Senior Backend Engineer for Weather API (f/m/d)
Meteomatics • sankt gallen, sankt gallen • Posted June 13, 2026
About the Role
Senior Backend Engineer for Weather API | Full Time (80-100%) | St. Gallen, Switzerland
You will work in one of our API teams developing services and algorithms that browse petabytes of weather data quickly to provide real‑time insights for our customers worldwide.
What you'll do
- Develop and tune high‑performance C++ algorithms for processing and forecasting weather data to serve millions of daily API requests.
- Build robust services and Python scripts for real‑time data acquisition from global sources.
- Drive hands‑on development across the stack, from low‑level implementation to system architecture, building scalable, maintainable, and high‑quality software solutions.
- Provide technical leadership through strong software engineering expertise, combining hands‑on coding, architectural decision‑making, and cross‑team technical mentorship.
- Architect and manage the storage, processing, and distribution of petaby...