Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable Data Platform (Hybrid)

Nexthink; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work model

Relocation package

Unlimited vacation

25 days holidays

Fitness centre

Public transport reimbursement

French classes reimbursement

Team events

Referral bonuses

Zusammenfassung

Nexthink, the leader in digital employee experience management software, seeks a seasoned Backend Engineer to design and evolve core backend services powering data-ingestion products. You will build scalable, real-time APIs and collaborate with product, infra, and frontend teams to support rapid product growth.

Join a cross-functional environment that values reliability, performance, and production-ready systems at scale.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Proficient in Java (17+).
• Experience with distributed data systems (e.g., Redis, Apache Kafka, SQL databases).
• Proven experience designing and scaling backend systems for millions of users or high-throughput real-time services.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures (AWS or similar), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS).
• Strong background in high availability systems, failover, and resiliency design.
• Excellent knowledge of observability practices: logging, monitoring, tracing, metrics.
• Strong communication skills in English, able to explain complex technical topics clearly.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, and scale distributed backend systems that serve millions of users.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of features: from design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Architect real-time, low-latency APIs and backend services for large-scale data-ingestion.
• Develop cloud-native services in Java, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Work on infrastructure components, including AWS-based deployments, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS).
• Ensure resiliency, fault tolerance, and compliance in high-throughput environments.
• Collaborate with product managers, infrastructure engineers, and other teams to deliver production-ready systems.
• Contribute to technical discussions, share knowledge, and help evolve best practices in backend and infra engineering.

Kenntnisse

Backend engineering

Distributed data systems

Cloud-native architectures

Observability practices

English communication

Ausbildung

BSc/BEng or Master in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Redis

Apache Kafka

SQL databases

Micronaut/Spring

Jobbeschreibung

Nexthink, the leader in digital employee experience management software, seeks a seasoned Backend Engineer to design and evolve core backend services powering data-ingestion products. You will build scalable, real-time APIs and collaborate with product, infra, and frontend teams to support rapid product growth.

Join a cross-functional environment that values reliability, performance, and production-ready systems at scale.