
RIVR · Zürich
RIVR, part of Amazon is a robotics company pioneering Physical AI through real-world doorstep delivery. Founded in 2024 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, RIVR develope...
RIVR, part of Amazon is a robotics company pioneering Physical AI through real-world doorstep delivery. Founded in 2024 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, RIVR developed wheeled-legged robots designed to operate in complex, unstructured environments such as stairs, gates, doors, and uneven urban terrain. We believe that achieving general physical intelligence requires solving real customer problems in the real world, where robots can learn from rich operational data at scale.
Following our acquisition by Amazon in March 2026, we are continuing this mission with greater reach and speed. By combining custom robot hardware, onboard autonomy, and cloud-based coordination, RIVR, part of Amazon is building the next generation of safe, reliable autonomous robots for last-mile delivery
Job Description
We are looking for a Head of QA to build our Quality Assurance and Verification department from the ground up. In this role, you will break down existing departmental silos (Hardware, Software, and AI) to establish a unified, company-wide System-level Quality Gate. Inspired by best practices from autonomous vehicles and robotics, this role will establish a scalable quality workflow that validates all hardware and software changes before they reach deployed fleets. Operating in parallel to Software and Hardware Engineering, the Head of QA will work closely with developers to embed quality early in the development lifecycle, balancing rigorous validation with rapid product iteration. Over time, the organization will expand automation capabilities across software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, and real-world operational testing to ensure reliability, safety, and performance at fleet scale.
HEAD OF ENGINEERING Zurich, hybrid DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021. JOB PURPOSE This role is part of our Experience & Engineering team in Germany. We combine technology and experience design to create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products, and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is digital experiences and communication that change perceptions and shape new behaviours to make a difference in the market. In this key leadership position, you are responsible for the strategic direction and growth of our Engineering teams. You will lead a team of approximately 7-9 professionals, including Team Leads and Senior Engineers. Your focus shifts from writing code to building systems: you will optimize processes, develop the next generation of leaders, and actively drive the cultural change toward AI-driven development. WHAT YOU’LL DO: * Leadership of Leaders: You lead, coach, and mentor Team Leads and Senior Engineers. You own their career paths and empower them to lead their own sub-teams to excellence. * AI Change Management: You define the roadmap for integrating Artificial Intelligence into the daily engineering lifecycle (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Agentic Workflows). You act as a change agent, transforming our workflows for maximum efficiency and innovation. * Operational Excellence: You take full ownership of your department's operational performance (resource planning, budget monitoring, utilization) and ensure a profitable and scalable engineering organization. * Strategic Partnering: You work closely with Directors and VPs to sharpen DEPT®’s technological vision in the DACH region and act as a high-level technical sparring partner for our key accounts. * Cultural Stewardship: You foster an inclusive, motivating, high-performance culture and establish modern department rituals that promote knowledge sharing and innovation. WHAT YOU BRING: * Proven People Manager: You have a track record of leading teams in a "manager-of-managers" structure or significant experience leading larger engineering departments. * Change Agent: You are passionate about the potential of AI in the software lifecycle and have a clear vision of how modern engineering organizations must evolve. * Frontend Background: You possess a deep technical history in frontend development, allowing you to validate architectural decisions and act as a mentor on eye-level. * Business Acumen: You understand the economic drivers of an agency or consultancy and can translate KPIs into actionable success. * Communication: You are a confident communicator in both German and English, able to present complex technical topics to both stakeholders and clients. WE OFFER: * Flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location); * 25 days holiday with the opportunity to take unpaid leave; * Flexible health budget and Wellness & personal day. * Learning & development budget. * Referral bonus program. * Occasional breakfast & lunch at the office, Smoothie Tuesday. * Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform. * You can choose to work from the spacious and barrier-free location in Zurich; in Bern you can expect a small but nice and fully equipped office where you can hit the keys in peace. * Social events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations. * A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards. * Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together! * The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications. * Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities. WHY DEPT®? We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA. We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter. At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build. DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us. Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.
