Software Architect (f/m/d)
80 – 100% · Permanent position · Immediately or by agreement · Home office option
Galaxus, Switzerland’s top e-commerce platform with 3,000+ team members, is expanding fast. Team Empire builds the Data & ML Platform powering analytics and ML use‑cases. We’re looking for a hands‑on Software Architect to shape technical vision, drive trade‑offs, and help engineers deliver at scale. Act galactic. Be you.
What you move
* Own and drive the system design vision for our Data Platform & ML Platform, and align it with the broader technical strategy.
* Define and clarify stable interfaces with other teams (e.g., dataset/data product contracts, APIs, event/stream contracts, feature definitions).
* Lead initiatives smoothly— acting as solution architect or enabling another engineers on that role.
* Ensure our technical decisions are consistent across solutions (security patterns, IAM, observability, CI/CD, data quality, governance).
* Continuously reduce technical debt and guide incremental refactoring of legacy parts.
* Review and challenge designs: ask probing questions, surface assumptions, and help reduce complex concepts to clear building blocks and simple interfaces.
* Drive non-functional improvements: scalability, reliability, performance, cost efficiency, and security.
* Collaborate closely with our Domain Architect, and partner stakeholders (e.g., Data Architect, Data Protection Officer) to ensure the platform supports compliance and federated governance.
What you will bring
* At least 2-3 years Software Architect
* Completed degree (university / university of applied science / higher technical college)
* English (Fluent)
* Higher specialized education in the field of Computer Science (ETH/UNI/FH).
* Hands‑on experience with an enjoyment of coding.
* A strong track record in designing and delivering platform solutions supporting distributed systems built by many different teams.
* Solid platform/DevOps engineering skills: cloud technologies (ideally GCP and Azure), CI/CD, automation, Docker containers, and orchestration (Kubernetes). Infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) is a plus.
* Strong understanding of data platform concepts such as orchestration and processing (e.g., Airflow, Dagster), data warehouses (BigQuery), and ETL/ELT practices.
* Familiarity with streaming/event‑driven systems (e.g., Kafka).
* At least 5 years of professional experience in Python programming.
* Professional experience in C# is a strong plus.
* Background in Data Science or ML Engineering is a plus - you understand the pain points of training, deploying, and operating ML models at scale.
* Great communication skills in English; German is a plus.
The benefits we offer
* Flexible working hours
* Flexible workplace / working from home
* Maternity/paternity leave
* Employee offers
* Holidays
* Individual continuing training
* Initial and continuing vocation training
* Personal responsibility & freedom
* Room to manoeuvre and decision-making
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Application and contact details
Maja Crljen
Only direct applications will be considered for this position.
Galaxus
DG Hauptsitz
Pfingstweidstrasse 60b
8005 Zürich
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