Senior Backend Engineer — APIs, Data & Cloud

Rivia

Zürich

Hybrid

CHF 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours
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Opportunities for continuous learning

Job summary

A leading clinical trial data firm in Zurich is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead the development of scalable backend services for their clinical trial data platform. You will play a crucial role in building the data infrastructure, collaborating across teams, and enhancing the efficiency of clinical trials. Ideal candidates will have strong experience with Java and Spring, data modeling, and cloud technologies like AWS. This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to make an impact in the biotech sector.

Qualifications

  • Strong experience building and operating backend services in production.
  • Solid understanding of system design and performance optimization.
  • Ability to work across the stack when required.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs for the clinical trial platform.
  • Model, store, and query complex data efficiently in Postgres.
  • Ensure high availability and security of backend services.

Skills

Backend service development
Data modeling and optimization
Experience with AWS
Java and Spring
Postgres
Programming in Typescript and Python

Tools

Kubernetes
Docker

Job description

A leading clinical trial data firm in Zurich is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead the development of scalable backend services for their clinical trial data platform. You will play a crucial role in building the data infrastructure, collaborating across teams, and enhancing the efficiency of clinical trials. Ideal candidates will have strong experience with Java and Spring, data modeling, and cloud technologies like AWS. This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to make an impact in the biotech sector.
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