Software Engineer – Infra Focus

Optiml

Software Engineer focused on infrastructure for Optiml's AI-powered decision technology in real estate. Managing GCP infrastructure and enhancing CI/CD processes.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeZürich • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformMongoDBPythonRedisTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set infrastructure direction: identify the highest-leverage problems, scope projects, and drive the team to solve them.
Collaborate and implement new features in the codebase (Python + Typescript) that touch the core infrastructure (e.g. RBAC, Job Queues)
Own and operate Optiml's GCP infrastructure (Cloud Run, networking, IAM, TLS, and firewall rules)
Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and developer experience.
Own and push to simplify the release process end-to-end: staging, E2E tests, QA, production deployment, rollbacks, and communication.
Run on-call and incident response: manage rotations, enforce severity processes, and ensure uptime.
Partner with IT/Security on vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and infrastructure hardening.
Close documentation gaps and improve observability & monitoring.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must have BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering roles.
Strong experience with a major cloud platform (preferably GCP), including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and container-based deployments.
Solid experience building, optimizing, and managing containerized applications (e.g., Docker or similar)
Proficiency in Python and ability to work within production backend or data-oriented codebases.
Experience working with databases in production environments (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), with an understanding of performance, scaling, and reliability considerations.
Experience scaling distributed workloads using metrics, queues, or event-driven approaches.
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment (e.g., GitHub Actions or similar).
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English.
Swiss or EU citizenship (unfortunately due to size, we can't support non-EU).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Impact: Drive Optiml’s growth in London—one of Europe’s most important institutional real estate hubs.
Ownership: Real responsibility over UK target accounts and outcomes: build pipeline, progress enterprise cycles, and close new customers—while scaling independence over time with coaching.
Growth: Work directly with founders and senior commercial leaders; collaborate cross-functionally with Product/Tech, Delivery/CS, and Marketing/Comms to influence roadmap, narrative, and enterprise rollouts.
Culture: Join a collaborative, high-performance team that values ownership over hierarchy—clear accountability, direct feedback, and high trust.
Benefits (London): Competitive base salary with meaningful variable and (tbd) VSOP participation; hybrid setup in London; learning & development budget; and travel as needed for clients and events.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonTypescriptGCPCloud RunIAMTLSDockerMongoDBRedisCI/CD

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingincident responsedocumentationteam leadershiporganizational skillsvulnerability managementobservabilitydeveloper experience

Certifications

BSc in Computer ScienceMSc in Computer Science