Staff Software Engineer - AI-native automation

Lead–Principal Hybrid Lausanne, Switzerland Full-time Posted 2 months ago

Skills & stack

Languages

Java

Tools & Infra

AWS Kubernetes

Skills

Distributed Systems Generative AI

About the role

Staff Software Engineer - AI-native automation at Nexthink is a Lead to Principal backend role in Lausanne, Switzerland. The work is hybrid and full time. You will lead design and build of an AI-native automation platform, with a focus on distributed real-time systems, generative AI, reliability, and product direction.

Work format

Hybrid in Lausanne, Switzerland. Full-time role.

Skills and tools

Java
Kubernetes
AWS
Distributed Systems
Generative AI

What to prepare

Prepare a walkthrough of a Java backend system you scaled.
Bring an example of generative AI used in a real product feature.
Review a project with distributed, real-time or event-driven architecture.

Responsibilities

Design and build the AI-native automation platform Flow.
Architect distributed, real-time systems for large-scale automation.
Integrate generative AI into product features and iterate on it.
Drive reliability, observability, performance, and scalability.
Shape technical direction and mentor other engineers.
Work with Product, Infrastructure, Security, and AI/ML teams.

Requirements

Strong backend engineering background with experience in Staff or Principal roles.
Experience with Java, especially Java 17+.
Hands-on work with distributed systems and high-availability systems.
Cloud-native architecture experience with AWS or equivalent and Kubernetes.
Production experience using generative AI in product features.
Understanding of API design, streaming data, and event-driven systems.

Nice to have

Advanced AI or ML experience, including model fine-tuning or training.
B2B enterprise product experience.

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Nexthink

Product

Swiss digital employee experience (DEX) management company founded in 2004, dual-headquartered in Lausanne and Boston. Nexthink's real-time analytics platform monitors device, application and network

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Team size: 1000+
Remote policy: Hybrid

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