Senior Backend Engineer, Fintech Onboarding & Identity

Jobgether; Schweiz; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid/Remote option

Opportunities to travel

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) for onboarding in Switzerland. Design, build and operate backend services powering the customer onboarding and identity verification journey, with scalable APIs and orchestration for KYC/KYB, identity checks, sanctions and PEP screening, and automated risk assessments.

Collaborate with Product and Engineering, integrate third-party providers such as SumSub and Orbis, and work with Temporal workflows and Salesforce where needed.

Qualifications

• Backend engineer with strong JVM experience (Java/Kotlin).
• Experience designing, developing and operating microservices.
• Relational DBs (PostgreSQL) and event-driven patterns (Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS).
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• IaC and modern delivery (CI/CD).
• Observability, logging, metrics, tracing and performance tuning.
• Familiar with Jira/Confluence and Git workflows.
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in fintech/payments or regulated environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services for onboarding and identity verification.
• Develop APIs and orchestration for KYC/KYB, identity checks, sanctions/PEP screening, risk assessments, and signing.
• Create onboarding solutions for direct and partner customers and build scalable integration via APIs/webhooks.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Integrate third-party verification providers (SumSub, Orbis) and workflow tools (Temporal).
• Work with Salesforce to embed into engineering workflows.
• Advance compliance-friendly onboarding capabilities and scalable automated approvals.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Microservices

PostgreSQL

Kafka

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Jira/Confluence

Tools

SumSub

Orbis

Temporal

Salesforce

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) for onboarding in Switzerland. Design, build and operate backend services powering the customer onboarding and identity verification journey, with scalable APIs and orchestration for KYC/KYB, identity checks, sanctions and PEP screening, and automated risk assessments.

Collaborate with Product and Engineering, integrate third-party providers such as SumSub and Orbis, and work with Temporal workflows and Salesforce where needed.