Job Description

With innovative and high-quality products and solutions, BUCHI makes a valuable contribution to the health and safety of people and the environment. As a leading global supplier of laboratory equipment and solutions for chemical-pharmaceutical research, food and feed, and environmental analysis, we create added value for our customers and the society.

Research & Development

You are responsible for translating system architecture, defined by the System Architect, into robust, scalable, and secure software architecture solutions. The Software Architect ensures the success of software development by overseeing the quality of the team’s work and aligning software designs with BUCHI’s strategic goals. You provide technical leadership, mentoring junior and professional engineers and ensuring that software architecture meets both functional and non-functional requirements.

What makes your everyday life exciting?

• Design a software application architecture that aligns with the system’s architectural vision
• Produce documentation that describes the software architecture according to industry best practices
• Explain the architectural vision to engineers and stakeholders
• Ensure that the architecture remains consistent and coherent throughout the development process
• Track and manage technical debt and risks to ensure long-term system maintainability, reduce potential future costs, and mitigate the impact on project timelines and software quality
• Technical Leadership, quality assurance and collaboration with the System Architect, DevSecOps Engineers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to ensure system and software architecture alignment

What skills do you need to bring?

• Programming proficiency and experience particularly with .NET in object-oriented manner
• Strong understanding of architectural methodologies and software design patterns
• Extensive experience with software design, engineering practices, and software development lifecycle processes
• Experience with distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, hexagonal architectures, and domain-driven design preferred
• Proficiency in software architecture documentation and knowledge of application security principles and DevOps methodologies
• Hands-on experience with scalable, maintainable, and secure software systems
• Ability to lead and mentor developers, fostering a collaborative and productive environment

What can we offer you?

We offer you an innovative technology environment that combines the values of a Swiss family business with the internationality of a global group structure. With us, you will find a new challenge with a variety of tasks and an open, friendly corporate culture. A modern workplace, modern employment conditions and equal opportunities are a matter of course for us.

For questions regarding this job offer please address Write an email, Head of Software Engineering. Please send your application to Write an email, Senior Manager People & Culture.

Kindly note that we will not accept profiles from recruitment agencies for this position.

BÜCHI Labortechnik AG
Meierseggstrasse 40
CH-9230 Flawil 1
Telefon +41 71 394 63 63