Lead Software Engineer

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

Job summary

Code Compass in the Zurich area is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to take technical ownership across several business-critical systems and lead a highly skilled engineering team. You will stay hands-on while guiding architecture, improving systems, reducing debt, and building scalable software.

The role combines development, architecture, decision-making, and team coordination, ideal for a leader who wants ownership without leaving code behind.

Qualifications

• Lead and coordinate engineering teams across multiple projects.
• Experience designing and evolving software architectures for complex systems.
• Strong understanding of APIs, integrations, and data flow.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical ownership across core systems and drive architectural decisions.
• Hands-on coding while guiding engineering efforts and code quality.
• Coordinate work across engineers, manage technical debt, and improve scalability.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software architecture

API integration

Distributed systems

Performance optimization

Hands-on development

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