FACTS Du gestaltest die Zukunft der Softwareentwicklung bei smino. Softwareentwicklung verändert sich rasant. Künstliche Intelligenz verändert bereits heute grundlegend, wie wir bei Smino Software entwickeln – und wir möchten diese Entwicklung aktiv mitgestalten. Deshalb suchen wir einen Full Stack Engineer (AI-First), der moderne Softwareentwicklung mit den Möglichkeiten von AI verbindet. Du bist neugierig, probierst neue Technologien aktiv aus und möchtest AI nicht nur nutzen, sondern den Engineering-Alltag nachhaltig verbessern. Du arbeitest eng mit unserem Product Team zusammen, berichtest direkt an unseren Head of Engineering und entwickelst gemeinsam mit deinem Team unsere Plattform kontinuierlich weiter. Dabei setzt du AI dort ein, wo sie echten Mehrwert schafft – von der Ideenfindung über die Implementierung bis hin zu Testing, Refactoring und Architekturentscheidungen. Mit deiner Arbeit entwickelst du Lösungen, die den Arbeitsalltag tausender Nutzer:innen im Bau- und Immobilienwesen einfacher, effizienter und digitaler machen. Bei uns erwartet dich ein Umfeld, in dem Qualität, Eigenverantwortung, kontinuierliches Lernen und AI-gestützte Entwicklung selbstverständlich sind. STELLENBESCHREIBUNG DEINE MISSION Als Full Stack Engineer entwickelst du gemeinsam mit deinem Team hochwertige Software für unsere Kunden und bringst unsere Plattform kontinuierlich weiter. In enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem Product Team setzt du Anforderungen in durchdachte technische Lösungen um und begleitest Features von der Idee bis zum produktiven Betrieb. Dabei berichtest du an unseren Head of Engineering, der dich als technischer Sparringspartner unterstützt und gemeinsam mit dem Team unsere Engineering-Kultur kontinuierlich weiterentwickelt. Du arbeitest über den gesamten Technologie-Stack hinweg, übernimmst Verantwortung für deine Features – von der Konzeption über die Implementierung bis zum Betrieb – und sorgst dafür, dass unsere Plattform zuverlässig, skalierbar und zukunftssicher bleibt. Dabei nutzt du moderne AI-Tools als festen Bestandteil deiner täglichen Arbeit. Du hinterfragst bestehende Prozesse, bringst neue Ideen ein und hilfst mit, unsere Engineering-Kultur Schritt für Schritt zu einer modernen AI-First-Organisation weiterzuentwickeln. Du verstehst AI nicht als Ersatz für gutes Engineering, sondern als Werkzeug, das dir hilft, schneller, effizienter und mit noch höherer Qualität Software zu entwickeln. DEINE AUFGABEN * Entwicklung neuer Features über den gesamten Technologie-Stack hinweg * Enge Zusammenarbeit mit Product Management, Design und deinem Engineering Team, um Kundenanforderungen in hochwertige technische Lösungen zu übersetzen * Aktive Mitgestaltung von Anforderungen, technischen Konzepten und Lösungsansätzen bereits in frühen Produktphasen * Mitarbeit an der Weiterentwicklung unserer Plattform und technischen Architektur * Verantwortung für deine Features – von der Umsetzung über Deployment bis zum produktiven Betrieb * Schreiben von sauberem, wartbarem und gut testbarem Code * Aktive Mitarbeit bei Architektur- und Technologieentscheidungen * Durchführung von Code Reviews und kontinuierliche Verbesserung der Softwarequalität * Einsatz moderner AI-Tools zur Unterstützung von Entwicklung, Testing, Refactoring, Debugging und Dokumentation * Kontinuierliche Verbesserung unserer Entwicklungsprozesse und Engineering Practices * Aktive Mitgestaltung unserer AI-First-Engineering-Kultur sowie Teilen deines Wissens mit dem Team DAS BRINGST DU MIT Fachliche Erfahrung * Abgeschlossenes Studium der Informatik, Software Engineering oder einer vergleichbaren Fachrichtung – oder eine gleichwertige Qualifikation mit entsprechender Berufserfahrung * Mehrjährige Erfahrung als Full Stack Software Engineer * Erfahrung mit .NET * Erfahrung mit modernen Frontend-Technologien (Angular oder vergleichbar) * Fundierte Kenntnisse moderner Softwarearchitekturen sowie Design- und Architektur-Patterns * Erfahrung mit Azure DevOps, GitLab oder vergleichbaren Plattformen * Sehr gute Kenntnisse von Git und modernen Entwicklungsprozessen * Gute Kenntnisse moderner Cloud- und DevOps-Technologien * Erfahrung mit CI/CD-Pipelines sowie modernen Deployment-Prozessen * Erfahrung mit agilen Entwicklungsmethoden (primär Scrum) * Erfahrung mit Clean Code, automatisierten Tests und Code Reviews * Ausgeprägte analytische Fähigkeiten sowie eine pragmatische, lösungsorientierte Arbeitsweise * Hands-on-Mentalität sowie Freude daran, Verantwortung für Features und technische Lösungen zu übernehmen * Freude an Teamarbeit, Wissensaustausch und kontinuierlicher Verbesserung