Kanton Zürich
Zürich
GVZ - APPLICATION DEVELOPER / FIRE SERVICE APPLICATION DEVELOPER 80%
- 29 September 2026
- 80%
- Zürich
About the job
For over 200 years, GVZ Building Insurance Canton Zurich has insured all buildings in the Canton of Zurich against fire and natural hazard damage and is committed to protecting people, animals, and property through prevention and intervention. Through our commitment to fire protection, natural hazard prevention, and the fire services, we ensure greater safety in the Canton of Zurich.
We are looking for a dedicated person to join us immediately or by arrangement as
APPLICATION DEVELOPER / FIRE SERVICE APPLICATION DEVELOPER 80%
How you can contribute with us
- Operation, maintenance, and further development of our own IT platforms and applications related to the management and alerting of fire services in the Canton of Zurich
- Design and implementation of new functions, modules, and interfaces (REST APIs)
- Ensuring availability, performance, and security during ongoing operations
- Building, maintaining, and further developing CI/CD pipelines and automated tests
- Service and operations management for our applications (incident, change, and release management)
- Technical documentation as well as collaboration with specialist departments, fire services, and external partners
What you bring with you
- Completed IT training (IT specialist EFZ or equivalent qualification)
- Experience with GitLab, PHP 8.x, OOP and design patterns, REST APIs, SQL and database design, MySQL, Composer, PHPUnit, performance optimisation, security best practices
- Additional: Experience with the Symfony framework (great advantage) and confident handling of Linux environments
- Flexible mindset that can quickly adapt to changing processes and situations
- Open-minded and committed personality with good software engineering know-how
- Fluent German and good English skills
- Desirable: Fire service experience
GVZ is an independent public company employing around 145 internal and 250 part-time staff. Become part of our team now – attractive working and employment conditions included.
Your benefits
Flexibility and freedom
Remuneration and social benefits
Mobility and health
Development and career
Do you have questions?
We are happy to assist you:
Klaudia Rzepa
HR Manager
044 308 21 65
klaudia.rzepa@gvz.ch
Klaudia Rzepa
HR Manager
044 308 21 65
klaudia.rzepa@gvz.ch
For technical enquiries, please contact:
Vasco Avanzini
Head of Alerting & Fire Service Applications
Tel: 044 308 22 32
vasco.avanzini@gvz.ch
Vasco Avanzini
Head of Alerting & Fire Service Applications
Tel: 044 308 22 32
vasco.avanzini@gvz.ch
Have we piqued your interest? We look forward to receiving your application, which you can submit online via the application button.
Would you like to learn more about us? Visit our website: www.gvz.ch
Would you like to learn more about us? Visit our website: www.gvz.ch
Workplace
GVZ Building Insurance Canton Zurich
Thurgauerstrasse 56
8050 Zurich
Thurgauerstrasse 56
8050 Zurich