Fleet & Device Engineer

h4IN SHORT /h4pAre you ready to own the edge runtime for thousands of smart fridges and coffee machines across Switzerland and the US? As our new b no-style="font-weight:700;"Fleet Device Engineer /b (100%) in Zurich, you will join a close-knit 8-person engineering team to rebuild and manage the systems that power our hardware. In this hybrid role, you will take full ownership of our edge domain from day one, ensuring that our unglamorous but highly reliable hardware works seamlessly for real people getting their lunch every day. /pbrh4YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES /h4pulli Take full, end-to-end ownership of the edge runtime on our smart fridges and Gavetti coffee machine controllers, managing everything from zero-touch provisioning, device bootstrap, call-home and on-device applications. /lili Drive the consolidation of our fleet management onto a single, reliable platform (such as Azure IoT Hub or KubeEdge), taking charge of making and defending the architectural choices. /lili Streamline the technology stack by reducing the number of languages running on the edge, bringing the device world closer to our cloud environment. /lili Collaborate closely with and report directly to the Head of Engineering to specify the next generation of hardware, select vendors, and define software contracts. /lili Inherit and manage crucial vendor relationships and integrations, including those for our vendors and various badge reader suppliers. /lili Ensure the team maintains a grounded, honest understanding of what is actually running and performing in the field. /li /ul /ph4YOUR PROFILE /h4pulli Solid background with roughly 5+ years of experience building and operating production systems, specifically managing a real fleet of devices with live users, outages, and OTA updates. /lili Proficiency in at least two of the following languages: C#, Go, or Kotlin, coupled with a willingness to consolidate and standardize our tech stack. /lili Working knowledge of edge platform networking (VPNs, NAT, flaky links, office networks), running Linux and Android on small hardware, OS-level debugging, and observability for offline-tolerant systems. /lili Strong ability to treat hardware as an interface, including practical experience with Modbus, USB, serial connections, reading sensor datasheets, and working with vendor SDKs. /lili Familiarity with tools like Balena, Azure IoT Hub, KubeEdge, Kubernetes, Docker, or experience in commercial appliance ecosystems is a strong plus. /lili Pragmatic problem-solving mindset with a track record of putting the problem before the programming language, preferring standard, reliable tools over inventing custom solutions. /lili Fluency in English, German is nice to have /lili Non-smoker - we don't want you to smell like cigarettes, neither at work nor at customer meetings. After all, FELFEL is about good food. /lili Valid work permit or Swiss passport. /li /ul /ph4OUR BENEFITS /h4pulli Lots of delicious food, just a few steps away from your desk - we make your gastronomic dreams come true /lili Best barista coffee and tea for the whole team, thanks to our innovative Gavetti coffee machine /lili 5 weeks holiday per year, as well as the chance to buy an extra week of vacation /lili Two full weeks of ‘work from anywhere’ per year to bring more variety to your work day /lili We care about your future with an above-mandatory pension fund /lili New parents get 16 or 3 weeks, respectively, of fully paid parental leave. We also support the return to work by making a generous financial contribution to childcare until the child reaches kindergarten age. /lili We encourage our employees to use public transport by covering your half-fare travelcard /lili Great team events, such as our well-known FELFEL Summer Outing /lili Stay active and healthy with our weekly sports sessions /li /ul brstrongDoes this sound like the job for you? We can't wait to learn more about you! APPLY NOW with your complete documents in either German or English. /strong /pbrh4ABOUT US /h4pFELFEL is all about good food and coffee in the workplace: we help Swiss employers become masters of hospitality. br no-style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);font-family:inherit;"With our smart fridge ‘FELFEL’ and delicious barista coffee ‘Gavetti’, we enable companies to provide their employees with first-class, ultra-fresh food and drinks throughout the day. Whether hearty and traditional, modern and vegan or high in protein - our weekly changing menu ensures that all employees always have something to be excited about ;). brbr no-style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);font-family:inherit;"FELFEL is a family business that was founded in 2013. Today, we take care of around 1000 locations in Switzerland, and have 150 employees across our offices in Lausanne, Zurich and New York. brbr no-style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);font-family:inherit;" /p