Senior Backend Engineer with Build / DevOps Focus 80-100% (m/w/d)

Company Description

Datahouse combines the two core competencies of data science and software into a single service, bringing together a team of experts in data analysis, statistics, programming, databases and project management.

Datahouse is a fully owned subsidiary of the Wüest Partner Group.

Job Description

Team and mission

We are looking for an experienced and independent senior engineer to help us achieve our vision of providing leading data and software solutions. You will be responsible for our core development build and operations platform working with our team in Zurich. We are seeking a professional with a strong interest in building and maintaining centralized offerings, which streamline team workflows and drive standardization across the company. Your mission is to remove friction in developing and operating applications, enabling teams to build and scale efficiently.

Your responsibility

In this role, your main responsibilities are:

• Enhancing and streamlining developer workflows and tools
• Optimizing and updating build systems and templates for efficiency (e.g., Bazel, rules_js, and rules_ts)
• Ensuring that the software stack uses state-of-the-art technologies relevant to our context
• Building automation to simplify service and host management
• Administering and supporting critical development tools and integrations (e.g., Git, artifact store, CI/CD)
• Participating in our on-duty rotation to handle monitoring and incident response as needed 

Our technologies

• Build system: Bazel (rules_js, rules_ts, rules_oci)
• Development infrastructure: Gitea, Drone, Renovate, Harbor, Weblate, Bazel, JIRA (cloud)
• Development stack: TypeScript on Node.js / Vite with React, GraphQL, Prisma on PostgreSQL
• Core operations: Docker (Compose) on Debian (cloud VMs), Ansible with GitOps
• Upcoming: Java (Spring Boot) enterprise stack, Python data stack, Terraform

Qualifications

Your profile

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in developing and running applications
• Experience with internal platform development and/or Bazel (or a similar build system) is a plus
• Passionate about your work, eager to learn new technologies and committed to ongoing growth
• Strong communication skills in English; German is a plus

Additional Information

We offer

• A flexible Work Smart model with the option to work from home part of the time
• Collaboration only with colleagues in your local time zone (teams based in Zurich and Portugal)
• A refreshing and supportive company culture, with regular team events like company parties, “Gipfeli” breakfasts, and more
• Great team spirit, flat hierarchies and an open environment where your ideas matter
• A modern, centrally located office in the heart of Zurich
• Close collaboration and guidance from highly experienced engineers (including former Google DevOps/Platform expert)
• A generous training and development budget, including dedicated time for learning and other attractive fringe benefits

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact Federica Arcella, Talent Acquisition Lead, at federica.arcella@wuestpartner.com.

For recruitment agencies: Only direct applications will be considered.

For data protection reasons, applications can only be accepted online.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Datahouse AG