Job Description
Company Description
Datahouse combines the two core competencies of data science and software into a single service, bringing together a team of experts in data analysis, statistics, programming, databases and project management.
Datahouse is a fully owned subsidiary of the Wüest Partner Group.
Job Description
Team and mission
We are looking for an experienced and independent senior engineer to help us achieve our vision of providing leading data and software solutions. You will be responsible for our core development build and operations platform working with our team in Zurich. We are seeking a professional with a strong interest in building and maintaining centralized offerings, which streamline team workflows and drive standardization across the company. Your mission is to remove friction in developing and operating applications, enabling teams to build and scale efficiently.
Your responsibility
In this role, your main responsibilities are:
- Enhancing and streamlining developer workflows and tools
- Optimizing and updating build systems and templates for efficiency (e.g., Bazel)
- Ensuring that the software stack uses state-of-the-art technologies relevant to our context
- Building automation to simplify service and host management
- Administering and supporting critical development tools and integrations (e.g., Git, artifact store, CI/CD)
- Participating in our on-duty rotation to handle monitoring and incident response as needed
Our technologies
- Build system: Bazel (rules_js, rules_ts, rules_oci)
- Development infrastructure: Gitea, Bitbucket, Drone, Renovate, Harbor, Weblate, Bazel, JIRA (cloud)
- Tech Stack: Java (Spring Boot) enterprise stack, Python data stack, Terraform
- Core operations: Docker (Compose) on Debian (cloud VMs), Ansible with GitOps, Azure with AKS via Terraform
Qualifications
Your profile
- University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in developing and running applications
- Experience with internal platform development and/or Bazel (or a similar build system) is a plus
- Passionate about your work, eager to learn new technologies and committed to ongoing growth
- Strong communication skills in English; German is a plus
Additional Information
We offer
- Attractive employment conditions with a variable compensation component
- Flexible Work Smart concept with the option to work from home
- A refreshing, professional, and collaborative company culture with great events (company parties, “Gipfeli” breaks, etc.)
- Strong team spirit, flat hierarchies, and a wide variety of tasks
- A beautiful workplace in the center of Zurich with modern infrastructure
- A generous training and development budget, including dedicated time, as well as additional attractive fringe benefits
Contact
If you have any questions, Federica Arcella, Talent Acquisition, will be happy to assist you at [email protected].
For recruitment agencies: only direct applications will be considered.
For data protection reasons, applications can only be submitted online.
Simply click “Apply now,” fill out the form, attach your documents, and we will receive your application!
We look forward to hearing from you!
Datahouse AG
