Senior Software Developer, Backend

Are you an experienced Software Engineer with strong backend expertise and hands-on experience in Java? Do you have a passion for learning and a drive to continuously expand your skill set?

If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, join the SOPHiA GENETICS Software Engineering team as our new Senior Software Developer, Backend, 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 Senior Software Developer, Backend, you will contribute to the development of high-quality, reliable backend software systems by actively participating in the design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of production services. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, sharing backend expertise and promoting best practices. Your contributions will help ensure that our software solutions are robust, scalable, and meet the needs of our organization. 

The vale you add 

• Executes the SDLC: Owns end-to-end delivery of software components assigned by the team leader including design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance, and support 

• Develop robust, scalable backend services and APIs using Java (Micronaut Framework), while ensuring maintainability, performance, and security. 

• Collaborate with other teams to understand their issues and propose and implement solutions 

• Collaborate on deployment and infrastructure setup for backend services (Terraform, Azure Cloud, AKS), with occasional contributions to cloud engineering tasks. 

• Drives design of individual components and modules while engaging opinions of more senior technical staff 

• Actively participates in code review 

• Performs work estimation and risks assessment 

• Communicates with PMO, Product, QA, and other stakeholders as necessary to develop product 

• Shares engineering best-practices with peers, and helps support more junior members of the team 

• Communicates clearly and concisely with the other members of the team on technical subjects. 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related fields 

• At least 2 years’ experience as a professional Software Engineer 

• Fluent in English to a business level 

• Proficiency in Java (for Backend) is essential. Past experience with the Micronaut Framework is a plus 

• Familiarity in any scripting language is an advantage. 

• Experience with Azure Cloud and AKS, alongside tools like Terraform and GitLab CI/CD is a plus 

• Experience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery & Agile principles a plus 

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