Software Architect
Job Location:
Zürich - Switzerland
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Job Summary
Looking for a role that allows you to architect an engine serving billions of queries per month at sub-second latency We have that!
Zerolook is changing how air travel is priced by offering an alternative to traditional airfare pricing engines. At the core of the offering is a large-scale infrastructure capable of serving the billions of requests generated by people and AI agents. As an early hire you get to define the architecture at the center of it all.
Tasks
- System Architecture: Define the architecture and design and lead the implementation of a large-scale high-performance cost effective infrastructure.
- Enterprise-class application: own the KPIs for non-functional requirements including security scalability availability business continuity and disaster recovery.
- Technical Leadership: set standards and best practices and hire lead and mentor other engineers as the team grows.
- Strategic Collaboration: Partner alongside the founders with key organizations in the industry in developing the core Zerolook offering.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or related field.
- Large scale applications: experience building applications serving over 1K QPS at latencies on the order of 1 sec
- Broad Software Architecture experience: 5 years in leading the design implementation and deployment of enterprise class applications.
- Engineering Foundation: extensive knowledge of Java and related Enterprise technologies and frameworks competency in C experience with containerization and orchestration
- Startup DNA: Comfortable with the 0 to 1 phase-ambiguity fast iteration and taking extreme ownership.
Bonus Requirements
- Travel Tech: Previous experience with OTAs metasearch or GDS/NDC integration is a significant plus**.**
- Frameworks: experience with Helidon SE and / or Drogon C Web Framework
- Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science
Benefits
Compensation
CHF 140.000-150.000 significant stock options
If you are ready to build the infrastructure that will power the next generation of travel search we want to hear from you.
About Company
zerolook is a flight shopping service built for AI-scale search designed for a fraction of the cost per query. It is built for OTAs and airlines serving AI-scale traffic.
