Lead Software Engineer

Code Compass ?; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 140.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Unknown in the Zurich area is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to take technical ownership across several business-critical systems and guide a highly skilled engineering team. The role combines hands-on development with architecture and technical decision-making.

You will lead development and architecture while coordinating work across multiple engineers, remaining hands-on with code and driving refactoring, scalability, and better system health.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in technical leadership or cross-team coordination.
• 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.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Tech leadership

Legacy refactoring

API integration

Infrastructure deployment

Performance optimisation

Distributed systems

Jobbeschreibung

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.