Senior Software Engineer Job at SOPHiA GENETICS (Rolle)

Senior Software Engineer

SOPHiA GENETICS

Location:
Switzerland , Rolle

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

Not provided

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Job Description:

As our Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and continuously improving core systems, while contributing to technical initiatives and ensuring solutions meet both business and technical requirements. The components you'll work on and own are essential to SOPHiA GENETICS’ DDM operations and enable integration with external hospital systems, unlocking the potential for processing of medical data into insights for oncologists at high volumes. These components span the technology stack and enable AI algorithms processing medical data to have a real-world impact via a robust and scalable architecture. Your expertise will ensure these components not only scale effectively but also remain efficient in terms of performance and cost, while maintaining overall system health. By implementing cutting edge clinical diagnostic workflows through system integrations at prominent healthcare institutions, you will have direct impact on the acceleration of progress of healthcare.

Job Responsibility:

Design, develop, and continuously improve robust services and workflows that are scalable and efficient
Implement enhancements based on evolving business and technical requirements.
Ensure components are seamlessly integrated and perform reliably under workloads.
Optimize system performance, resource utilization, and task execution times.
Interact with internal and external stakeholders to understand and refine requirements
Develop and implement new features and components to support changing business needs.
Set up smart fully automated tests covering all use cases and requirements for long term maintainability
Optimize deployment workflows, automate pipelines, and enhance infrastructure management for efficient and reliable application deployment.
Contribute to improvements in system stability, minimizing downtime and ensuring seamless rollouts.
Implement and maintain monitoring systems to track performance and identify bottlenecks.
Use observability tools like Grafana and Loki to improve system reliability and provide insights into operational health.

Requirements:

Proficiency in Java for backend service engineering
Extensive experience working on large-scale systems with microservice architecture
Experience with React.js or other modern web UI development framework
Experience in optimization of system performance, managing resources effectively and improving execution time - especially when dealing with very large data volumes
Proficiency with databases like MySQL, MariaDB, and DuckDB, including design and query optimization
Familiarity with Linux environments and GitLab for version control and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with scalable architecture, particularly in cloud environments and containerized infrastructure
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Grafana and Loki

Nice to have:

Experience in Micronaut for developing microservices and backend solutions
Experience with HL7 / FHIR protocols for healthcare interoperability
Work experience in a direct customer facing role
Knowledge of Kafka
Experience in genomics

What we offer:

Sickness and Accident coverage through Helsana
Meal Vouchers at 90CHF PM with our partner cafeteria
A fun and engaging work environment, with Rest & Entertainment space, full stocked free coffee machine and free fruit/snacks
Free parking in an easy to access location
A strong social committee whose purpose is to make SOPHiA GENETICs both enjoyable as well as rewarding
Direct interaction and exposure to senior leadership and our executive team locally

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 26, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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