Team Lead Software Engineer (C++) 100% (m/w/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Zurich

Your mission

You are a hands-on Team Lead Software Engineer with deep expertise in C++. You will lead and mentor a small team of engineers within our growing Core Tech team, which focuses on challenging topics in machine learning, computer vision, API design and data processing. In this role, you will split your time on individual technical contribution and on technical leadership, architectural guidance, and direct people management. You will actively shape the next generations of our software infrastructure, driving the direction of our products and company.

What you bring

Lead, mentor, and perform direct people management for a small team of engineers, including coaching, career development, and performance reviews.
Drive the future of PXL by being at the core of innovation, contributing your ideas and guiding your team's contributions to shape our products and long-term vision.
Take strategic ownership of the design and architecture of our products, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and maintainable for sustainable growth.
Strategically design and evolve our product APIs, ensuring new features integrate seamlessly and align with our long-term vision and customer value.
Lead the prototyping and evaluation of new features and bring them all the way to production to enhance our offering.
Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions that meet business needs.
Create and maintain technical documentation for software designs, APIs, and system integrations.
Proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve software issues in a timely manner, including debugging and root cause analysis.
Are a patron for software engineering excellence and best practices across the team.
Enhance and contribute to our testing and benchmarking infrastructure in order to ensure optimal performance and quality of our services.
Streamline development and deployment processes by automating repetitive tasks and improving CI/CD workflows.

Our tech stack:

C++23 cross platform (Linux, iOS, Android, WebAssembly), OpenCV, Eigen, ONNX Runtime, Boost, pybind11, Docker.
Java17, Spring Boot, ActiveMQ, Elastic APM.
Various wrappers to native or cross platform APIs (gRPC, Python, Java, Obj-C).

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Min. 5 years of experience in software development, with deep expertise in C++.
Min. 1 year of formal technical leadership or direct people management experience.
Familiarity with other programming languages such as Python, Java, or Rust.
Solid knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software architecture.
Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Excellent English communication skills.

Why us?

Flexible working hours & hybrid location model
You can help shape things with us and fully contribute your creativity
We are enthusiastic, international and a diverse team with a flat hierarchy
Annual training/further education budget of up to CHF 1,500
Language courses budget up to CHF 1'500

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About us

PXL Vision is the Swiss market leader and premium provider of identity verification for companies. Based on artificial intelligence, PXL Vision offers a highly flexible, modular and configurable software platform for secure and fully automated identity verification to meet complex requirements worldwide.

We aim to develop innovative, secure and reliable identity verification solutions, always with our customers in mind.

The company is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and operates throughout Europe.

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