Senior AI-native Software Engineer

Jurata is a growing Swiss legal tech startup with offices in Zurich. Our mission is to become the leader in AI-powered professional services enabling SMEs to focus on their core business instead of repetitive admin/accounting/legal processes.
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Are you a hands-on product-minded engineer keen to bring your skills to a fast-paced tech startup Do you want to take ownership in a young ambitious team thats building a scalable AI-powered business If so Jurata might be the perfect place for you!

Tasks

• Build and maintain applications
• Migrate legacy apps prototypes and experiments from no-code or vibe-coded tools into production-ready software
• Own our backend services ( Python) - from architecture through reliability and monitoring
• Deliver fullstack features E2E across our product suite
• Take real ownership of problems to solve across their lifecycle: from idea through specifications to development testing release and monitoring
• Engage in collaborative fast-moving team environment for code reviews and design discussions

Requirements

Sometimes you cant tick every box but we would still love to hear from you if you think youre a good fit.

• 4 years working within the TypeScript ecosystem with solid hands-on experience.
• Real architectural judgment. You understand best practices deeply enough to know when to break them you reason clearly about trade-offs and you make right calls about structure and dependencies.
• An uncompromising bar for quality. You write maintainable well-tested software and you hold that bar regardless of who - or what - wrote the first draft. You care about the small things and are ready to sweat the details.
• You use agents they dont use you. Youre fluent with agentic editors and lean on LLMs to move fast. But you always review what they produce critically.
• Proficiency with RESTful APIs and integrating third-party services.
• Clear communication. You explain complex topics well are not afraid of asking questions and are able to coordinate reliably.
• Bonus: experience with any of TDD DDD MongoDB Vercel or AWS.
• In-office in Zürich. Youll need to already be in the Zürich area or able to relocate here - note that we can only support relocation for EU/EFTA nationals.

Benefits

You get to actually shape things. Were a LegalTech startup at the point where the choices you make will really move the product forward.

We are a solid team of ambitious people with genuinely good chemistry and we keep it that way. Your ideas get heard here; small team no layers.

The concrete stuff:

• 25 vacation days
• Employee participation / ESOP - real ownership not a lottery ticket
• Monthly gym membership
• Central Zürich office free coffee drinks fruit snacks etc.
• In-office by default because the team genuinely works better in the same room

Interested Wed love to receive your application. At Jurata we take the time and effort you put into applying seriously and we aim to get back to you with feedback as quickly as we can.

To give you a personal first impression our process starts with a short intro call. From there its a couple of interviews and a practical assessment - including a conversation where well dig into how you think about architecture and trade-offs. And at any point along the way were happy to answer any questions you might have.