Senior Software Engineer

Lausanne, VD, ch💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-22 → 2026-09-27

Core

Design and scale distributed backend systems and cloud-native services powering AI-driven conversational products for millions of users.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Java/AWS)

Builds

Scalable, real-time APIs and infrastructure for AI-driven digital employee experience platforms.

Domain

Enterprise IT Management / AI / Cloud Infrastructure

Required skills

Java (17+), distributed system architecture, cloud-native design, containerization, orchestration, observability, high availability design

Preferred skills

Micronaut, Spring, Python, Redis, Apache Kafka, LLM integration, GitOps, CI/CD, IaC

Technologies

Java, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Redis, Kafka

Responsibilities

Design and scale distributed backend systems serving millions of users; Architect real-time, low-latency APIs for AI-driven conversational systems; Develop cloud-native services ensuring reliability and performance; Ensure resiliency and fault tolerance in high-throughput environments; Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to deliver production-ready systems.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About Nexthink

Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,500 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 25+ million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 off