Software Engineer

Check Point Software; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Check Point Software in Switzerland is seeking a software engineer to design and implement core features, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, AI-aware solutions. You will tackle difficult algorithmic problems and help scale our security stack.

You should contribute to open-source, work independently, and show ownership while staying mindful of long-term vision. If you are excited by AI-driven security and want real-world impact, join our team in Zurich.

Qualifications

• Experience developing production-level code across technologies.
• Familiar with production-level coding in Python or TypeScript.
• Sense for product and customer needs.
• Interest in AI security.
• Active open-source contributions to communities.
• Ability to work independently and deliver results.
• Pragmatic ownership and hands-on approach.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core product features with cross-functional teams.
• Find pragmatic solutions to complex algorithmic problems.
• Balance scalable design with development speed.
• Contribute to shipping new features and improvements to our products.
• Scale software stack and algorithms for demanding use-cases.
• Support process to ensure high quality and flexible development.

Skills

Production-level coding

Open-source contributor

Independent problem solving

Product/customer sense

Ownership & hands-on

AI security interest

Algorithmic problem solving

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Job description

Company Description

At Check Point, what you do matters. Every day, we protect over 100,000 organizations worldwide from increasingly sophisticated cyber and AI-driven threats, securing their AI transformation.

Our prevention-first approach safeguards hybrid networks, cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems, stopping attacks before they happen.

This is where innovation meets real-world impact. You'll help customers across industries operate with confidence in a rapidly changing digital world, working alongside smart, curious people who take ownership, challenge assumptions, and solve complex problems.

We're proud to be recognized by TIME, Newsweek, and Forbes for excellence and workplace culture.

What really sets Check Point apart is the opportunity to grow, contribute, and help companies navigate their AI transformation securely.

If you're excited to work at the forefront of AI-driven security on a global scale, this is the place to do it.

Responsibilities

Job Description

• Design and implement core product features in close collaboration with wider teams.
• Find pragmatic solutions to complex algorithmic problems.
• Strike a balance between scalable code design and development speed.
• Contribute to shipping new features and improvements to our products.
• Scale our existing software stack and algorithms to serve the most demanding use-cases.
• Support the team in establishing a stable, high quality and flexible software engineering process.

Qualifications

About you:

• Experience developing production-level code across a variety of technologies;
• Familiar with production level coding in Python, Typescript or similiar
• Sense for product/customer needs;
• Flair for complex problems ranging from ML and AI related security issues
• Frequent contributor to open-source projects and an active participant in open-source communities;
• Productive by yourself as you solve abstract problems independently and produce results without constant supervision;
• Pragmatism, enjoy taking ownership, being hands-on, and getting things done while being mindful of our longer-term vision;
• Interest in AI security.