Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 12 days ago

Lead Data Platform Engineer

LIGENTEC10 open roles

Where
Ecublens, Switzerland
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowLead Data Platform EngineerLIGENTEC · Ecublens, Switzerland

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on LIGENTEC's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

12.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. LIGENTEC postings stay open a median of 6 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.3%7 days
  4. 19.7%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.0%60 days
This job: posted 12 days ago

LIGENTEC median: 6 days open

The posting

About us

We're a multicultural team of experts pushing the boundaries of what's possible in integrated optics. Our mission is to make photonic integration accessible and industrially scalable. We deliver best-in-class PIC platforms, design enablement, and integrated solutions that empower our customers to innovate faster and bring light-based technologies from concept to production.

About the role

As a Lead Data Platform Engineer, you will drive the architecture, development, and scaling of LIGENTEC’s enterprise data platform and champion software engineering excellence across the organization. Bridging modern data engineering, full-stack application design, and automated DevOps workflows, you will own the end-to-end data infrastructure that connects operational, foundry, and quality analytics. In this high-impact technical leadership position, you will define the technology roadmap, deploy modern data and AI-driven tooling, and empower interdisciplinary teams to transform complex semiconductor and photonics data into scalable business intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

* Data Architecture & Lakehouse Engineering: Architect, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and our central data lakehouse; ensure seamless integration of operational, fab, and product quality datasets across cross-functional engineering teams.

* Internal Data Apps & Backend Services: Design, build, and maintain production-grade, secure full-stack internal data applications and REST APIs using Python and FastAPI.

* DevOps, Infrastructure & Database Management: Oversee application deployment using Docker Swarm and administer/tune scalable PostgreSQL database servers. Own company-wide GitLab CI/CD pipelines, security configurations, and modern developer infrastructure.

* Technical Leadership & Strategic Roadmap: Define and execute the roadmap for enterprise data and automation initiatives; establish reliable data contracts with external partners and align long-term infrastructure scaling in close partnership with IT.

* Software Standardization & Developer Experience: Elevate software craftsmanship and developer velocity across the company by setting coding guidelines, managing the developer handbook, and standardizing project templates.

* Modern Tooling & AI-Assisted Workflows: Deploy, support, and scale business dashboarding solutions, process automation initiatives, and next-generation developer tooling, including AI-assisted agentic coding workflows and internal AI documentation systems.

What you bring

* Proven Track Record: Solid background operating at a Senior or Lead level, with demonstrable ownership over complete data platform architectures and end-to-end data pipelines in production environments.

* Core Engineering & Data Stack: Advanced proficiency in Python, modern ETL/ELT pipeline orchestrators (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or similar), and analytical databases (PostgreSQL, DuckDB).

* API & Backend Development: Hands-on experience developing robust, secure backend services and APIs with FastAPI (full-stack or front-end UI experience for data tools is a strong plus).

* DevOps & Cloud/Containerization: Strong foundation in containerization (Docker, Docker Swarm), database administration/scaling for PostgreSQL, and automated CI/CD workflows using GitLab.

* Modern Developer Tools & AI: Hands-on experience utilizing and deploying AI agentic coding tools, LLM-based documentation servers, and modern dashboarding platforms to accelerate engineering workflows.

* Leadership & Collaboration: Proven capability in leading technical roadmaps, mentoring fellow engineers, driving software quality standards, and partnering effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and external partners.

What we offer

A dynamic role at the heart of the deep-tech revolution where your technical expertise directly impacts product adoption. You will join an international team of specialists, gain deep exposure to market-leading photonic applications, and shape how photonic integration is deployed worldwide.

Practicalities

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland.

Work percentage: 100%.

Languages: English is our working language, other languages are a plus.

Home office: up to two days per week.

Start date: As soon as possible.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Please submit your application through our career page as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, reach out to Manal Mohamed, HR Business Partner, at [email protected]

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against LIGENTEC's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on LIGENTEC's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    LIGENTEC's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.