Technical Architect
mesoneer is one of the leading Swiss software companies in the fields of digital onboarding, process automation and the integration of complex peripheral systems. Our approximately 120 employees in Switzerland and Vietnam digitize and simplify business processes with individual software solutions, modernize outdated applications and develop in-house SaaS solutions. We need you for our customers in the finance and insurance sector, public administration and other industries!
Pioneering the transition to the digital age, contactify revolutionizes the traditional concept of business cards. Founded in 2020, we’re almost 15 people dedicated to transform the way how national and international businesses of any size connect with their customers.
AUTEXIS automates and digitalizes production plants and service companies. Its core competencies lie in planning, hardware-software engineering and services to strengthen competitiveness. With the “Digital Factory Software Suite”, we optimize value creation processes. With a focus on the food, pharmaceutical, mechanical and plant engineering industries, AUTEXIS is a leading national and international solution provider. Together, we are driving the automation and digitalization of production companies and service providers - that's why we need you:
What’s waiting for you
We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to design, evolve, and govern the architecture of a high-throughput, secure, and highly available web-based product. This role is responsible for translating business and product requirements into scalable, resilient, and secure technical solutions, while guiding engineering teams on architectural best practices, non-functional requirements, and long-term technical strategy.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Architecture & System Design:
Design end-to-end architecture for high-traffic, low-latency web applications
Define scalability, availability, reliability, and performance strategies (horizontal scaling, caching, async processing, etc.)
Create and maintain architecture diagrams, ADRs, and technical documentation (e.g., arc42)
Performance & Throughput:
Design systems capable of handling high request volumes and peak loads
Apply techniques such as:
Load balancing & traffic management
Caching (in-memory, distributed)
Event-driven and asynchronous processing
Database sharding, partitioning, and replication
Define and review performance (latency, throughput, error rates)
Security (Security by Design):
Embed security principles into architecture: security by default, defense in depth, least privilege,…
Design authentication and authorization solutions (OAuth2, OIDC, SSO, RBAC)
Ensure secure handling of data (encryption in transit & at rest)
Address common web threats (OWASP Top 10)
Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture:
Design cloud-native solutions (AWS / GCP / Azure)
Define infrastructure patterns:
Containers & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, …)
Experience on DevOps:
CI/CD pipelines
Observability (metrics, logs, tracing)
Resilience & disaster recovery
Others:
Act as a technical authority and advisor for engineering teams
Review designs, major pull requests, and technical proposals
Define architecture principles, standards, and guardrails
Identify and manage technical risks and technical debt
Guide software engineering team to follow and apply standards
Work closely with Product Owners to translate business goals into technical solutions
Communicate architectural decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Support roadmap planning with architectural input and impact analysis
Your skills
Technical Skills:
Strong experience designing large-scale, high-throughput web systems
Deep understanding of:
Distributed systems
REST / GraphQL APIs
Event-driven architectures
Solid knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
Experience with modern frontend/backend separation architectures
Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
CI/CD, DevOps, or SRE collaboration experience
Practical experience with:
Web application security
Identity and access management
Secure API design
Familiarity with security standards and threat modeling
Experience:
7+ years in software engineering
3+ years in an architectural role (Solution Architect, Technical Architect, Senior Tech Lead)
Experience building or scaling production systems with real users and traffic
Experience with high-availability, high-reliability systems
Background in performance testing and capacity planning
Knowledge of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• • Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments
Why you will love working at contactify:
Why you will love working at mesoneer?
Why you will love working at Autexis?
- Flexible, contemporary working time models & work from home
- Day off on your birthday (additional holiday)
- Work independently with flat hierarchies
- State-of-the-art working tools and methods
- Team events & fun
- 13th-month salary bonus
- Flexible working time policy
- 12 days of annual leave, plus 5 days of core leave each year
- 5 days of sick leave and 3 days of bereavement leave for relatives each year
- Annual health check, PVI healthcare for employees and two family members
- Full-salary-based social insurance
- Annual salary review based on performance and contribution
- Laptop, lunch and parking fees are provided
- Child allowance
- Activities such as company parties, Family Day, company trip, happy hour, birthday parties and team building
- Centrally located office with great accommodations such as ergonomic chair, free drinks, snacks, gaming room and more
