Tech Lead – Architecture, APIs & Scalable Systems (Zurich)

Code Compass ?; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Code Compass, a growing technology company in the Zurich area, is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own technical direction across critical systems and guide a skilled engineering team. The role blends hands-on development with architectural leadership, driving improvements in scalability and maintainability.

You will lead development and architecture across multiple engineers, stay hands-on with code, and champion refactoring and better deployment practices to reduce technical debt and

Qualifications

• Strong background in software architecture and hands-on development
• Experience leading software engineering teams and coordinating multiple engineers
• Proven ability to refactor complex or legacy systems
• Expertise in API integrations and distributed architectures

Responsibilities

• Take a leading role across development and architecture
• Coordinate technical work across multiple engineers
• Remain hands-on with code while improving systems
• Drive scalability, maintainability, and technical debt reduction

Skills

Technical leadership

API integration

Distributed systems

Performance optimisation

Hands-on coding

Refactoring

Job description

Code Compass, a growing technology company in the Zurich area, is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own technical direction across critical systems and guide a skilled engineering team. The role blends hands-on development with architectural leadership, driving improvements in scalability and maintainability.

You will lead development and architecture across multiple engineers, stay hands-on with code, and champion refactoring and better deployment practices to reduce technical debt and