6 months ago
Zürich, SwitzerlandSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable backend services and APIs using Kotlin and Spring Boot.
- Build and operate Apache Kafka integrations with producers, consumers, Kafka Streams, Avro schemas, and exactly-once semantics.
- Own data models, query optimization, schema migrations, replication, and connection pooling across PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Support deployment, monitoring, observability, CI/CD, and DevOps tooling on OpenShift and Kubernetes.
- Apply OAuth2/OIDC, authentication, authorization, encryption, and other backend security practices.
- Conduct code reviews, uphold engineering standards, mentor junior engineers, and provide technical guidance.
- Create technical documentation for system design, implementation, and API contracts.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional backend engineering experience.
- Proficiency in Kotlin and strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot, including Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, Spring Cloud, and Spring Actuator.
- Strong Apache Kafka experience, including Kafka Streams, Schema Registry, and exactly-once semantics.
- Proficiency with PostgreSQL and MySQL, including data modeling, query plans, replication, and HikariCP connection pools.
- Practical experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift and familiarity with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and design patterns.
- Familiarity with OAuth2/OIDC and backend security fundamentals, plus proficiency with Git and CI/CD practices.
- German proficiency at B2+ level and business-proficient English.
- A bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology, or equivalent experience, is preferred.
- Experience in banking or fintech, Spring Cloud, distributed tracing, Flyway or Liquibase, and French or Italian is advantageous.
Benefits
- 25 vacation days, two volunteer days, and three additional wellness days.
- Mental Health First Aider and Employee Assistance program.
- 40-hour work week with overtime compensation and flexible working hours.
- Independent home-office management and a hybrid work arrangement in Zürich.
- Ergonomically equipped office space, pet-friendly offices, and workation possibility.
- Dentsu Academy access, on-site learning, online language courses, and 40 additional annual learning hours.
- Corporate benefits platform, referral bonus program, and team events.
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About Dentsu
Dentsu is a global advertising and marketing services group that plans and buys media, develops creative campaigns, and builds data- and technology-led customer experiences for brands. It earns revenue from agency fees and media services across a network that includes Carat, iProspect, and Merkle. Founded in 1901 and headquartered in Tokyo, Dentsu is publicly traded in Japan and serves clients across many sectors worldwide.