Lead Software Engineer

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

A growing technology company in the Zurich area is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to take technical ownership across several business-critical systems and help guide a highly skilled engineering team.

They are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer with a strong background in software architecture, infrastructure and hands‑on development who enjoys improving complex technical environments.

About the Role

You will take a leading role across development and architecture while coordinating technical work across multiple engineers. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will remain hands‑on with the code while improving existing systems, reducing technical debt and building a more scalable and maintainable software environment.

The position combines hands‑on engineering with architecture, technical decision-making and team coordination, making it ideal for a Lead Software Engineer who wants technical ownership without moving away from development.

• Technical leadership or coordination experience
• Refactoring of complex or legacy systems
• API and systems integration experience
• Infrastructure and deployment knowledge
• Performance and scalability optimisation
• Experience working with interconnected or distributed systems

Due to the high number of applications, we may not be able to respond to everyone, but we truly appreciate the time and effort taken to apply and will be in touch with shortlisted candidates.