Best 14 job boards for Software Engineers in Switzerland

In today's world, driven by constant growth in technology, the demand for software engineers is here to stay. Chances are, your company is also looking for this kind of specialists, such as web developers, full-stack engineers, front-end developers, DevOps engineers and many others. The internal Swiss market is very competitive as well, where all the Swiss companies are fighting each other for talents and even with engineers coming from other countries, it is still not enough.

How to satisfy the demand? What are the best places to search for software engineers? In this article, we will try to answer this question and discuss the best websites you can use when looking for top talents. 

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Niche job boards in Switzerland

1 — SwissDevJobs.ch

• Pricing: 390 CHF for 60 days, 590 CHF for unlimited time (until you hire) | possible discounts for early-stage startups & academia.
• Audience: 218'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• 20+ candidates per job post.
• Automatic import of job posts from another sources.
• Jobs are also published in the company's newsletter (over 5000 subscribers) and shared on social media channels (over 14'000 followers).

We could be a bit based, but we believe SwissDevJobs is the easiest to handle and most convenient job board on the list. Every day, many companies find new employees on here with great success. 

As software developers ourselves, we tried to create the best place possible for all the IT-people out there. A place where everyone would feel comfortable looking for a new position in the industry - a fully transparent and developer-friendly job board.

So, why is that and how is it different from other job boards?

• Transparency and clarity of job postings. You always know what to expect before opening an offer.
• Quick search. If you are looking for a job in a specific technology and a particular city (or fully remote position), you can get from the main site to relevant offers in just 2 clicks! 
• Precise filtering. An option to specify the size of the company, its type, required languages & tech stack, benefits and experience level - all from one tab!
• It's also hard to miss our job map with the locations of all the job postings. This way, you won’t have to google-map every interesting company.

2 — itjobs.ch

• Pricing: 450 CHF per month for single job posting.
• Audience: 44'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Importing of job posts from outside sources.

One of the leading IT job boards in Switzerland. Caters to a wide range of IT specialists: Software Developers, Security Specialists, Consultants, Helpdesk Engineers etc.

By publishing job advertisements and managing job mail subscriptions and candidate profiles, the portal creates a direct and easy connection between employees and employers. 

Wide variety of category selection helps candidates choose the best possible job offer.

3 — jobchannel network

• Pricing: from 660 CHF for job posting.
• Audience: 20'000 visits combined as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Easy import of job posts from outside sources and company websites
• jobchannel SMART platform carefully analyses performance of your job advertisements

software-job.ch & it-jobs-switzerland.ch are another big players on the Swiss IT job market scene. Part of the jobchannel-Netzwerk (jobchannel ag)  - a strong network of professional, industry and regional job platforms.
The whole network consists of over 150 clearly addressed specialized job platforms.

Publishing job ads is done via jobchannel SMART platform where you can easily publish your jobs, automatically with the right product for the level of difficulty of your job ad
target your audience, measure and analyse the performance of your job ads, and answer applications with just one click.

it-jobs-switzerland.ch is the more international and English-speaking oriented of this two. The network also includes technology specific websites like java-jobs.ch or data-jobs.ch

4 — ictjobs.ch

• Pricing: from 380 CHF for individual advertisement with access to the applicant profiles, 60 days duration.
• Audience: 37'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Maximum reach thanks to publication of job ads in the portal’s partner network.
• Strong industry presence in the editorial environment of Swiss IT specialist media.

ictjobs.ch is a specialized online job market aimed at specialists and managers, as well as employers from all areas of IT and telecommunication.
Publishing a job advertisement, you can gain not only visibility on the website, but also access to resumes and profiles of thousands of candidates. The package also includes free publication on the portal’s social media channels.
The website’s publication network ensures your presence in the editorial environment of various Swiss IT specialist online media.

5 — ictcareer.ch

• Pricing: single job ad starts from 650 CHF per month (includes visibility on jobs.ch).
• Audience: 8'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Part of the leading digital company in the Swiss employment market, which guarantees the high quality of the services offered.
• Precise categorization by technology and city/region.

ictcareer is part of the JobCloud, the leading company for the Swiss employment market, best known for the job portals jobs.ch and jobup.ch. With the 20 years of experience in the online job market scene, you can be assured of the high quality of the offering products. 
The whole job adding process is managed via the JobCloud platform. Posting your advertisements on ictcareer.ch, you also gain visibility on jobs.ch - the biggest job board in Switzerland.

6 — itrockt.ch job-plattform 

• Job platform dedicated for associated ICT companies of the Eastern Switzerland

<IT>rockt! is the ICT (information and communication technologies) cluster of eastern Switzerland. The initiative is an association of ICT companies, educational institutes and network partners in the region. 

All the associated partners have the possibility to publish their jobs on a dedicated subpage.

