Staff Backend Engineer at Nexthink
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At a glance
- Company
- Nexthink
- Location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Working hours
- 40 hours
- Visa sponsorship
- Offered, according to the listing
- Posted
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Updated 2026-11-03, from our data and official sources.
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About the role
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement large-scale, resilient Java microservices that process billions of events.
- Drive architecture and roadmap decisions collaborating with architects and product management.
- Deliver high-quality code and features with automated tests, CI/CD and performance considerations.
- Improve platform reliability, scalability and onboarding velocity for the data platform.
- Handle L3 support escalations and contribute to incident resolution and postmortems.
- Advocate and enforce best practices in security, testing, performance and deployment.
- Mentor engineers, lead design reviews and promote team-wide engineering efficiency.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of professional Java development experience in SaaS or distributed systems.
- Strong expertise in microservices frameworks (Micronaut or Spring preferred) and messaging (Kafka).
- Practical experience with cloud providers (AWS), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (unit/integration/E2E) and performance tuning.
- Solid understanding of scalability, fault tolerance and system performance at high event volumes.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and self-management skills; fluent English.
Responsibilities
You will design, build, and deliver large-scale, resilient distributed services while streamlining the data platform and accelerating data onboarding. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain high quality, advocate for performance improvements, and handle L3 support requests.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 10 years of experience as a Java developer in SaaS projects with strong expertise in microservices frameworks. Proficiency in messaging systems like Kafka, cloud providers like AWS, and modern DevOps practices such as CI/CD and Kubernetes is required.
Key skills
- Java — in 347 other listings on The Stack
- Microservices — in 231 other listings on The Stack
- Kafka — in 167 other listings on The Stack
- AWS — in 788 other listings on The Stack
- Cloud-native — in 12 other listings on The Stack
- Distributed systems — in 332 other listings on The Stack
- Kubernetes — in 569 other listings on The Stack
- Docker — in 456 other listings on The Stack
- CI/CD
- Agile
- Software architecture
- System performance
- Scalability
- Unit testing
- Integration testing
- E2E testing
On The Stack (as of 2026-11-03)
Frequently asked questions about Nexthink
Is this Staff Backend Engineer role still open?
It was posted on 2026-08-31. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Nexthink's site before applying.
Does Nexthink offer visa sponsorship?
This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Nexthink's site.
Where is this role located?
The listing gives the location as Lausanne, Switzerland. It is marked on-site.
What skills does this role ask for?
The listing names: Java, Microservices, Kafka, AWS, Cloud-native, Distributed systems, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Agile, Software architecture, System performance, Scalability, Unit testing, Integration testing, E2E testing.