Senior Software Architect: Scale High-Performance Infra & Stock

Zerolook; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Job summary

Zerolook is seeking a senior backend architect to design and lead a large-scale pricing engine. This role targets sub-second latency while serving billions of queries per month from Zurich.

You will own system architecture, drive non-functional requirements, and mentor engineers, partnering with founders and industry players to advance Zerolook's core offering. Stock options are included.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience in large-scale applications serving >1K QPS with ~1s latency.
• 5+ years leading design, implementation, deployment of enterprise apps.
• Strong knowledge of Java and related Enterprise tech; C++ experience; containerization/orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and lead implementation of large-scale, high-performance infrastructure.
• Own enterprise non-functional requirements: security, scalability, availability, DR.
• Set standards, mentor engineers, and lead as the team grows.
• Collaborate with founders and industry partners to develop Zerolook offering.

Skills

Java

C++

Containerization

Orchestration

Architectural leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

PhD in Computer Science

Tools

Helidon SE

Drogon

Job description

Zerolook is seeking a senior backend architect to design and lead a large-scale pricing engine. This role targets sub-second latency while serving billions of queries per month from Zurich.

You will own system architecture, drive non-functional requirements, and mentor engineers, partnering with founders and industry players to advance Zerolook's core offering. Stock options are included.