Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
At Shiftmove, we’re building the next generation of connected mobility products that empower businesses to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Our goal is to make complex operations intuitive and efficient – turning insights into impactful action for thousands of B2B customers across Europe.
We’re expanding the engineering team behind Avrios, one of our core products, and are looking for a Backend-focused Software Engineer (Java) to join us. As our Software Engineer, you will work on a product used by thousands of companies managing large vehicle fleets across Europe, and solving challenges around scale, automation, and AI-driven workflows. You will be part of a team where we own topics end-to-end, think critically about solutions, and work closely with Product & Design (as well as our customers) to build features with real impact.
What you'll do- End-to-End Feature Ownership: Design, build, test, and ship production-grade features across backend (and supporting frontend), owning the full lifecycle from idea to release, including initiatives such as LLM-based document processing and OEM cloud integrations.
- Problem-Driven Development: Understand customer and business problems deeply and translate them into effective, scalable technical solutions.
- Product Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers and Designers to shape features, challenge assumptions, and improve outcomes for users.
- Engineering Decision-Making: Propose solutions, evaluate trade-offs, and contribute to technical decisions through structured discussions.
- Reliable Delivery & System Improvement: Deliver features in a high-frequency release environment while continuously improving system stability and reducing technical debt.
- Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to team learning by sharing knowledge and improving engineering practices.
- Engineering Foundation: Strong CS fundamentals with experience building production systems in Java
- Problem Solving & Trade-offs: Think in first principles and balance speed, scalability, and complexity effectively
- Ownership & Execution: Drive work independently from idea to production and deliver in fast-paced environments
- Product Awareness: Understand user needs and business impact behind features
- Learning Agility: Learn quickly, ask questions, and adapt to complex systems
- Pragmatic Mindset: Make sensible decisions, prioritise effectively, and focus on delivering value over perfection
- Collaborative mindset: While this is a backend-focused role, we value engineers who are happy to collaborate across the stack and support frontend topics when needed.
- Backend: Java, Spring Boot
- Front-end: Angular, Typescript, NGXS, RXJS and Storybook
- CI/CD: AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild
- Cloud: Amazon Web Services
- AI: TensorFlow, Python, SpringAI, Gemini
- Build products with real-world impact: We solve complex, everyday problems for thousands of businesses across Europe, replacing manual, fragmented fleet operations with data-driven, intelligent solutions people truly rely on.
- Scale something meaningful: We’re a profitable, PE-backed scale-up with strong fundamentals and a clear ambition (1M vehicles by 2027), offering a rare mix of stability, ownership, and pace.
- Work in a truly international, collaborative environment: With 40+ nationalities, English as our working language, and teams across Europe, collaboration and shared ownership are part of how we work every day.
- Grow with autonomy and trust: We invest heavily in product, data, and people – giving you the space to take responsibility, contribute ideas, challenge others, and do your best work while helping shape how we scale.
- Vacation: 30 days
- Workation: Up to 12 weeks per year working remotely from anywhere in the world
- Dog-friendly office: Because furry coworkers make everything better! 🐶
- Development: €2,000 annual budget for personal and professional development
- Main benefits: Urban Sports Club membership, Hrmony subscription, JobRad, or a subsidy for a BVG ticket
- Wellbeing: 1 Mental Health Day + Access to nilo.health
- For foodies: Free lunch once per week, biweekly company breakfast, and 24/7 available drinks & snacks 🍕
- Contract type: Permanent, full-time
- Location: Berlin-based or Zurich-based (or willing to relocate, as we value regular in-person collaboration within our hybrid setup)
- Work model: Hybrid with 2 days in the office
- Visa: We support visa applications where applicable