Software Engineer - Java, Kotlin, Spring boot
Software Engineer - Java, JVM, Kotlin, Spring boot
Seniority: Mid/ Senior level
Location: Lausanne
Contract type: Full-time Permanent
Work Environment: Hybrid- 3 days in the office a week
Disclaimer: To be considered, applicants must be eligible to work within Switzerland. We will not be able to provide Visa sponsorship.
At Evooq, we are building an ecosystem of solutions that combine data, technology and investment expertise. Finance professionals use our solutions to rapidly identify investment opportunities, make informed decisions and manage the risk and the lifecycle of the investments. Moreover, Evooq is organized through highly autonomous teams and by privileging trust and responsibility.
We are expanding our core engineering team and seeking a passionate and motivated Software Engineer (Mid/ Senior level) to join us in our high-performing and agile collaborative environment.
Your Role
As a Software Engineer, you will work on our core platform building new/enhancing our features whilst utilizing modern technology like Java 17, Kotlin, Spring Boot and Microservices architecture.
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing and building robust, scalable backend services using Java, Spring, and Kafka
- Embracing CI/CD, test automation, and clean code practices
- Applying your experience in microservice architecture in a production environment
- Demonstrating a strong sense of code quality, technical ownership, and a willingness to mentor others
Qualifications
- A can-do attitude and abundance mindset - you'll be involved in the full software life cycle, including decision-making from design to production.
- Good taste and basic knowledge of modern, scalable software architecture.
- Any knowledge of distributed systems is a plus.
- Hands-on experience in designing and implementing high-quality modern APIs and back-end systems
- Passion about writing clean code.
- Ability to analyze and challenge business requirements, brainstorm technology ideas, and design/build efficient cloud solutions
- Team spirit: You are a great teammate, making sure that everyone on your team feels valued and is excited to work with you
- Passion, curiosity, pragmatism, and humility. We favor code and demos over lengthy discussions.
Technical Skills required:
- Minimum of 5 to 6+ years hands-on experience writing production-grade Java applications, with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Extensive experience of using Spring Boot to build microservices, and Gradle and Docker.
- Proven experience deploying and maintaining services on a cloud provider (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Hands on experience with continuous integration and delivery (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
- Excellent working knowledge of SQL and experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
- Deep understanding of software build processes, including versioning, packaging, and delivery workflows
- AI-curious or AI-enthusiast with an interest or experience in integrating or experimenting with AI/ML technologies in software development
Technical Skills nice to have:
- Languages: Experience with Kotlin or TypeScript
- Frontend Exposure: Familiarity with Angular is beneficial but not required
- API Design: Experience working with RESTful APIs and optionally gRPC
- Observability Tools: Exposure to monitoring and logging stacks such as Elastic Stack, Prometheus, and Grafana
Additional Information
Evooq is a global provider of technology-driven solutions for wealth managers. We are building an ecosystem that combines data, technology and investment expertise to make personalised investment scalable.
Wealth managers use our solutions to deliver personalised advice to investors with high-quality content and the best investment products.
We are headquartered in Lausanne, with additional offices in Zurich and Singapore. We operate as a group of highly autonomous teams that take responsibility for their projects and interact with each other based on mutual trust.