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 SME's 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 that’s building a scalable, AI-powered business? If so, Jurata might be the perfect place for you!

Tasks

• Develop and maintain Next.js applications
• Migrate legacy apps, prototypes and experiments from no-code tools or vibe-code to production ready products
• Own backend services (Nest.js, python)
• 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 can’t tick every box, but we would still love to hear from you if you think you’re a good fit.

• 4+ years working within the TypeScript ecosystem, with solid hands-on Next.js 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 don't use you. You're 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. You'll 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. We're 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? We'd 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 it's a couple of interviews and a practical assessment - including a conversation where we'll dig into how you think about architecture and trade-offs. And at any point along the way, we're happy to answer any questions you might have.