Senior Backend Engineer (a)*
Senior Backend Engineer (a)*
80-100%
Join our dynamic and diverse team as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to shaping the architecture of our applications. We seek a motivated and committed engineer to join our expanding team by January 2025, or by arrangement
Your tasks
- You will play a significant role in major technical initiatives and projects, assisting in optimizing data pipelines and enhancing service performance.
- You will contribute to our evolving software architecture and crucial technology decisions.
- You will build and maintain backend services, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability
Your profile
- You possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent and have 6+ years of professional experience in software development
- You demonstrate strong programming skills in Node.js, Typescript, and Javascript
- You have a solid understanding of backend technologies such as Redis, NoSQL, SQL Databases, and frameworks like NestJS or Express
- You possess a solid grasp of AWS Services like SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, and API Gateway
- You have deep knowledge of caching strategies to unload the origin
- You are familiar with GraphQL, containerized development, and hosting (Docker)
- You are fluent in English; German language proficiency is a plus.
Your benefits:
- Contribute to building and growing Switzerland's most engaging media brand
- Engage in varied tasks through participation in a diverse range of projects
- Collaborate with a motivated and young team with a flat hierarchy
- Enjoy modern employment conditions with a guaranteed flex-office quota
- Benefit from access to an in-house gym, restaurant, and coffee corner, as well as trendy eateries in the immediate vicinity and various employee discounts
- You have the freedom to 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 colours and are convinced that diversity is an opportunity. Everyone (*all) should be exactly who they are. We create a working environment in which this is possible.
For this position, we only consider direct applications.
Monty Hänni +41 44 259 60 66
Your benefits with us
The in-house staff restaurant cooks fresh and balanced meals daily at good value for money. Free coffee, tea, mineral water and fruit are available.
All employees may use the 24/7 gym at the Zurich site for free.
Sixteen weeks' maternity leave and four weeks' paternity leave with full pay. Contribution to childcare costs.
We encourage mobile and flexible working, part-time work and job sharing wherever possible. Five weeks' annual leave as standard. There is also the option to purchase an additional 10 days of annual leave.
Ringier AG
Ringier is a Swiss media and technology company. The Group comprises around 140 companies in 20 countries, which operate a range of leading media brands, digital platforms, and marketplaces. 83 percent of the operating profit comes from the digital business. This makes Ringier one of the leading media companies in Europe. The family business has been based on entrepreneurship, cooperation, innovation, trust and courage for 191 years.
Learn moreWhat 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'!
Monty Hänni +41 44 259 60 66