Glacierware Backend Engineer for Microfluidic Cooling

Corintis; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Corintis in Lausanne is seeking a Backend Engineer to help build Glacierware, a platform for designing and simulating microfluidic cooling for high-power chips. This full-time role combines software engineering, scientific computing, and semiconductor technology to deliver reliable backend services.

You will work on REST and WebSocket APIs, extend the scheduler and workers, and support asynchronous workflows, with Java Spring Boot and Python FastAPI, MongoDB, and real-time updates.

Qualifications

• At least four years of experience building production backend services in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs and distributed services.
• A solid understanding of asynchronous work, including polling or queue-based workflows.
• Experience designing schemas in MongoDB or a comparable document database.
• Enough Python experience to maintain a FastAPI service.
• Knowledge of security architecture and the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including secure development practices.
• A collaborative approach to code reviews, testing, and problem-solving.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain REST and WebSocket APIs used by the Glacierware application.
• Extend the scheduler, monitors, and task workers that coordinate simulation and optimization jobs on external compute resources.
• Support asynchronous workflows, including job tracking, parameter sweeps, and project accounting.
• Design and evolve MongoDB document schemas and change-stream pipelines that keep the application up to date.
• Maintain and improve the Python/FastAPI service alongside the Java services.
• Improve test coverage, monitoring, logging, and deployments to make the platform more reliable and easier to operate.
• Review code, share knowledge, and collaborate with frontend and simulation engineers on end-to-end features.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

APIs

Distributed services

MongoDB

Python

Async / Event-driven

Security practices

SDLC

Code reviews

Job description

Corintis in Lausanne is seeking a Backend Engineer to help build Glacierware, a platform for designing and simulating microfluidic cooling for high-power chips. This full-time role combines software engineering, scientific computing, and semiconductor technology to deliver reliable backend services.

You will work on REST and WebSocket APIs, extend the scheduler and workers, and support asynchronous workflows, with Java Spring Boot and Python FastAPI, MongoDB, and real-time updates.