about the role
Camptocamp's infrastructure department is hiring a senior engineer who combines backend development with AWS cloud infrastructure. The team works code-first with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps on Kubernetes. The role is based in Olten, Zurich or Bussigny with up to 50% home office.
what you will do
- Design and build secure, scalable REST/gRPC microservices in Python (FastAPI) and Go
- Model data and tune PostgreSQL databases, backed by solid automated testing
- Architect and run AWS infrastructure (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, Lambda)
- Automate infrastructure with Terraform/OpenTofu and deploy via GitOps (ArgoCD or Flux)
- Build CI/CD pipelines and maintain observability and high availability
requirements
Must have
- Strong backend skills in Python/FastAPI and Go, microservices and REST/gRPC
- Proven hands-on experience operating workloads on AWS
- Practical Terraform/OpenTofu, Kubernetes and ArgoCD or Flux experience
- Good French, technical English and working German
Nice to have
- Around 5 years in a backend role with a strong cloud/infrastructure component
- Computer science degree or equivalent practical experience
- Docker, CI/CD pipelines and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)