Senior Azure Platform Engineer ​- ​​​AI​ &​​ ​Data​​ ​(f/m/d)​​​ 100%

Help shape what's next for the industry - with Orderfox.

Own the platform that powers AI agents at scale.

At Orderfox, we’re building AI agents that turn manufacturing data into action - identifying suppliers, revealing capacity, and enabling faster, smarter decisions. We're scaling quickly beyond CNC into injection moulding, sheet metal, additive manufacturing, and robotics.

Our Azure platform is live and delivering value. Now we’re standardising and hardening it into a repeatable foundation for more agents, higher data volumes, and new verticals - this is where you come in.

As Senior Azure Platform Engineer, you’ll own the platform’s evolution and readiness for what’s next.

You'll report to the CTO, work in a strong ~15-person engineering team, and ship with high autonomy - clear outcomes, fast decisions, no micromanagement, no heavyweight specs. We work AI-first (Claude, Cursor, Azure CLI) and favour building over meetings and slide decks.

What you'll make happen

Platform & Infrastructure ownership

Own and evolve our Azure environment (Container Apps, Functions, storage, networking, data pipelines)

Scale our scraping and vision extraction systems as data volumes grow

Automate provisioning and operations (IaC where it fits, AI-assisted tooling where it’s faster) -automation over manual work

Build observability that’s actionable: monitoring, alerting, and cost tracking that actually helps

DevOps & Team Enablement

• Create CI/CD pipelines that let engineers ship agents fast and safely
• Keep the engineering team unblocked on infrastructure topics (deployments, environments, access, tooling)
• Establish patterns and standards that make the platform easier to build on (templates, conventions, guardrails)
• Document key decisions and systems clearly so the team scales without tribal knowledge

Platform Evolution

• Architect for future needs: MLOps readiness, multi-vertical scaling, and agent orchestration at scale
• Optimise Azure spend responsibly (including a $44 M commitment to use efficiently)
• Support Microsoft partnership requirements when needed (co-sell, marketplace)
• What eases your start

You

work

AI-

• first
• .

Claude, Cursor

and

Copilot

• are
• part of how you operate
• . You use

LL

• Ms to manage infrastr
• ucture
• , write automation

,

• debug faster, and
• solve
• operational
• problems
• -
• for this role,
• that’s
• essential
• .

You’

• re
• at home

on

Azu

re in real environments.

You’

• ve
• spent
• multiple (

5+

)

• years
• building

and

• running
• systems

on

Azure

.

Yo

• u
• know
• what it takes to
• operate
• reliably, and you have

a

• strong sense
• for when to use

Container Apps

vs.

Functions

• vs.
• other
• serverless
• patterns
• in practice
• .
• You automate by default
• .

Wh

• ether it’s
• Terraform, Bicep, or AI-assisted infrastructure management -
• you build
• automation that keeps the platform predictable, reproducible, and easy to run
• .
• You take o
• wners
• hip
• and communicate clearly
• .

You

• see
• what
• needs
• doing

and

• drive it forward
• -
• proa
• ctively and pragmatically.

You

• explain
• what
• you're
• building

(

and

• why
• ) in a way that keeps the team aligned and
• reduce
• s
• ambiguit
• y
• .

You’re

comfortable in

Pytho

• n
• when it
• helps.

You

script

,

• build
• internal
• tools

,

• and create small utilities that
• make
• systems
• easier

to

• operate
• and teams faster
• .

You'll stand out if you bring

Experience scaling data acquisition and pipelines (ETL, scraping, feature engineering, reliability at volume) · MLOps/DataOps exposure (Azure ML, Databricks, experiment tracking, model lifecycle thinking) · a track record of improving infrastructure without destabilising live systems · the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders in a crisp, pragmatic way

Practical requirements

Swiss

/

EU

/

• EFTA cit
• izen
• ship

or

a

• valid Swiss work permit AND a
• vailabil
• ity to work on-site in Zurich
• (this is not a fully remote role)
• This won't be right for you if

You

• prefer
• clean
• specs
• over
• open
• -
• ended
• problems
• and ownership

You

want

to

• design
• systems

,

• but not
• build

and

• run
• t hem

You

• ’re
• only interested in
• fully remote
• work

You're

looking

for

• a slow-
• moving

,

• highly
• structured
• environment
• What you can look forward to

An

• inspiring
• location

Our

Zurich

HQ

is

in

the

historic

Villa

Windegg

• in Seefeld -
• right
• by

the

• lake
• and just
• minutes
• from

Stadelhofen

station

,

with

parks

,

cafés

, and

• cultural
• spots
• nearby
• .

Flexibility

• that
• fits

: A 42-hour

• flexitime
• week

with

• regular
• office
• days

,

• home-office
• options

, and

the

opportunity

to

• work
• up

to

20

days

a

• year
• from
• abroad
• .

A

• team
• that
• moves

fast

Join

• a ~30-person international
• start-up
• where
• initiative,
• ownership
• , and quick
• decisions
• matter
• more
• than
• hierarchy
• .

Direct

access

to

the

• CTO and real
• influence

on

• technical
• direction
• .

Work

with

purpose

Contribute

to

• intelligent AI
• solutions
• that
• help
• industries
• solve
• real-
• world
• challenges
• .

Your

• infrastructure
• enables

the

AI

• agents
• our
• customers
• use
• -
• y
• ou'll
• own

the

• platform
• that
• makes
• it
• possible.

Benefits

• that
• support
• you

: 25

• vacation
• days

,

• additional
• company
• holidays

,

• full
• salary
• continuation
• during
• maternity

,

paternity

, and

• military
• leave
• , plus modern
• workspaces

,

snacks

, and

• evolving
• extras
• as
• we
• grow
• .
• What starts your journey with us
• We look forward to seeing how you think, build, and create impact.

Please apply via the "Apply for this position" button and include

Your CV - concise and outcome-focused, highlighting platforms you’ve owned, what you scaled, and the measurable impact (reliability, cost, deployment speed, automation, incident reduction).

Your diplomas and reference letters - to complete your profile

If available: GitHub, technical writing, or anything showing how you approach infrastructure

Here’s what happens next

• We review your application → we talk (structured interview) → you work on a take-home assignment → you get clear feedback and a decision.
• Have questions? Feel free to reach out at
• <[email hidden]>
• .
• Please note that applications submitted via email cannot be considered.
• Equal opportunity: We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, origin, sexual orientation, or religion.