Principal Software Engineer

Are you an experienced backend developer with a passion for building scalable, high-performance systems? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where mentoring and supporting junior team members is valued? Are you looking for a team that embraces fresh ideas, encourages an agile approach, and ensures your voice is heard and your contributions truly make an impact? 

If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, join the SOPHiA GENETICS Software Engineering team as our new Principal Software Engineer, and enable us to make a positive impact on the outcomes for cancer and rare disease patients worldwide. 

This is a hybrid opportunity, requiring 3 days onsite our corporate office in either Rolle, CH or Bidart, FR.  

Our Mission  

We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.  

Your Mission 

As our Principal Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing, optimizing, and maintaining critical backend systems while driving technical initiatives that align with both business goals and technical requirements. 

The vale you bring 

Backend System Development & Maintenance: 

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services that are scalable and efficient. 

• Implement new features and enhancements based on evolving business and technical requirements. 

• Ensure backend systems are seamlessly integrated and perform reliably under heavy workloads. 

System Optimization & Scaling: 

• Focus on optimizing system performance, resource utilization, and task execution times. 

• Leverage cloud-native technologies, such as Kubernetes, to ensure scalability and manage infrastructure effectively. 

New Feature Development & Custom Job Creation: 

• Develop and implement new features and custom job components to support changing business needs. 

• Ensure the system can handle new requirements and integrate features smoothly into the existing environment. 

Deployment & Infrastructure Automation: 

• Optimize deployment workflows, automate pipelines, and enhance infrastructure management for efficient and reliable application deployment. 

• Drive improvements in system stability, minimizing downtime and ensuring seamless rollouts. 

Monitoring & Observability: 

• Implement and maintain robust 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

• Java expertise, with experience in Micronaut for developing scalable microservices and backend solutions. 

• Deep understanding of backend technologies and microservices architecture. 

• Proficiency with Databases like MySQL, MariaDB, and DuckDB, including design, query optimization, and performance tuning. 

• Proven ability to optimize system performance, manage resources effectively, and improve execution times. 

• Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and managing cloud-based infrastructure. 

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Loki is a strong plus 

• Knowledge of Kafka (nice to have). 

• Front-end development skills are a plus but not required. 

• Genomics domain experience is a strong plus. 

Benefits

You will be joining an organization with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.

Business recognition and accolades include: 

• World's most innovative companies (Top 10)
• World's smartest companies (Top 50) 
• 100 Best Places to Work in Boston (2022-2025)
• Top 10 European Tech Startup
• Top 10 European biotechs startup to watch
• Top 25 East-Coast Biotech to watch

Our benefits package is comprehensive, but varies internationally in-line with local standards and laws. You can discuss a full breakdown with us, but as a brief overview:

CH: 

Sickness and Accident coverage through Helsana  

Meal Vouchers at 90CHF PM with our partner cafeteria 

Free coffee, fruit and snacks 

FR: 

Forfait-Jour working types 

Health benefits for you and your family covered by 80% employer contributions 

Life Insurance and pensions contribution 

SWILE meal vouchers and home office allowances

Our DNA

Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous 

Our Virtues

At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action.  We Decide; We Do; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn.

At the centre of our Virtues is our Mantra, We Care, which provides a constant reminder of the compassionate, benevolent, and hopeful nature of our mission and how it should be threaded through each of our Virtues and everything we do. Learn more about our DNA and Virtues on our Careers portal

The process 

We use the power of AI to help our partners make decisions. If you’re utilizing AI in your search and application process, why not use some of these prompts:

• ‘What impact can I expect to have on the world by working at SOPHiA GENETICS?’
• ‘I have an interview with SOPHiA GENETICS. What should I know before I meet with them?’
• ‘I am a *job title* - What can SOPHiA GENETICS offer my career?’

Apply now with your CV and any supporting information. 

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business. If you need additional support for accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance.

We appreciate the value external partners can bring, but we operate a direct-hiring model and we are not looking to utilize agency support at this time. All hiring is controlled by Talent Acquisition, potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.

Starting Date: ASAP 

Location: Role, CH or Bidart, FR (Hybrid, 3 days PW)

Contract: Permanent