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Tech Lead – Developer Experience & Platform Engineering
As Tech Lead for Developer Experience & Platform Engineering at Sygnnum in Zurich, you will shape the platform strategy and optimize CI/CD pipelines as well as internal developer tools. This senior position requires several years of experience in technical leadership as well as expertise in Java/Node.js, Kubernetes, and AWS to make software development more efficient and secure.
About the role
- The team's mission is to improve how engineers develop, test, and deploy software—by streamlining the entire delivery process across the entire development lifecycle through better tools, smarter pipelines, and a platform design that makes the right path the easiest one.
- This is a fundamental role—you set the direction for the team and are actively involved in what matters most.
Your tasks
- Design and improve CI/CD pipelines, review workflows, and release processes that reflect how teams actually work today, including AI-powered development.
- Building internal platforms, SDKs, CLIs, and libraries that engineers adopt because they are genuinely useful—not because they are required.
- Thoughtful integration of GenAI into platform tools, with automated quality checks and feedback loops that make AI-generated code more reliable over time.
- Responsibility for the platform roadmap. Balancing feature requests, technical debt, and strategic investments using real data—cycle time, deployment frequency, and developer satisfaction.
Your profile
- 6+ years of experience building services and libraries with Java (Quarkus) or Node.js (NestJS)
- 3+ years of technical leadership across multiple teams
- Practical expertise with Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD
- Familiarity with AWS and developer productivity tools
Our Engineering Culture
- Team-first mindset. The team comes before the individual.
- Our people come first, always. It all starts here.
- We deliver frequently, with high quality and reliability.
- We celebrate our successes and learn from our mistakes. That's the key to a healthy balance.
- We're pragmatic and strive for simplicity. KISS in everything we do.
- We make a positive impact. We deliver results.
We offer
- An attractive combination of market-rate salaries and an entrepreneurial incentive system
- Flexible Work-from-Home Policies
- Professional development through mentoring and buddy programs
- One month of fully paid sabbatical leave after five years of continuous employment
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