Backend Software Engineer

About the Company

DeepJudge is Switzerland’s leading AI and ICT scale-up, transforming how law firms and legal departments access and leverage their knowledge. Founded by former Google search engineers, we are building the intelligence layer that powers the legal industry through world-class enterprise search and AI infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient, scalable backend services using modern tools and frameworks
• Take ownership of core components of our indexing infrastructure
• Collaborate with other engineers to define, design, and ship new features
• Optimize performance and scalability across our data processing pipelines
• Integrate with third-party data providers and effectively use their APIs
• Review code and contribute to a high standard of code quality and maintainability
• Participate in agile development processes

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer
• Proficiency in Python, Rust, Go, or C++
• Solid experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Comfort with modern web architectures and cloud platforms
• Strong problem-solving skills regarding performance at scale

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with information retrieval or search systems