Senior Software Architect - Scalable Infra & Stock Options

Zerolook; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Zerolook is seeking an experienced architect to define and lead the design of a large-scale, high-performance infrastructure serving billions of queries per month. You will own non-functional KPIs, drive security, availability, and disaster recovery, and mentor engineers as the team grows.

You will partner with the founders and key industry players to evolve the core Zerolook offering, shaping architecture from 0 to 1 and setting engineering standards for a fast-paced startup in Switzerland.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or related field.
• Large scale applications: 1K QPS with ~1s latency.
• Broad software architecture: 5+ years leading enterprise apps.
• Engineering foundation: Java, C++, containerization and orchestration.

Responsibilities

• System architecture: define the architecture and lead implementation of large-scale, high-performance infrastructure.
• Enterprise-class application: own KPIs for non-functional requirements incl. security, availability and DR.
• Technical leadership: set standards, mentor engineers as team grows.
• Strategic collaboration: partner with founders and industry orgs on core Zerolook offering.

Skills

Java

C++

System architecture

Leadership

Containerization

Education

Bachelors/Masters in CS

Tools

Helidon SE

Drogon C++

Kubernetes

Job description

Zerolook is seeking an experienced architect to define and lead the design of a large-scale, high-performance infrastructure serving billions of queries per month. You will own non-functional KPIs, drive security, availability, and disaster recovery, and mentor engineers as the team grows.

You will partner with the founders and key industry players to evolve the core Zerolook offering, shaping architecture from 0 to 1 and setting engineering standards for a fast-paced startup in Switzerland.