Job Detail

As a SeniorSoftware Engineer you will work across our entire software stack with talented and similar minded individuals. You will have the opportunity to work on the overall Beekeeper architecture, create services for other teams to use and solve scalability and performance challenges in a distributed system. You will work on the product that hundred of thousands of frontline workers rely on every day to work better together. 

You will work with a modern microservice architecture with technologies such as PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Vue.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Jaeger, Amazon Web Services and interface them with different programming languages such as Java 11+, Javascript / Typescript and Python.

Your responsibilities

• Work in a cross functional team and build out our existing product offering


• Take responsibility and ownership of software components and delivery of features


• Build and maintain high-performance, reusable and reliable software components


• Build & design highly available and highly scalable software systems


• Work closely with your peers on the overall Beekeeper architecture and infrastructure


• Work closely with other passionate software engineers to develop and ship new features

What we look for

• You have 6+ years of experience as a professional engineer


• BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience


• You have significant experience creating RESTful APIs


• You have significant experience in creating distributed systems


• You are passionate about building products that users love to use


• You are passionate about code quality and best development practices


• You are passionate about technology and continuous improvement


• You are proficient in English as we speak mainly English at work


• You are eligible to work in Switzerland. This is a full-time permanent job.

Bonus Points

• You can show us programming projects that you work on in your free time


• We love an entrepreneurial mindset

Who we are

Beekeeperbelieves in the potential of every single employee. That’s why we’ve built the essential platform for frontline workers. We put all company communications and tools in one place, empowering frontline employees to be more agile, productive, and create a safer workplace. 

We are based in Zurich and Oakland with additional offices in Berlin and Krakow.  These locations support users in more than 130 countries. 

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