The Role

You design, craft, and continuously improve the user experience of Manukai’s product. You will be responsible for creating intuitive, efficient, and visually compelling interfaces that solve real problems for our users in manufacturing and engineering. Working closely with the founders, engineers, and domain experts, you’ll shape how users interact with our tools and ensure usability is at the core of every product decision. As an early hire, you’ll play a central role in defining our design culture and UX strategy.

About You

You are a pragmatic designer with a strong product sense and a user-centered mindset. You thrive in fast-moving environments and enjoy wearing multiple hats—researching, wireframing, prototyping, testing, and polishing. You’re a self-starter who contributes proactively and is excited to co-create a meaningful solution from the ground up. You are based in, or eligible to work in, Switzerland.

Responsibilities

– Lead the end-to-end design of user interfaces—from user flows and wireframes to high-fidelity mockups and prototypes

– Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and domain experts to turn complex workflows into simple, elegant solutions

– Conduct user research and usability testing to validate and refine design decisions

– Maintain and evolve a consistent design language across the product

– Advocate for design best practices and ensure our users’ voices are reflected in product decisions

– Balance short-term iterations with long-term UX vision

Required Skills

– Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

– Demonstrated track record in UX design and human-centered design, with practical experience applying UX methodologies to real-world products

– Proficiency with Figma

– Ability to communicate ideas clearly through wireframes, prototypes, and documentation

– Ability to conduct field research and translate insights into design solutions

Advantageous:

– Master’s degree or further training in Design, HCI, or related fields

– Experience designing for technical or industrial user personas (e.g., engineers, operators)

– Familiarity with Angular, React, or similar frontend frameworks

– Good understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and monitoring

– Experience in databases

You receive

– Personal growth potential: You will be a key member and be part of the success story

– Personal development: Free time to follow your personal interests and goals

– Time Off and Flexibility: Generous vacation and flexible work hours

Join us

Please send your application to webepasc@manukai.ch. Also, consider other opportunities at Manukai www.manukai.ch/career

The Role
You design, develop, and continuously improve Manukai’s solution. You will be responsible for driving architectural direction and roadmap execution. You will closely work with the founders and the engineering team to create highly operable, scalable, and maintainable products. As an early hire of Manukai, you will become a key member of our startup. We anticipate your proactive contribution of innovative ideas to shape our product and company.

About You
You are a team player with a profound interest in technical challenges. You appreciate short decision-making processes and are capable of autonomously bringing your ideas to fruition. You bring your voice to the table in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews. You are enthusiastic about your work, and you remove hurdles. You can work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements. You are eligible to work in Switzerland.

Responsibilities
– Develop and maintain the backbone of Manukai’s software stack
– Automate and optimize processes and workflows
– Deep dive into our users’ problems to find and create efficient solutions
– Maintain good software quality and sustainable development. Review code developed by other team members and you provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., accuracy, testability, efficiency, and style)

Required Skills
– Advanced Degree (MSc or PhD) in a quantitative field; OR 3+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree

– Good knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as C++ and C# .NET

– Strong software design and agile development skills

– Extensive knowledge of UNIX-like and Windows operating systems

– Experience in profiling and improving application platforms

– Extensive knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems

– Experience in databases integration, build, deployment and monitoring

– Good understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and monitoring

Advantageous:
– Experience in CNC machining technologies such as machines and machining processes, controllers, CAD, CAM, and simulation software.

– Experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript Framework

– Knowledge of machine learning algorithms and tools (e.g., Tensorflow or PyTorch)

– Open Source References (GitHub, Publications, Kaggle, or similar)

You receive
– Personal growth potential: You will be a key member and be part of the success story

– Personal development: Free time to follow your personal interests and goals

– Time Off and Flexibility: Generous vacation and flexible work hours

Join us!
Please send your application to wadaniel@manukai.ch, including a short motivational letter.

The Role
As a Full Stack Engineer, you will work with external customers and internal partners across all engineering disciplines. The applications you build will empower our customers to access Manukai’s software stack in a user-friendly way.  You combine passion for outstanding customer service with a product mindset to ensure high-class user experience. You manage shipping, technical integrations, UI/UX design, and you have a desire to improve the overall satisfaction of our customers. You will work closely with the founders of Manukai and become a key member of our startup. We anticipate your proactive contribution of innovative ideas to shape our product and company.

About You
You are a team player with a profound interest in technical challenges. You appreciate short decision-making processes, and you are capable of autonomously bringing your ideas to fruition. You are enthusiastic about your work and willing to go the extra mile. You are eligible to work in Switzerland.

