Job Description

As part of Tamedia, a leading Swiss private media group, our team drives its digital transformation through innovative technology solutions. We develop the backend for UnityCMS - a mature, multi-tenant, cloud-based headless content management system that optimizes journalist workflows, including AI-assisted content creation. This critical system serves major Tamedia news brands like Tages-Anzeiger and Basler Zeitung, enabling hundreds of journalists to reach millions of readers daily. We foster interdisciplinary collaboration and seek a talented Senior Backend Engineer for our team in Zurich (hybrid).
Stefanos
Teamlead Backend Development
What you can expect
Collaborate closely with our Product Owner, Unity Frontend team, and News Frontends teams in Zurich and Belgrade. Be more than a code implementer--actively shape product direction by identifying opportunities to enhance the CMS and proposing impactful backend solutions. Contribute to a team that analyzes, develops, and continuously learns from new technologies and requirements. Utilize your senior expertise to iterate on architecture, leverage new backend technologies, and implement exciting features. Proactively contribute ideas to continuously improve the product with each release. Work with microservices and messaging concepts. Develop in an environment focused on clean code and unit tests. Build scalable backend applications using Spring Boot and Micronaut. Mentor other engineers and value constructive feedback on your ideas. We are looking for
You possess a deep technical passion and an intuitive understanding of designing elegant and robust system architectures. You embrace the possibilities technology offers but also recognize when new technologies are not yet ready for prime time. A degree from a technical university and at least 5 years of hands-on experience, learning from diverse challenges. Passionate about software engineering with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, production-ready applications using Java, Spring/Micronaut, Hibernate, SQL, RabbitMQ, and ElasticSearch. Stay current with new backend technologies to evolve architectural designs, and challenge the status quo. Familiarity with Linux, GIT, Docker, and Kubernetes is a strong plus. You're curious about technology, different languages and tech stacks, and understand how full-system thinking improves backend decisions.

Benefits

What we offer: Attractive additional benefits and discounts for our employees


Five weeks vacation with option for seven weeks and vacation purchase
Flexible working models and mobile office options
Paid day off on birthday
A market-, performance- and success-oriented compensation package
Numerous discounts e.g. cell phone subscription, digital TV, bicycle rental, car purchase
Wide range of free health promotion services (social counseling, health coach app, flu vaccination, various trainings)

Possibility for unpaid vacation up to max. six months
Additional half days off before certain holidays
Referral program: Up to CHF 2'000 reward
Wide training and development offering (leadership, mentoring, development programs, language courses, self-competence, methodological competence, project management, change management and much more)
Free digital subscriptions and discounted print offers

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