Senior Backend Engineer for Scalable Clinical Trial Platform

Rivia SA; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Rivia in Zürich is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead design and implementation of scalable backend services and data infrastructure powering our clinical trial platform. You will own major parts of the backend, from APIs and data models to cloud integrations, and collaborate with product, data, and frontend teams to ship features.

This role requires a strategic, analytical mindset and comfort with startup uncertainty, plus hands-on work across the stack when needed, including Java,

Qualifikationen

• Strong experience building and operating backend services in production.
• Excellent understanding of system design and data modeling for data-intensive apps.
• Ability to own architecture and-driven data platforms within a startup environment.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs (primarily in Java/Spring).
• Model, store, and query complex data efficiently in PostgreSQL and related systems.
• Implement and maintain integrations/pipelines ingesting data from multiple sources.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to define API contracts and occasionally contribute full-stack work.
• Ensure high availability, observability, and security of backend services through best practices.

Kenntnisse

Java

Spring

Backend design

APIs

Data modeling

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

Rivia in Zürich is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead design and implementation of scalable backend services and data infrastructure powering our clinical trial platform. You will own major parts of the backend, from APIs and data models to cloud integrations, and collaborate with product, data, and frontend teams to ship features.

This role requires a strategic, analytical mindset and comfort with startup uncertainty, plus hands-on work across the stack when needed, including Java,