# Staff Backend Engineer at Nexthink

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> Responsibilities: - Design and implement large-scale, resili

- **Company:** Nexthink (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/nexthink)
- **Location:** Lausanne, Switzerland
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 10+ years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Java, Microservices, Kafka, AWS, Cloud-native, Distributed systems, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Agile, Software architecture, System performance, Scalability, Unit testing, Integration testing, E2E testing
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-08-31
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-31
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Nexthink/744000146416909-staff-backend-engineer- (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/staff-backend-engineer-nexthink

## 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.

## FAQ

- **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.

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