Staff Backend Engineer (a) •

Ringier AG Contracted hours 80-100% Place of work Zurich Type of contract unlimited

Join our dynamic and diverse team as a Staff Backend Engineer and contribute to shaping our applications' architecture. We are enlarging our team by as soon as possible, or by arrangement, for a motivated and committed engineer ready to make an impact.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Tech Lead for our Backend team, mentoring and coaching engineers at all seniority levels
• Lead major initiatives and projects on a technical level, optimizing data pipelines and service performance
• Contribute to our evolving software architecture, making key technology decisions by participating in the architecture board
• Build and maintain services mainly written in Node.js with NestJS using Redis, DynamoDB, SQL databases, and SOLR
• Work in an agile project team supporting other teams by delivering performant and robust backend functionality and services

Your Profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent and 6+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on Node.js
• Solid understanding of back-end technologies such as Node.js, Redis, DynamoDB, SQL Databases, and modern service frameworks like NestJS
• Familiarity with GraphQL, containerized development, and hosting (Docker), and knowledge of AWS CLI and/or console
• Experience working with GIT and automated CI/CD pipelines and release cycles
• Deep knowledge of caching strategies to unload the origin
• Fluency in English; German is a plus

Benefits

• Help to build and grow Switzerland's most engaging media brand
• Varied tasks through participation in a variety of different projects
• Work with a motivated and young team with a flat hierarchy
• Modern employment conditions with a guaranteed flex-office quota
• Gym, in-house restaurant, coffee corner, trendy eateries in the immediate vicinity, various employee discounts
• You can freely choose your workplace between the Medienpark (Flurstrasse 55, 8048) and the Pressehaus (Dufourstrasse 23, 8008)

Interested? Then we look forward to receiving your online application.

We show our colors and are convinced that diversity is an opportunity. Everyone should be exactly who they are. We create a working environment in which this is possible.

For this position we only consider direct applications. Alessandra Joshua

HR Business Partner

What sets us apart

Ringier AG is EDGE Assess and EDGEplus certified and is thus committed to the closing of the gender and intersectional equity gap through a systematic and structured approach.

Employees of Ringier AG rate us as a 'Great Place To Work'!