Scala Software Engineer

Overview

One Doc is the leading healthcare platform in Switzerland. Today, more than 13'000 healthcare professionals and 3 million patients are using our services every day. You may even be one of them! Our mission is simple: make interactions between health professionals and patients easier. To achieve this, we have a young and dynamic team of more than 80 people spread across five offices in Switzerland.

We are looking for a Software Engineer with Scala experience who cares deeply about well-designed backend systems that are scalable and built to last, and who takes pride in writing clean, maintainable code. In this role, you will work on backend features, fix bugs, and contribute to improving existing services while collaborating with more experienced engineers and growing your skills over time.

Position overview:

• Contract type:
  Permanent
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time (100%)
• Start date:
  
  As soon as possible
• Work model:
  Hybrid (minimum 3 days on-site)

🏗️ Design and build scalable backend services

You will design, implement, and evolve core backend services, focusing on performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

👨💻 Own code quality and technical decisions

You will write maintainable, well-structured code and actively participate in code reviews. You will help make and document technical decisions, balancing long-term codebase consistency with pragmatic delivery.

🚀 Turn complex requirements into simple solutions

You will work closely with product managers, design and Top Management to break down complex problems, explore trade-offs, and deliver solutions that are easy to reason about and operate in production.

📚 Continuously improve the platform and practices

You will stay up to date with Scala and backend engineering best practices, and you will help introduce new technology and processes that meaningfully improve reliability, developer experience, and productivity.

🔥 Join a team that values engineers

You will join a high-caliber, passionate engineering team that values collaboration, ownership, and shipping meaningful work. We move fast, support each other, and genuinely enjoy solving hard problems together.

You can be our next Software Engineer if:

• You have Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• You have at least 1 year of experience in Software Engineering
• You possess practical experience with Scala or a robust understanding of type systems and functional programming
• You have strong knowledge in relational databases along with their underlying concepts (transactions, indexes, etc.) and you master SQL
• You have experience using frameworks for unit and integration testing
• You have working proficiency in English

It would be amazing if:

• You are fluent in Scala
• You are proficient with CI tools
• You speak French and/or German
• You are committed to clean code and development best practices

What will make a difference:

• You bring excellent problem-solving skills and proactive attitude: you quickly identify issues and come up with relevant solutions
• You show great interpersonal skills and are able to collaborate effectively with diverse teams

Note: This position is based in Geneva or Lausanne (Switzerland) and is open exclusively to applicants with a valid work permit.

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