Senior Backend Software Engineer

Company Description

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 1,300 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 18 million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide.

Job Description

As a Backend Software Engineer, you will join the Data Flow Team, a highly autonomous and experienced group integral to the core functionality of the Nexthink product. The team is responsible for integrating and enriching massive volumes of endpoint data, transforming it into actionable insights.

You will have full, end-to-end ownership of the components you build—from requirements and design through implementation, validation, and deployment. We embrace a DevOps and CI/CD culture focused on automation, code quality, and maintainability, working together to build a world-class cloud platform with modern practices.

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in software development
• Enterprise Java: Excellent Java skills and a deep understanding of the JVM ecosystem
• Concurrency Engineering: Advanced understanding of multithreading, thread-safety, and concurrent data structures for high-throughput environments.
• Frameworks: Expertise with production-grade Java frameworks like Spring Boot or Micronaut for building robust microservices.
• Scalable Architecture: Proven experience architecting and operating resilient and scalable microservices in a cloud environment, utilizing:
• APIs (e.g., RESTful, event-driven).
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm).
• High-throughput messaging architecture (e.g., Kafka).
• Cloud & Operations: Practical experience building and running services on public cloud providers, preferably AWS, including monitoring, alerting, and operational best practices.
• Data Persistence: Expertise in designing, optimizing, and operating high-volume data persistence layers. This requires
• Relational Database: Advanced schema design, complex query optimization, and operation of systems like Postgres.
• Distributed Data Stores: Practical knowledge of NoSQL concepts (e.g., key-value, document stores) and proficiency in utilizing distributed stores for low-latency, high-throughput applications.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)

Desirable Pluses:

• Practical experience with modern DevOps practices and GitOps workflows (e.g., using FluxCD) where the team manages infrastructure as code
• Working knowledge of high-performance analytical databases, specifically ClickHouse
• Proficiency with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog (or Prometheus/Grafana) for production troubleshooting and optimization

Additional Information

We are the pioneers and trailblazers of a global IT Market Category (DEX) that is shaping the future of how the world works, giving our customers' IT Teams total digital visibility across their enterprise. Our innovative solutions integrate real-time analytics, automation, and employee feedback across all endpoints. This enables our IT teams to solve complex technical challenges, create ever more productive workplaces, and deliver happy, satisfied employees in the digital workplace.

With over 1000 employees across 5 continents, Nexthink operates as One Team, connecting, collaborating and innovating to continuously grow. We call our employees 'Nexthinkers' and our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity is second to none. We currently have over 75 nationalities working with us, from all cultures and backgrounds, speaking many different languages.

If you are looking for a change and like a nice atmosphere, lots of challenges, and having fun while working, this is a great opportunity for you Check what we offer:

• Permanent Contract and a competitive compensation package (including stock options).
• Beautiful office with a view of Lake Geneva, conveniently located next to the Prilly-Malley train station
• Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with a structured approach for new hires to foster connections and onboarding.
• Flexible Hours and unlimited vacation (employees have unlimited paid time off on top of the 25 days of holidays we offer) plus 3 company-paid volunteer days.
• Free access to a fitness centre inside the building.
• Reimbursement of the half-fare travel card for public transport.
• ‍ Reimbursement up to 50% of the cost of French classes.
• Fresh fruit, cookies, and soft drinks as well.
• Regular company and team events like Voluntary Days, Pizza talks, Team Building activities, hosting Meetups at the office and more
• Bonuses for referring successful hires after three months of continuous employment.
• We offer a relocation package to people who are coming from another country.

Please note that not all the benefits listed above are available for temporary, contract, and internship roles. To ensure you have the most up-to-date information, we recommend checking with your Recruitment Partner.