Senior Backend Software Engineer

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.

The DEX (Digital Employee Experience) team works on generating the fundamental data that is used in understanding user experiences across organisations. You will be working as part of a small close knit team on a complex data pipeline involving millions of messages per second, terabytes of data and complex transformations. A quick thinking mind and the ability to understand often complex and abstract systems is a must.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years of experience in software development; Strong experience in Backend development experience; B.E/B. Tech in Computer Science (or equivalent), MSc preferred; Excellent Java skills; Deep working knowledge of Kafka; Deep working knowledge of Spark; Excellent knowledge of microservice architecture; Good understanding of Observability (Eg New Relic, DataDog, others); Experience working with GraphQL; Experience in implementing REST API & swagger; Experience in Spring Boot or Micronaut is a plus; Excellent knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL databases (eg Clickhouse); Practical knowledge of Kubernetes, helm and Docker; Strong refactoring abilities and test automation; Strong motivation for complex challenges and learning new technologies; Excellent communication and teamwork skills; Mind-set oriented towards continuous improvement, lean thinking and high-quality work; Fluent in English (spoken and written)