Backend Engineer — High-Performance Indexing at Scale

DeepJudge; Zürich; On-site; CHF 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative and supportive work environment

Potential for professional growth

Ownership and impact in the company

Job summary

A leading AI scale-up in Switzerland is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join their team in Zürich. In this role, you'll develop efficient, scalable backend services and optimize the performance of data processing pipelines. The ideal candidate should have a Master’s degree in Computer Science and 2+ years of experience with backend languages such as Python or Rust. This position offers challenges and the potential for significant professional growth within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer in a fast-growing environment.
• Experience with distributed systems and parallel computing.
• Comfortable with modern web architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient, scalable backend services.
• Take ownership of core components of indexing infrastructure.
• Collaborate with other engineers and ship new features.
• Optimize performance across data processing pipelines.
• Integrate with third-party APIs.

Skills

Backend programming languages (Python, Rust, Go, C++)

Database experience (SQL and/or NoSQL)

Problem-solving skills

Cloud platform knowledge

Collaborative communication

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

A leading AI scale-up in Switzerland is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join their team in Zürich. In this role, you'll develop efficient, scalable backend services and optimize the performance of data processing pipelines. The ideal candidate should have a Master’s degree in Computer Science and 2+ years of experience with backend languages such as Python or Rust. This position offers challenges and the potential for significant professional growth within a collaborative environment.