Staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland
27 open roles for staff and principal engineers in Switzerland as of Nov 15, 2026. IonQ, Nebius, Elastic, Sonar and Databricks have the most. 4 are remote.
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- Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇨🇭Switzerland—Lead and aboveJavaElasticsearchServerless
- Staff Incubation Engineer-3Snyk · 🇨🇭Switzerland - Zurich Office—Lead and aboveGoPythonNode.js
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Inference OptimizationNebius · 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇬🇧Amsterdam, Netherlands; Berlin, Germany; London, United K…—Lead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - RuntimeNebius · 🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland—Lead and aboveRustC++
- Staff Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - CrawlerNebius · 🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland—Lead and aboveC++Kafka
- Staff Software Engineer (Java) - BillingSonar · 🇨🇭Geneva—Lead and aboveJavaSQLPostgreSQL
- Staff Quality Assurance EngineerIonQ · 🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland—Lead and abovePythonEnglishGerman
- Senior/Staff Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseAnthropic · 🇨🇭Zürich, CH—Lead and abovePythonSQLLLM
- Staff Cryptography EngineerIonQ · 🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland—Lead and aboveRustPythonC++
- Staff Security Engineer, Incident ResponseDatabricks · 🇧🇪🇫🇮🇮🇪Belgium; Croatia; Finland; Ireland; Israel; Norway; Portu…—RemoteLead and aboveGCPAzureLLM
- Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇨🇭Switzerland—Lead and aboveJavaElasticsearchSlack
- Principal Engineer - Classical Cryptography & ArchitectureIonQ · 🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland—Lead and aboveEnglishGermanVPN
- Distinguished PQC Cryptography & Architecture LeaderIonQ · 🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland—EnglishGermanNIST
- Staff Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - IndexNebius · 🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland—Lead and aboveRustC++
- Staff System Architect -SNSPD SystemsIonQ · 🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland—Lead and aboveFinancial modelingOptics
- Staff DevSecOps EngineerIonQ · 🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland—Lead and aboveLLMCI/CDInfrastructure as code
- Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇨🇭Switzerland—Lead and aboveJavaPostgreSQLMongoDB
- Staff Data EngineerSonar · 🇨🇭Geneva—Lead and abovePythonTerraformSpark
- Staff Software Engineer (Java) - IdentitySonar · 🇨🇭Geneva—Lead and aboveJavaSQLPostgreSQL
- Staff AI EngineerVisium SA · 🇨🇭Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland—Lead and abovePythonGCPMachine Learning
- Staff / Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - SwitzerlandInworld AI · 🇨🇭Switzerland—RemoteLead and aboveRustPythonC++
- Member of Technical Staff – AI Research Engineer (Image/Video Foundation Models)Genpeach · 🇨🇭Zurich—RemotePythonLLMPyTorch
- Founding Member of Technical Staff – AI Research Scientist (Image/Video Foundation Models)Genpeach · 🇨🇭Zurich—HybridPythonLLMPyTorch
- Staff / Principal Research Scientist, Models - SwitzerlandInworld AI · 🇨🇭Switzerland—RemoteLead and aboveLLMNLPEnglish
- Staff Software EngineerNozomi Networks · 🇮🇹🇨🇭Italy; Mendrisio, Switzerland—Lead and aboveGoTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - DeltaDatabricks · 🇨🇭Zürich, Switzerland—Lead and aboveIcebergDelta LakeProject management
- Staff Design Verification Engineer, AI HWTenstorrent · 🇺🇸🇷🇸🇨🇦Austin, Texas, United States; Belgrade, Serbia; Toronto…—Lead and abovePythonLinuxCI/CD
Who is hiring for staff and principal engineer roles in Switzerland
Where staff and principal engineer roles in Switzerland are
- 🇪🇺Europe27
- 🇨🇭Switzerland27
- 🇨🇭Zurich10
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom2
- 🇩🇪Germany2
- 🇳🇱Netherlands2
- 🇮🇹Italy2
- 🇷🇸Serbia2
- 🇫🇷France1
- 🇮🇪Ireland1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland
- How many staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland are open right now?
- There are 27 open staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland at 12 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 0 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland?
- Right now the most openings are at IonQ (6), Nebius (4), Elastic (3), Sonar (3) and Databricks (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland?
- 4 of the 27 open staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland (15%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- Is it hard to get one of the staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland?
- 0 of the 27 open staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 13 postings that state experience, the median asks for 7 years. 12 companies are hiring and 0 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland?
- 10 of the 27 open staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland (37%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, AI, PyTorch. Employers still list 27 such roles today at 12 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland ask for?
- Most often Python (41%), LLM (33%), English (30%), C++ (22%), Financial modeling (22%) of the 27 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Are staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland in demand in 2026?
- 27 staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 12 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 0 were posted in the last seven days. 4 (15%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for staff and principal engineer jobs in Switzerland?
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