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Felix Gerschau

Zurich has the highest engineering salaries in Europe. Meta and NVIDIA have engineering teams here, and Google's largest office outside the US is in the city. Senior engineers regularly earn CHF 150k to 220k+. Tax rates in Switzerland are lower than most of Europe too. 123 Zurich roles are currently live.

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    Systems Engineer, HPC

    France, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Switzerland

    a day ago
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Software Engineer II, Shopping Core Ranking

2 days ago

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kraken(2 jobs)

Senior Database Platform Engineer

2 days ago

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    Senior Database Platform Engineer

    UK, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Romania, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Lithuania, Switzerland, Mexico

    2 days ago
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    Senior Solutions Engineer - Payward Services

    UK, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Germany, Brazil, Romania, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Lithuania, Switzerland, Mexico

    2 days ago
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google(2 jobs)

Research Scientist, Frontier AI, Google DeepMind

3 days ago

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kraken(2 jobs)

Mobile UI/Design Engineer

3 days ago

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    Mobile UI/Design Engineer

    UK, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Romania, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Lithuania, Switzerland, Mexico

    3 days ago
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    Solutions Architect - Payward Services

    UK, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Germany, Brazil, Romania, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Lithuania, Switzerland, Mexico

    3 days ago
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Security Engineer, Information Security Engineering

3 days ago

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Software engineering in Zurich

Zurich has the highest software engineering salaries in Europe. Google's Zurich office is one of the company's most important engineering locations globally, with several thousand engineers working on Search, Maps, YouTube, and core infrastructure. UBS and other Swiss financial institutions operate large technology teams in the city, and a growing cluster of AI research labs and deep-tech companies adds to the market's depth. Senior software engineers in Zurich typically earn between CHF 140,000 and CHF 220,000 in base salary, approximately €140,000 to €220,000. Switzerland's cantonal tax system means effective income tax rates in Zurich are lower than in Germany, France, or the UK, further improving net take-home pay. The city is a 90-minute flight from London, Berlin, and Paris, and its central European location makes it accessible across the continent.

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