Arqh
(Forward-Deployed) Founding AI Data Engineer
ArqhSwitzerland15 days ago
Full-timeInformation Technology

Role: (Forward-Deployed) Founding AI Data Engineer 

Location: Zürich, Switzerland (in-person)

Seniority: 3-5+ years


About us


We started Arqh after sitting inside dispatch rooms and watching experts juggle phones, emails, spreadsheets, and brittle ERP/TMS screens to solve what are, in truth, NP-hard problems, by hand and under time pressure. Dispatchers are asked to balance cost, SLAs, capacity and driver constraints with incomplete data and noisy systems.


The result: heroic effort, inconsistent outcomes, and value left on the table...


Our vision


A unified AI command tower that (1) ingests live operational data, (2) reasons with optimization under the hood, (3) proposes transparent, auditable trade-offs, and (4) learns from feedback to get better every week. Not a black box, but a glass box; recommendations you can interrogate, constraints you can tweak, and outcomes you can trust.


The role


This is a forward-deployed role: you’ll own backend data systems and integrations while working closely with customers during onboarding and adaptation phases. You’ll translate real-world logistics challenges into robust data pipelines, clean interfaces to ERP/TMS systems, and reliable production services.


What you’ll do


  • Partner with customers: run technical onboarding, adapt integrations to fit customer data, gather feedback, and turn it into system improvements.
  • Design & operate data backends: model and manage tabular, NoSQL, and cloud databases (MongoDB strongly preferred; Postgres/BigQuery a plus).
  • Build ETL & I/O pipelines: Python + TypeScript for ingest, transform, and sync jobs (batch & streaming) across APIs, webhooks, files, and message queues.
  • Own ERP/TMS integrations (most important): implement resilient, well-documented connectors to systems like SAP HANA/S4, Oracle Transportation Management (OTM).
  • Ship on modern cloud stacks: deploy/operate services like Vercel, Supabase, and public cloud (AWS & Azure); implement CI/CD.
  • Containerization & orchestration: Docker/Compose and Kubernetes for repeatable environments, job scheduling, and scaling.
  • (Optional/Plus) AI systems: contribute to LangGraph/LangChain, RAG pipelines, and optimization/MILP formulations (e.g., Gurobi/OR-Tools), in collaboration with our research team.


Must-have skills


  • 3+ years in a data/infra/backend role with mostly Python and TypeScript.
  • Strong with MongoDB (or other NoSQL), plus experience across tabular & cloud databases.
  • Production-grade ETL/ELT and data integration experience (jobs, schedulers, retries, idempotency, observability).
  • Cloud infra exposure (Vercel, Supabase, and at least one major cloud).
  • Containers & orchestration: Docker, Compose, and Kubernetes.
  • Clear, structured communication; comfortable in client-facing settings.
  • Fluency in business level english absolutely required.


Nice to have


  • German skills (B2+ is a big plus).
  • ERP/TMS domain knowledge (SAP HANA/S4, Oracle TM/OTM).
  • Experience with LangGraph/LangChain, RAG, vector databases, and MILP/optimization (Pyomo/OR-Tools/Gurobi).


What success looks like (or your first 6 months)


  • You’ve led multiple customer onboardings end-to-end, delivering clean ERP/TMS data flows into Arqh’s platform.
  • Our backend schemas and indexes reflect best practices and scale smoothly across massive scaled clients and stakeholders
  • ETL jobs are observable & reliable (metrics, alerts, runbooks).
  • You’ve helped define repeatable integration playbooks that shorten time-to-value


How we work


  • Pragmatic engineering: simple first, measurable improvement always.
  • Tight feedback loop with customers & ops.
  • Small team, high ownership, direct impact.


What we offer


  • Competitive compensation & equity package.
  • Flexible work in Zürich (mostly in-person) + visits to customer sites as needed.
  • The chance to shape the data/infra foundations of a fast-growing company.


We are looking forward to receiving your application!


Required

  1. CV that indicates past work experience
  2. University transcripts/diploma
  3. Short motivation letter
  4. Language certificates (if any)
  5. Recommendation letters (if any)

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