Teamleader Software Engineering (f/m/d)

About the job

Your responsibilities

• You foster and challenge your team members, actively accompanying them on their development journey
• Close collaboration with the team, the Product Owner, and the Software Architect ensures shared success
• As an Engineering Team Lead, you are hands-on in the design and engineering of innovative solutions (our Engineering Team Leads write code too)
• Your technical expertise and leadership instinct contribute to a motivating working environment

Your skills

• With more than 5 years of experience in software development, you bring solid, well-rounded expertise
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related field
• At least 1 year of experience in a leadership role
• Excellent skills in Software Engineering - ideally gained in the context of event-driven, distributed systems at scale. Experience with C# and Python is a plus
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities in English
• Experience in agile software engineering and DevOps (CI/CD, automation, configuration management, and deployment tools)
• Ideally, you have experience integrating LLMs/VLMs in your solutions that solve real business problems. You've also invested in evaluating those solutions, proving correctness and surfacing metrics relevant to business stakeholders
• Solid SQL skills and experience working with relational databases (and bonus point if you’re familiar with Google BigQuery)
• The capacity to adapt to ongoing changes in the work environment as well as using creativity and initiative to solve problems and achieve goals

Why start with us?

• Values, not empty words: Cooperative, innovative, piratesque, responsible, ambitious – these five values are what we practise and preach.

• Courageous thinking: We encourage everyone to think on their feet, and love it when they come up with bold or edgy ideas.

• Uncomplicated approach: Simplicity is at our core. We avoid the unnecessary and focus on what really matters – from overcoming challenges to celebrating our shared successes.

• Flexibility and freedom: We offer working-from-home options, up to 8 weeks of workation, and every position is possible with an 80% workload.

• Rapid growth: With us, growth is a continuous journey. We also support you with 2'000 EDU points per year for your professional development so there’s no risk of you getting stuck in a rut.

• Modern: With us you can work with the latest technologies every day, see our Tech-Radar .
• More than "just" work: Take part in our various employee events such as Hackathons , hiking, skiing, Böötlen on the Limmat, LAN Parties or Friday Night Drinks and, if you're interested, contribute to our Techblog .

• More benefits: 25 days of holiday, exclusive employee conditions in our online shop, mobile, internet and TV plans at company rates and many other benefits.  

Diversity is our culture.

To build the best team, we want to draw from the full spectrum of talent out there. This means people from all walks of life have the same opportunities with us, regardless of their ethnicity, religion, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation or age. We believe true inclusion means everyone is welcome and each contribution is valuable.