6 hours ago
Lausanne, SwitzerlandSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale distributed backend systems serving millions of users.
- Deliver features end to end from design and implementation through deployment and monitoring.
- Architect low-latency APIs and backend services for AI-driven conversational systems.
- Develop reliable and scalable cloud-native services in Java.
- Build and operate AWS-based deployments using Docker and Kubernetes/ECS.
- Develop backend services and infrastructure for large-scale data processing and real-time interactions.
- Ensure resiliency, fault tolerance, high availability, failover readiness, and compliance.
- Lead technical execution by decomposing requirements, distributing work, and unblocking the team.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and promote technical excellence.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison for product managers and cross-functional partners.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
- Proficiency in modern Java 17 or later.
- Experience designing and scaling backend systems for millions of users or high-throughput real-time services.
- Understanding of cloud-native architectures, AWS or similar platforms, Docker, and Kubernetes/ECS.
- Experience with distributed data systems such as Redis and Apache Kafka.
- Exposure to LLM integration, including prompting, evaluation, and observability.
- Strong background in high-availability systems, failover, and resiliency design.
- Excellent observability knowledge covering logging, monitoring, tracing, and metrics.
- Strong English communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly.
- Preferred experience with Micronaut, Spring, Python, performance tuning, GitOps, CI/CD, or infrastructure as code.
Benefits
- Permanent contract with a competitive compensation package.
- Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with structured onboarding for new hires.
- Flexible hours, unlimited paid time off, 25 days of holidays, and three company-paid volunteer days.
- Fitness centre access, half-fare public transport reimbursement, and reimbursement for up to 50% of French classes.
- Fresh fruit, cookies, soft drinks, and regular company and team events.
- Employee referral bonuses after three months of continuous employment.
- Relocation package for employees moving from another country.
- Office located near Prilly-Malley train station with a view of Lake Geneva.
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About Nexthink
Nexthink builds a digital employee experience (DEX) management platform used by enterprise IT teams to monitor endpoints, analyze performance, capture sentiment, and remediate issues at scale. It sells cloud-based software and services on a subscription model to improve reliability and support across the digital workplace. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Prilly, Switzerland, the company is privately held and backed by Vista Equity Partners.