Lead Software Engineer

Code Compass ?; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Code Compass, a growing technology company in the Zurich area, is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own technical direction across critical systems and guide a skilled engineering team. The role blends hands-on development with architectural leadership, driving improvements in scalability and maintainability.

You will lead development and architecture across multiple engineers, stay hands-on with code, and champion refactoring and better deployment practices to reduce technical debt and

Qualifications

• Strong background in software architecture and hands-on development
• Experience leading software engineering teams and coordinating multiple engineers
• Proven ability to refactor complex or legacy systems
• Expertise in API integrations and distributed architectures

Responsibilities

• Take a leading role across development and architecture
• Coordinate technical work across multiple engineers
• Remain hands-on with code while improving systems
• Drive scalability, maintainability, and technical debt reduction

Skills

Technical leadership

API integration

Distributed systems

Performance optimisation

Hands-on coding

Refactoring

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.