Senior Backend Engineer – Java / Spring Boot

Ärztekasse Genossenschaft; Indiana (PA); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40h / week

2 days home office per week

Multicultural team

Free parking

Language trainings

Job summary

Ärztekasse Genossenschaft is seeking a senior Java backend engineer to own technical decisions and shape system evolution. You’ll work on the Healthcare Information Portal—a platform where providers collect patient data and manage invoicing. This is not a ticket-execution role; you’ll own components and influence the full system.

We offer a 40h work week with 2 days home office, a multicultural team, and opportunities to lead technical growth while contributing to meaningful healthcare solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on backend experience with Java and Spring Boot in production.
• Strong opinions on architecture and ability to articulate them clearly.
• Comfortable navigating evolving systems and ambiguity in requirements.
• Solid understanding of REST API design and distributed patterns.
• Experience with messaging and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Technical design of new features and services in collaboration with Architecture Team.
• Refine and estimate use cases with Business Analysts and Product Owner.
• Implement domain and cross-cutting services.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to raise team capability.
• Contribute to technology and tooling decisions for new solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Backend architecture

REST APIs

Distributed systems

English

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Ärztekasse Genossenschaft provides business process outsourcing and eHealth solutions to health professionals so they get relief from administration and can focus on medical work.

In the context of an innovation initiative, Ärztekasse is renewing and extending their products. To support this digitalization step, we are looking for smart and experienced engineers to contribute and shape clever and creative solutions for a meaningful industry.

Pensum: 80-100%
Start: immediately or by appointment
Duration: unlimited
Location: Urdorf

We're looking for a senior Java backend engineer who's comfortable owning technical decisions and shaping how a system evolves.
You'll be working on the Healthcare Information Portal – a digital platform which healthcare providers use to collect and manage patient data and do invoicing. It is a complex domain where engineers own specific components, collaborate closely across the full system and where your design choices have a lasting impact. This is not a ticket-execution role.

Main Tasks

• Technical design of new features and services (end-to-end) in collaboration with the Architecture Team and other Software Engineers
• Refine and estimate use cases in close collaboration with Business Analysts and the Product Owner
• Implement domain and cross-cutting services
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring – raising the team's overall capability
• Contribute to technology and tooling decisions for new solutions

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on backend experience with Java and Spring Boot in production environments
• Strong grasp of software design: you have opinions about architecture and can articulate them clearly
• Comfortable with evolving systems – you can navigate ambiguity, challenge assumptions and adapt as requirements shift
• Solid understanding of REST API design and distributed systems patterns
• Experience with messaging and event-driven architectures
• Proactive communicator within the engineering team - you share knowledge and contribute to collective technical growth (we hold regular tech sessions)
• Kubernetes and container orchestration experience – you understand the deployment side and take end-to-end responsibility of what you build
• Fluent in English, German or French is a plus

What we offer

• 40h / week
• 2 days home office per week
• Multicultural team
• Free parking
• Language trainings

Further information

A stimulating environment helps to find cool solutions to challenging complex requirements. We work in small agile teams where you can have impact and influence. You will find sharp engineers to have inspiring discussions with. We are solution-driven, but we don’t neglect the fun factor.

We look forward to receiving your application!