Senior Software Engineer (Backend/ML Systems)

About the role

A fast-growing AI engineering team based in London is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Zug, Switzerland. The team has a startup culture with small, focused teams and high ownership, backed by the scale of a major global organisation. It builds AI-driven technology that has measurable real-world impact on how large-scale infrastructure is designed and built. This is a hands-on backend role for someone who owns systems end to end, moves across the stack when needed and ships production-grade software in a fast-moving environment.

Required profile

• Strong Python engineering background with hands-on experience in FastAPI, Flask or Django
• Proven track record of deploying and monitoring ML models in production environments
• Background in startups or scaleups with real ownership in lean teams
• Ability to move across the stack and pick things up quickly

Required skills

• Docker and containerisation
• CI/CD pipelines, specifically GitHub Actions
• Nice to have: observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or ELK; Infrastructure as Code (Terraform); Azure cloud experience; GPU/CPU workload optimisation

The role is based in Zug with 4 days in the office and 1 day remote. The salary is CHF 110k to 150k+ plus bonus. The interview process is two stages and no sponsorship is available.