your work will provide actionable data to support the decarbonization of Roche’s software assets and help demonstrate that digital innovation and environmental responsibility can go hand in hand. This internship offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of software engineering, cloud technologies, and sustainability for supporting Roche’s Net Zero ambition

The Opportunity

• Conduct a landscape analysis of open-source green coding tools such as CodeCarbon, Scaphandre, Kepler, or Carbon Aware SDKs

• Perform initial carbon benchmarking of selected Roche applications to establish a baseline of digital environmental impact

• Develop and implement a proof of concept integrated into CI/CD pipelines to track the energy consumption of code execution

• Enable real-time visibility of energy and carbon impact for developers during software development workflows

• Support the creation of a developer-centric toolkit such as an SDK or CLI with practical sustainable coding guidance

• Translate complex energy and carbon metrics into actionable refactoring patterns for engineers (eg. Iteration vs. Recursion)

• Help promote sustainable software engineering practices across the developer community

Who You Are

You are enrolled or have completed your studies at a university, preferably in the field of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or Data Analytics within the last 12 months and are interested in applying your knowledge in a modern working environment as part of an internship of at least 6 months.

Furthermore you are

• Strong in modern programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go and familiar with CI/CD orchestration tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins

• Knowledgeable about cloud resource consumption and containerized environments, for example AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or Docker

• Interested in Green IT principles such as hardware utilization, carbon intensity, and energy-aware engineering

• Able to translate technical findings into practical guidance that helps others improve software efficiency

• A proactive communicator with a strong sustainability mindset and fluent English skills

If you meet most but not all qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

Additional information

The internship is expected to start between 1 and 16 July 2026 and will last at least 6 months.

 For more information about IP2TIS and to explore other opportunities within the programme, please visit go.roche.com/ip2tis_26.

Who we are

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.