7 — jobs.myScience

• Pricing: from 480 CHF for a 30-day job advertisement.
• Audience: 52'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Job portal for scientists, engineers and researchers in Switzerland.

myScience is the career and information portal in science, engineering and research with more than 90'000 visitors per month.
Recruiting on jobs.myScience is the ideal solution for R&D companies and institutions looking for highly qualified staff, scientitsts, researchers or engineers.
Job offers are also published on the partnered portals, as well as on the myScience Network and on myScience International (myScience.org).

General job boards in Switzerland

General job portals have a much larger audience, but are often not the best way to find talented candidates. Engineers these days prefer a more customized approach, with better transparency and filtering options that are offered only by niche job platforms.

8 — LinkedIn

• Pricing: free basic job posts & pay-per-click type pricing, where you can set your maximum budget.
• Audience: 1'600'000'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• The most popular professional networking site.
• Clear job listings.

The biggest social network for professionals but apart from that, LinkedIn earns its reputation as one of the most popular job search websites out there - mainly because of the two key features:

• Easy, step-by-step job adding process and clear job listings with great search capabilities for candidates.
• Bootstrapping candidates networking outreach that helps with sourcing qualified candidates. Candidates can share rich profiles and connect with key industry players with just one click.

The whole job adding process is managed via the LinkedIn Recruiter hiring platform.

9 — Indeed

• Pricing: free tier or pay-per-click type pricing for sponsored posts.
• Audience: 1'500'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• The biggest source of job posts in the world.

Indeed has earned the title of the world's largest job board, attracting millions of monthly visitors. 
Apart from that, it also aggregates postings from various other websites and sources, offering many benefits for recruiters and applicants.

Employers can post jobs for free or use the sponsored posting feature to gain more exposure. Posting process is easy and straightforward, being held via the recrutier-dashboard.

Starting from 2020, Indeed has partnered with their sister company, Glassdor -  the worldwide leader in insights about jobs and companies. Choosing the co-branded premium bundle, employers can reach jobseekers on both Glassdoor and Indeed.

10 — JobCloud network 

• Pricing: free tier for small businesses (ad visible only in the mobile app) | 650 CHF per month for Starter account (single post).
• Audience: around 3'000'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Switzerland's biggest general job portals.
• One place to manage job ads on various job boards.

jobs.ch is Switzerland's leading online job portal, part of the company JobCloud AG, which runs the platform. JobCloud's portfolio not only includes the three regional market leaders jobs.ch, jobup.ch and jobscout.ch, but also the two executive platforms ALPHA.CH and Topjobs.ch as well as other various market-specific job boards. 
By creating an account on jobcloud.ch, you are not only gaining access to job listings on jobs.ch and jobup.ch, but also other, more specialized portals at the same time.

11 — talent.com

• Pricing: individual assessment with a free job ad posting option.
• Audience: 680'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• One of the largest job search engines.
• Integration with all the popular ATS solutions. 

Talent.com main goal is to centralize all jobs available on the web, whether they come from companies'​ websites, staffing agencies or job boards. While mainly being a job search engine and aggregator, it also offers a possibility to post your own, targeted job advertisements.
Availability of salary searches and tax calculator add-ons attract more jobseekers.

12 — jobagent.ch

• Pricing: individual assessment.
• Audience: 226'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Top job search engine in Switzerland.

Jobagent is a platform that focuses on retrieving jobs postings in Switzerland from all over the internet and helping match recruiters and jobseekers. Considered as one of the top semantic job search engines on the market. It attracts many applicants, because of the precise search results and wide filtering options. 
Recruiters must contact the team to publish an advert.

13 — CH Media regional boards

• Pricing:  from 420 CHF for a 30-day job advertisement.
• Audience: 265'000 visits combined as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Job boards focused on specific regions of Switzerland.

ostjob.ch is the leading job portal for Eastern Switzerland, where jobseekers will find the latest job offers from the cantons of St. Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell, Zurich and Graubünden.
On the other hand, zentraljob.ch aims at the central regions of the country: Lucerne, Zug, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Uri, Schwyz and the surrounding regions.

The portals offer an intuitive search engine, clear job postings and an extensive advice section. Candidates can also be regularly informed about suitable job offers via Jobmail. 
There is a broad product portfolio for employers – from individual advertisements, through subscriptions to additional placements in regional newspapers and news portals in Eastern and Central Switzerland.

14 — IamExpat.com jobs

• Pricing: free tier with the option of Premium account (299 Euro).
• Audience: 99'000 visits as of November 2022 (source: similarweb).
• Job board for companies searching for international candidates.

IamExpat Media is the leading English-language media platform for internationals in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands, providing current information, news, job listings, events and lifestyle tips.

Among all the provided services, there is also a job board, that helps recruiters attract skilled internationals and provides expats with a targeted, English-language job listing.
It’s a place mainly for companies looking for talented individuals from outside the Switzerland. 

Summary

The list above covers all the most important job boards and job search engines you can use to search for and hire top specialists in Switzerland. We tried to cover the main aspects that characterize each portal to help you out in choosing the best one for your specific needs. 
Already using some of the mentioned resources in your recruiting routine? Why not to try something different and see what response you get. Often trying something new can bring surprising results.