AI-Kompetenz Du setzt AI bereits heute produktiv in deiner täglichen Entwicklungsarbeit ein und beschäftigst dich intensiv damit, wie AI die Softwareentwicklung nachhaltig verändern wird. Du bist neugierig, probierst neue Technologien aktiv aus und suchst kontinuierlich nach Möglichkeiten, deine Produktivität und die Qualität deiner Arbeit weiter zu verbessern. Idealerweise bringst du Erfahrungen in folgenden Themen mit: * Claude Code, Cursor oder vergleichbare AI-Tools * AI-assisted Development * Prompt Engineering * Agentic Development * Automatisierung von Entwicklungsprozessen * Produktiver Einsatz von AI für Code-Generierung, Refactoring, Testing, Debugging, Architekturarbeit und Dokumentation Neben deiner Erfahrung in den einzelnen Bereichen ist uns vor allem deine Offenheit wichtig, Neues auszuprobieren, kontinuierlich zu lernen und deine Erkenntnisse mit dem Team zu teilen. Du verstehst AI als festen Bestandteil moderner Softwareentwicklung und möchtest aktiv mitgestalten, wie Engineering in Zukunft funktioniert. Unser Tech-Stack Angular, .NET, Azure Cloud, Ionic Framework, MongoDB, SQL / EF Core, Docker, Atlassian, Git Sprachen Deutsch und English (mind C1) WARUM WIR? * Attraktive Arbeitsbedingungen: modernes Büro im Zentrum von Zürich (nahe ETH Polyterasse) * Innovatives, modernes und internationales Unternehmen mit inspirierender Arbeitsatmosphäre, Startup Flair * Junges, humorvolles, ambitioniertes und smartes Team und flache Hierarchien * Hybrides Arbeitsumfeld mit der Möglichkeit für Home-Office * Top IT Ausstattung SO WIRD DEINE BEWERBUNG AM SCHNELLSTEN BEARBEITET Bitte lade deine Bewerbungsunterlagen in wenigen Klicks hoch, indem du auf "Jetzt bewerben" ganz unten auf der Seite klickst. Wir arbeiten auf diese Stelle nicht mit Personalvermittlern zusammen und antworten nicht auf Bewerbungen, welche über Personalvermittlungen hochgeladen wurden.
About the company Raidium is building a foundation Model for precision medicine in radiology. Our first release, Curia is already state of the art. We aim to broadly democratize access to imaging biomarkers for both clinical and research applications through a biomarker factory. Our model is embedded in a new type of solution for the radiologist that enables a revolutionary AI-native workflow. Thanks to a 16M€ seed round raised in November 2024, Raidium is expanding its team. We are developing a medical device designed to operate at the intersection of deep learning and diagnostic precision. While our Quality Management System (QMS) is already established and operational, we are now entering a critical phase of our growth. We have initiated the formal regulatory pathways (MDR/FDA) to bring our AI-native solutions to the global market. The team The founders of Raidium are experts in radiology and machine learning from Owkin, bringing together extensive experience from both fields. Paul Herent, CEO, is a radiologist and former interne des hôpitaux de Paris, with a Cogmaster (ENS) and PSL background, and has published pioneering research on deep learning in radiology. Pierre Manceron, CTO, is a Centrale Paris engineer specialized in Applied Mathematics and Machine Learning, who previously led machine learning projects at Owkin. Sebastian Schwarz, COO, holds a double degree in X-HEC Data Science & Business, who previously worked as a Strategy & Operations Director at Owkin, where he developed Owkin’s strategic vision and operational agency. Our team brings together strong academic foundations (Polytechnique, Ponts, MVA) and deep medical, AI, and business experience from leading medical and tech companies such as Owkin, Cardiologs, Datadog, and Meta, all united by a mission to revolutionize radiology through cutting-edge technology. The role As the Head of QARA at Raidium, you will play a pivotal role in defining our regulatory strategy and ensuring our AI-native solutions meet the highest standards of safety and excellence. Lead the global regulatory strategy (MDR, FDA) to get our AI medical devices to market Manage the submission process, coordinating technical files and clinical data to secure product certifications and clearances. Manage and mentor a Junior QARA, overseeing their daily tasks and supporting their professional growth within the team. Maintain and improve our QMS, keeping our quality processes lean and effective as the company scales. Act as the main contact for Notified Bodies and authorities, handling all external audits and regulatory communications. Partner with R&D and Product teams to ensure "Compliance by Design," guiding the team through risk management and software standards.