Cloud Software Engineer

Hybrid 2–3 days per week on-site | Up to CHF 125,000 base salary

German and English speakers necessary

About the company:

I’m working with a specialist cloud and AI engineering consultancy that’s building out its Swiss team. They deliver custom, cloud-native software for enterprise clients, from technical strategy through to full implementation, with expertise in cloud, AI integration and IoT. The Swiss operation is at an early stage, so you’d be one of the first engineers there. That means real influence over how the team, its culture and its client base develop.

The role:

You’ll design and build modern, scalable software for demanding enterprise clients. Projects in Switzerland are mainly in the financial services sector. The work centres on cloud-native and event-driven/streaming systems, and you’ll also help clients bring AI into their existing platforms. AI experience is a real plus but isn’t essential.

What’s on offer:

• Up to CHF 125k base
• An early-hire position in a growing Swiss team, with real influence on how it develops
• Varied, challenging projects in cloud engineering, DevOps and AI
• Free choice of your own laptop and phone
• Training, conferences and meetups supported, including speaking opportunities
• Paid time to write technical blogs and articles
• Regular internal knowledge-sharing events
• Freedom to start and lead internal initiatives

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and building scalable, cloud-native applications
• Building real-time data streaming solutions with Kafka (Streams) and Apache Flink
• Setting up CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Designing software architectures and containerising new and legacy applications
• Working closely with client teams, often on-site, to shape technical solutions
• Helping to bring AI capabilities into existing client systems
• Contributing to internal engineering standards and best practice

What you’ll bring:

• Strong commercial experience in Java and/or Kotlin (Python is a plus)
• Solid experience with Spring Boot or JEE
• Strong hands-on experience with Kafka Streams (Flink is a bonus)
• Experience with containers (Docker/Podman), plus knowledge of Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience with CI/CD tooling, ideally GitLab (GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar also fine)
• Understanding of GitOps (Git, ArgoCD, Flux)
• Strong software architecture fundamentals and a clean-code mindset
• Experience working in agile teams, and confidence working with clients in German and English

Interview process: a short process, starting with a video call and followed by an in-person meeting in Zurich.

If you’re a Zurich-based cloud engineer looking for more ownership and variety than an in-house role usually gives, apply here or message me directly for a confidential chat.