- Location
- Blumenrainstrasse 1 (View map)2540 GrenchenSwitzerland
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- IT & Technology Systems
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Nov 9, 2026
About ETA
ETA is a benchmark of Swiss horological expertise, renowned for designing and producing precision movements that power many of the world’s most respected watches. As part of the Swatch Group, the manufacture combines industrial excellence, technical innovation, and a deep respect for traditional watchmaking savoir-faire. As an employer, ETA offers a highly specialized environment where engineers, micromechanics, technicians, and operational talents contribute to products defined by reliability, accuracy, and refinement. The company values discipline, craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and collaborative expertise, providing careers at the heart of Switzerland’s watchmaking ecosystem and the future of mechanical and quartz movement technology.
ETA is seeking a Software and Application Engineer to build and modernize internal web applications and production-process solutions using C#/.NET and React/TypeScript. The role also covers REST API integration, software quality, agile delivery, and third-level Service Desk support; the position is on-site in Grenchen.
Role & Responsibilities
- Design and develop internal web applications using C#/.NET and React/TypeScript, primarily to support and digitize production processes.
- Analyze requests with specialist departments and translate them into considered, user-friendly, maintainable software solutions.
- Enhance existing applications and modernize the application portfolio for production and internal services and functions.
- Develop REST APIs and interfaces to integrate applications into the existing IT environment.
- Ensure software quality through clean, structured, maintainable code, automated testing, and code reviews.
- Work within an agile development team, independently deliver work packages, and contribute to technical solution design and improvements to development processes.
- Support the Service Desk with third-level support by analyzing technical incidents and implementing lasting solutions.
Qualifications
- Completed vocational training as an application development IT specialist (CFC), an IT diploma at ES, UAS or university level, or an equivalent qualification.
- At least three years of relevant professional experience in web application development.
- Good practical knowledge of C#/.NET, ASP.NET Core, React, and TypeScript.
- Experience developing and integrating REST APIs, and basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
- Confident use of Git for version control and collaboration within a development team; experience with CI/CD processes and Azure DevOps or GitHub.
- Knowledge of agile working methods and active participation in team planning, delivery, and continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of Entity Framework and experience with automated testing and code reviews are an asset.
- Experience using ServiceNow is an asset.
- Analytical mindset, with the ability to understand the wider business context and develop pragmatic, sustainable solutions suited to requirements.
- Structured, independent working style, willingness to share knowledge, and an open, constructive, team-oriented approach to collaboration.
- Good knowledge of either German or French, as well as good knowledge of English.
Skills
Experience
At least three years of relevant professional experience in web application development.
Education
Completed vocational training as an application development IT specialist (CFC), an IT diploma at ES, UAS or university level, or an equivalent qualification.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Benefits
Continuing education opportunities; internal mobility and career prospects; five or six weeks of annual leave depending on age and/or function; a 40-hour work week under the collective labor agreement; attractive salary policy and good social benefits; three weeks of parental leave for fathers and up to 19 weeks for mothers; company restaurant; employee discounts on Swatch Group and partner products; sports activities and company events; financial contribution toward health insurance.
Culture
ETA offers a workplace culture rooted in Swiss precision, technical mastery, and continuous innovation within the watchmaking industry. As an employer, it fosters collaboration between engineers, artisans, and production specialists, valuing reliability, quality, and the transmission of specialized expertise across generations.
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