Senior Generalist Software Engineer - Jetson/Linux & Cloud

Fotokite; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fotokite in Zürich is seeking a (Senior) Generalist Software Engineer to own Linux-level software for the Sigma ground station on the Nvidia Jetson platform and to contribute to manufacturing tooling and cloud services. You will write Go and Python, automate with Bash, and help build reliable CI/CD pipelines in a highly autonomous role.

We expect a degree in CS/EE or equivalent, 4+ years of software experience, strong Linux and networking knowledge, and proficiency with Docker, GitHub, REST APIs

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in multiple languages including strongly typed and scripting languages.
• Strong Linux system knowledge: systemd, package management, networking, users and permissions, boot process, and debugging on remote devices over SSH.
• Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DHCP and static addressing, routing, VLANs, firewalls, and debugging with tcpdump or Wireshark.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Git/GitHub and CI/CD.
• Experience building backend services and internal tools (REST APIs, SQL databases).
• A generalist mindset: you pick up unfamiliar codebases quickly, own from diagnosis to release.
• Fluency in English is required, any other language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop Linux-level software for the Sigma ground station on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX: system services, networking, device configuration, security hardening and the ground station's configuration interface.
• Build and optimize image and video processing on the Jetson.
• Build and operate cloud services and internal tools in Go and Python on Google Cloud, such as fleet management, production APIs, over-the-air update services and log pipelines.
• Automate with Bash and Python and keep our engineering foundations healthy: Docker build images, CI pipelines on GitHub, dependency and toolchain updates, and a reliable release process.
• Act as an escalation point for customer support, production and software alerts: analyse logs and fleet data, tell hardware faults from software bugs, reproduce issues on real hardware and deliver fixes.

Skills

Linux

Go

Python

Networking

CI/CD

REST APIs

SQL

Cloud

English

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Git/GitHub

Job description

Fotokite in Zürich is seeking a (Senior) Generalist Software Engineer to own Linux-level software for the Sigma ground station on the Nvidia Jetson platform and to contribute to manufacturing tooling and cloud services. You will write Go and Python, automate with Bash, and help build reliable CI/CD pipelines in a highly autonomous role.

We expect a degree in CS/EE or equivalent, 4+ years of software experience, strong Linux and networking knowledge, and proficiency with Docker, GitHub, REST APIs