Senior Java Engineer; Springboot & Kafka)

Function:Software Development and Engineering

Remotely: Hybrid

Experis® is a global leader in IT professional resourcing, permanent recruitment, project solutions, and managed services. With over 25 years of experience in Switzerland and offices in Zürich, Basel, and Geneva, we connect top IT talent with leading companies. Our mission is to help professionals unlock their potential and thrive in dynamic, future-ready careers.

• Design and evolve robust distributed systems, balancing scalability, latency, consistency, and fault tolerance
• Apply distributed systems principles — consistency models, idempotency, back-pressure, resiliency patterns — to real-world financial workloads
• Develop and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs using Java, Spring, and Spring Boot
• Optimise end-to-end latency, asynchronous processing, and efficient IO
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks through profiling, benchmarking, and load testing
• Integrate complex financial platforms and third-party services, ensuring correctness, data integrity, and operational resilience
• Design reliable messaging and integration flows using JPA, JDBC Templates, JMS, and event-driven patterns
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code adhering to best practices including code reviews, testing, and CI/CD
• Apply financial-grade engineering principles: auditability, security, and controlled change
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specifications

• Design and evolve robust distributed systems, balancing scalability, latency, consistency, and fault tolerance
• Apply distributed systems principles — consistency models, idempotency, back-pressure, resiliency patterns — to real-world financial workloads
• Develop and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs using Java, Spring, and Spring Boot
• Optimise end-to-end latency, asynchronous processing, and efficient IO
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks through profiling, benchmarking, and load testing
• Integrate complex financial platforms and third-party services, ensuring correctness, data integrity, and operational resilience
• Design reliable messaging and integration flows using JPA, JDBC Templates, JMS, and event-driven patterns
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code adhering to best practices including code reviews, testing, and CI/CD
• Apply financial-grade engineering principles: auditability, security, and controlled change
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specifications

• Java (Core Java, Collections, JSON, JDBC) and Spring Framework / Spring Boot — hands‑on and production‑proven
• Distributed systems, microservices, event-driven design, and low‑latency system architecture
• Databases and messaging: JPA, JDBC, relational databases, JMS
• Unix/Linux and bash scripting
• API security: OAuth2, IAM concepts, and secure API design
• Strong code review practices and genuine pride in code quality
• CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops practices in an agile environment
• Containerisation:
  Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud platforms — Microsoft Azure preferred
• Strong ownership mindset with focus on business impact and reliability
• Analytical, performance- and quality-driven approach to problem solving
• Ability to work independently and make sound technical decisions
• Fluent English — verbal and written
• Prior experience in the financial industry - nice to have
• Experience with financial-grade engineering: auditability, reconciliation, controlled change - nice to have

Due to Swiss work permit restrictions, we can only consider applications from EU citizens or holders of valid working permit in Switzerland.