Responsibilities
– Craft aesthetically and functionally flawless web and desktop applications
– Maintain good software quality and sustainable development. Review code developed by other team members and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., accuracy, testability, efficiency, and style)
– Collaborate with peers on architecture and design
– Deep dive into our customers’ problems to find and create efficient solutions

Required Skills
– Degree in a quantitative field from a university or a university of applied sciences (BSc, MSc)
– Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
– Experience with version control, build systems, package management, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts

Advantageous:
– Front-end development experience in Angular, Electron, and Three.js
– Knowledge of C++, C# (.NET), or other object-oriented languages
– Knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server
– Expertise in profiling and improving application performance

You receive
– Personal growth potential: You will be a key member and be part of the success story
– Personal development: Free time to follow your personal interests and goals
– Time off and flexibility: Generous vacation and flexible work hours

Join us!
Please send your application to wadaniel@manukai.ch, including a short motivational letter.

The Role
You automate manufacturing processes to enhance productivity and efficiency. Similar to a research environment, you advance algorithms, conduct experiments, and evaluate the system's performance. You are responsible for developing and maintaining an AI infrastructure, from the conceptualization and creation of a working prototype, to the delivery and operation of the product. You will closely work with the founders of Manukai and become a key member of our startup. We anticipate your proactive contribution of innovative ideas to shape our product and company.

About You
You are a team player with a profound interest in technical challenges. You appreciate short decision-making processes and are capable of autonomously bringing your ideas to fruition while also being proactive in seeking advice when needed. You are enthusiastic about your work and willing to go the extra mile. You are eligible to work in Switzerland.

Responsibilities
– Develop a pipeline for feature detection algorithms and similarity search on 3D objects
– Implement state-of-the-art sequence-to-sequence modeling methods
– Create an optimization pipeline leveraging Manukai’s state-of-the-art algorithms
– Maintain good software quality and sustainable development. Review code developed by other team members and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., accuracy, testability, efficiency, and style)

Required Skills
– Advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in a quantitative field
– Proficiency with machine learning algorithms and tools (preferably in Python, e.g., Tensorflow or PyTorch)
– Knowledge of state-of-the-art deep learning methods like GNNs, CNNs, Transformers, Image Processing and Segmentation
– Experience in software development


Advantageous:
– Experience with CAD/CAM software and CNC machining technology
– Open Source References (GitHub, Publications, Kaggle, or similar)

You receive
– Personal growth potential: You will be a key member and be part of the success story
– Personal development: Free time to follow your personal interests and goals
– Time Off and Flexibility: Generous vacation and flexible work hours

Join us!
Please send your application to wadaniel@manukai.ch, including a short motivational letter.

The Role

You automate manufacturing processes to enhance productivity and efficiency. You will interface Manukais’ algorithms with NC codes. You engage throughout the whole software development lifecycle of services – from inception to design, deployment, operation, and iterative refinement. You will closely work with the founders and the engineering team to create highly operable, scalable, and maintainable products. We anticipate your creativity and proactive contribution of innovative ideas to shape our product and company.

About You

You are a team player with a profound interest in technical challenges. You appreciate short decision-making processes and are capable of autonomously bringing your ideas to fruition while also being proactive in seeking advice when needed. You are enthusiastic about your work and willing to go the extra mile. You can work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements. You are eligible to work in Switzerland.

Responsibilities

— Design and implement NC code optimization algorithms

— Interface Manukai’s solutions with NC code

— Build a geometry database

— Maintain good software quality and sustainable development.

Required Skills

— Degree in a quantitative field

— Knowledge of Python

— Basic Knowledge of NC code

— Know-How of software design principles

—Understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and monitoring

Advantageous:

— Experience with relevant CNC machining technologies such as machines and machining processes, controllers, CAD, CAM, and simulation software.

— Open-Source references (GitHub, Publications, Kaggle, or similar)

You receive

— Personal growth potential: You will be a key member and be part of the success story

— Personal development: Free time to follow your personal interests and goals

— Time Off and Flexibility: Generous vacation and flexible work hours

Join us!

Please send your application to wadaniel@manukai.ch, including a short motivational letter. Also, consider other opportunities at Manukai www.manukai.ch/career

Couldn’t find the role you’re looking for? We’d still love to meet you — together, we might find the perfect fit!

Please send your application to wadaniel@manukai.ch, including a short motivational letter.