Hands-On Lead Software Engineer & Architecture Leader

Code Compass ?; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown company in the Zurich area is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own technical direction across critical systems and to guide a skilled engineering team. The role blends architecture, hands-on coding, and team coordination to improve reliability and scalability.

You will lead development, drive architectural decisions, and ensure delivery of robust software while mentoring engineers and shaping best practices.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience coordinating development and architecture across multiple engineers.
• Refactoring of complex or legacy systems to reduce technical debt.
• APIs and systems integration experience across services and platforms.
• Infrastructure and deployment knowledge for scalable environments.
• Performance and scalability optimisation across distributed components.
• Experience working with interconnected or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Take a leading role across development and architecture while coordinating technical work across multiple engineers.
• Remain hands-on with the code while improving existing systems and reducing technical debt.
• Build a more scalable and maintainable software environment through architectural decisions and practical execution.

Skills

Tech leadership

Refactoring

API integration

Infrastructure

Performance optimisation

Distributed systems

Job description

Unknown company in the Zurich area is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own technical direction across critical systems and to guide a skilled engineering team. The role blends architecture, hands-on coding, and team coordination to improve reliability and scalability.

You will lead development, drive architectural decisions, and ensure delivery of robust software while mentoring engineers and shaping best practices.