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

• 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).
  

• 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.

• 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