Backend Software Engineer (Zurich, Switzerland)

Backend Software Engineer

Company Overview

At Hoshii, we are building the Interaction Relationship Management (IRM) system, a platform that turns customer communication (emails, phone calls, etc.) into actionable ERP and CRM intents in one click. In an industry that faces a very intense labor shortage, where millions are stuck doing repetitive work, Hoshii’s IRM offers a co-pilot that handles tedious chores like processing unstructured data, responding to customer inquiries, and entering data into ERP systems.How about you join us and build the next billion-dollar company? Exciting, right?! 😎

Hoshii is the modern way how B2B interaction is done. We built the IRM just for that.Hoshii enables your team to interact with your customers and suppliers seamlessly, without complex context switching between ERP, email & CRM. With us your team gets a centralised interaction platform (email, phone), automated workflows into your ERP, a centralised knowledge base, account inteligence and more. … Show more

Job Summary

We are currently growing faster than our infrastructure can follow, running around with duct tape to make our systems reliable while relentlessly shipping new features as well. We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer who will be building and maintaining our integration layer between Hoshii and ERP/CRM systems out there. You will be an integral part of our engineering team and will be ensuring a seamless onboarding for our customers, guaranteeing they receive the best possible experience. You will join a young founding team of cracked engineers and contributing to taking Hoshii to the next level.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be in charge of architecting and maintaining reliable, high-performance backend systems, while dealing with the non-deterministic nature of AI agents.
• Integrate and maintain various ERP and CRM systems into our platform to enable one-click automations.
• Collaborate with customers to identify integration needs & challenges, and deliver effective solutions tackling them.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production issues across services and levels of the stack, and promptly resolve business-critical disruptions that impact our customers.
• Write clean, tested, maintainable code and documentation.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Strong coding and debugging skills.
• Proven experience building and maintaining backend applications using Go, Java, C# or similar.
• Proficiency with RESTful API design and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency with relational databases (Postgres) and familiarity with No-SQL (MongoDB).
• Proven experience with maintaining DevOps cycles from deployment (Docker), to orchestration (Kubernetes) and monitoring (Grafana).
• Familiarity with message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka) and their use in decoupling systems.
• Excellent communication skills in English, good command of German.
• A drive to work hands-on with clients while iterating based on user feedback.
• Strong sense of ownership: you love to take the lead on projects and ensure they reach success.

Preferred Qualifications

• Plus: Familiarity with distributed systems concepts (e.g., CAP theorem, consensus protocols), microservice patterns and their practical application to solving real-world problems.
• Plus: Familiarity with ERP systems.

Location

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Remote: False

Employment Type

Full Time

Salary & Benefits

Autonomy and Ownership: You’re in charge of your time at Hoshii; decide what you want to do, align with the team, and go for it!Stock Options (VSOP): Ever owned your impact? Well, at Hoshii you get stock options, allowing you to get something back from our collective success story.A World-Class Team: We’re a team of servant leaders who work hard and put customers first; we hail from top companies and universities, and we hold ourselves to the highest standards.Amazing Office Locations: We have locations in Berlin and Zürich, with cozy corners to relax, fostering a comfortable environment where you can thrive.