Senior Software Engineer — Research Platforms (Zurich On-site)

Clera; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Visa sponsorship

Relocation support

Job summary

Clera in Zürich, Switzerland, is seeking a software engineer to build applications and backend services that help researchers manage tasks, review files, and analyze experiments. You will design APIs and PostgreSQL data models for tasks, reviews, files, and experiments, and connect applications to data pipelines with robust validation and permissions.

You will collaborate with researchers to refine workflows, investigate bugs, and maintain performance as datasets grow, while testing and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building and maintaining applications used by others.
• Strong TypeScript and React skills, or Python with a backend framework such as FastAPI.
• Experience designing APIs and working with SQL and PostgreSQL.
• A practical approach to testing, debugging, and collaborating with users and teammates.
• Experience with annotation tools, research software, or interfaces for exploring large datasets is helpful.
• Familiarity with AWS, object storage such as S3, background job processing, or frontend testing frameworks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build interfaces for creating tasks, reviewing files and video, inspecting agent actions, and comparing experimental results.
• Design APIs and PostgreSQL data models for tasks, reviews, files, and experiments.
• Connect applications to data pipelines and file storage, adding input validation, permission controls, and clear error handling.
• Work with researchers and domain experts to improve workflows, investigate bugs, and maintain performance as datasets grow.
• Test and debug software, incorporating user feedback into ongoing development.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Python

Cross-stack interest

Testing & debugging

Tools

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

AWS

S3

Frontend testing frameworks

Job description

Clera in Zürich, Switzerland, is seeking a software engineer to build applications and backend services that help researchers manage tasks, review files, and analyze experiments. You will design APIs and PostgreSQL data models for tasks, reviews, files, and experiments, and connect applications to data pipelines with robust validation and permissions.

You will collaborate with researchers to refine workflows, investigate bugs, and maintain performance as datasets grow, while testing and