Senior Software Engineer

Mettler Toledo AG; Nänikon; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mettler Toledo AG in Switzerland is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design, implement, and maintain software across the product portfolio. You will work in a modern agile environment with cross-functional teams, owning technical areas and delivering reliable software while mentoring teammates.

You will collaborate with product owners and engineers across time zones, turning evolving requirements into robust solutions, and contribute to engineering practices that raise the bar for

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining software across our portfolio.
• Ability to work in a modern agile/scrum environment with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong ownership mindset and willingness to mentor teammates.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain software across our portfolio with focus on quality and reliability.
• Collaborate with product owners and engineers to turn evolving requirements into robust solutions.
• Deliver in a modern agile environment, contributing to planning, reviews, and improvements.
• Work with distributed teams across locations and time zones.
• Take ownership of technical areas with transparency and progress visibility.
• Mentor teammates and strengthen engineering practices across the team.

Skills

Software design

Code implementation

Agile / Scrum

Mentoring

Distributed teams

Job description

Within the AutoChem Business Unit, we build software that powers automated lab reactors used in scientific and industrial research around the world. Our systems help chemists and engineers design, execute, monitor, and analyze experiments with greater precision, safety, and efficiency. Our product landscape spans reactor touchscreen terminal software, a web-based experiment platform for creation, execution, data management, visualization, and reporting, local instrument control software, and field service and production assembly support software. We work at the intersection of hardware and software, where engineering quality has a direct impact on product reliability and customer trust. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer 100% (all genders) based at our global headquarters in Nänikon-Greifensee (close to Zurich), Switzerland.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will make a significant impact across this ecosystem and help raise the bar for engineering execution, collaboration, and delivery. This is a role for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, works well in international distributed teams, and brings clarity, ownership, and momentum to evolving requirements and open-ended challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain software across our product portfolio with strong fundamentals in quality, testability, maintainability, and delivery reliability
• Work closely with product owners, domain experts, engineers, and service stakeholders to turn unclear or evolving requirements into clear, robust technical solutions; identify risks and dependencies early; and propose pragmatic implementation approaches
• Deliver in a modern agile / scrum environment, actively contributing to planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate effectively with distributed teams across locations and time zones
• Take ownership of technical areas while providing transparency, visibility, and predictable progress
• Mentor teammates, contribute to technical discussions, and help strengthen engineering practices across the team