Full Stack Software Engineer — EPFL
- Location
- Lausanne
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Mission
- Mission
- Main duties and responsibilities
- In this role, your main responsibilities will be:
Main responsibilities
- Main duties and responsibilities
- In this role, your main responsibilities will be:
- Developing, deploying, and maintaining solutions that empower education and research, using technologies like FastAPI, React.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Traefik.
- Participating in code reviews to ensure code quality and to provide & receive feedback.
- Applying IT security best practices, including e.g.
- Zero Trust and Least Privilege principles.
- Working with clients to define user needs and translate them into technical solutions.
- Creating clear documentation to ensure easy maintenance and tool adoption by clients.
- Ensuring reliability of services with modern monitoring tools (e.g.
- Prometheus, Grafana).
Application process
- Are you passionate about creating impactful applications that can advance world-class research and education?
- Join EPFL’s School of Engineering as a Full Stack Software Engineer and make a real difference in empowering science!
- Proficiency in developing and deploying full-stack applications using FastAPI, React.js, and related technologies.
- Experience working closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver tailored software solutions.
- Experience with DevOps (GitLab/GitHub), CI/CD and configuration management (e.g.
- Ansible).
- Experience with container and cloud technologies (Kubernetes, Docker etc). Nice-to-have skills / experience:
- Experience in Linux in production server environments.
Additional details
- Contributing to platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence (Prometheus, Grafana), designing systems that are resilient and easily maintainable in an automated context.
- Experience with container and cloud technologies (Kubernetes, Docker etc). Nice-to-have skills / experience:
- Experience in Site Reliability Engineering.
- Proficient in English and French, both written and spoken.
- Apply today by submitting your CV and cover letter via our recruitment pages!
Notes and original content
- Experience with container and cloud technologies (Kubernetes, Docker etc).
- Nice-to-have skills / experience:
- Informations
- Contract Start D
Questions about this listing
What salary does EPFL offer for this role?
EPFL lists CHF 60'500 - 91'500 gross per year for this position in Lausanne. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does EPFL offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with EPFL during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Vaud?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Vaud can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Vaud's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
How do I apply for this position at EPFL?
Use the "Apply now" button on this page — it links directly to EPFL's original listing at careers.epfl.ch, so your application goes straight to the employer's own applicant-tracking system. Frontaliere Ticino does not collect or forward applications itself.
