What SwissDevJobs does

SwissDevJobs AG, founded in 2018 in Zurich by Greg Tomasik, operates the first developer-focused IT job board in Switzerland, presenting job postings with mandatory salary transparency, structured filters across 30+ technologies and 22 Swiss cities, and direct (no-recruiter) application routing. The platform serves Swiss IT hiring teams — ranging from early-stage startups to large financial and technology enterprises (e.g., Zurich Insurance, Swissquote, Swiss Post, Accenture, Proton AG, Raiffeisen Schweiz) — and IT professionals seeking roles such as Software Engineers, DevOps, QA, SAP consultants, Network Engineers, and UX/UI Designers. Supporting products include Transparent Company Profiles for employer branding, a Salary Statistics Database with city-specific benchmarks (average software developer salary CHF 106,300), the Talent Portal for centralized career management, native iOS/Android mobile applications launched in 2024, and an IT Job Market Report series.

The underlying technology is a web and mobile job board platform integrated with 50+ ATS systems (Greenhouse, Workable, Personio, BambooHR, Lever, iCIMS, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle Taleo, SmartRecruiters, Teamtailor) enabling multiposting from enterprise recruitment workflows. Revenue is generated primarily through tiered annual subscriptions for job postings (Basic, Business, Premium) with auto-refresh and manual-refresh cadences, employer branding upgrades, ATS integration/transaction fees, and a flat-rate Startup/NPO subscription tier. Distribution combines self-serve web posting, an editorial review process with 24-hour turnaround, a 14,000+ subscriber weekly email newsletter, SEO-driven technology- and city-specific landing pages, and ATS marketplace listings across 60+ recruitment platforms.

SwissDevJobs AG is a privately held Swiss Aktiengesellschaft (VAT CHE-251.140.233) with 1-10 employees, operating under license from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). It expands its brand through a family of sister job boards across 7 countries — GermanTechJobs.de, DevITJobs.uk, DevITJobs.nl, DevITJobs.com, DevITJobs.fr, and DevJob.ro — enabling localized developer-focused IT hiring across Europe and the US under a single corporate umbrella. The company is GDPR-compliant, has received 1st place in the ICT category at the Top 100 Swiss Startups 2025 and the SIQT Branchen-Champion 2024 award, and is consistently ranked among Switzerland's top online job portals by Handelszeitung.

Name

SwissDevJobs

Legal name

SwissDevJobs AG

Website

https://swissdevjobs.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SwissDevJobs AG operates Switzerland's first developer-focused IT job board with mandatory salary transparency and tech-stack filtering, serving 1,600+ Swiss employers — from startups to enterprises like Zurich Insurance and Accenture — alongside a 80,000+ monthly candidate base, and extending the model to six other country job boards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board (IT Recruitment Platform)

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote & Global/Multilingual Direct Hire (BPACAFAO)

Keywords

• IT job board
• Developer recruitment platform
• Tech stack filtering
• Salary transparency
• ATS integrations

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Fees: Companies pay to publish job ads on the platform with Basic, Business, and Premium pricing tiers. Job ads can be refreshed monthly to maintain visibility.
2. Premium Employer Branding: Transparent Company Profiles for enhanced employer branding presentation including videos, images, and answers to candidate FAQs.
3. ATS Multiposting Fees: Integration revenue through job board marketplace listings in ATS platforms under paid or premium sections.
4. Startup/NPO Subscriptions: Flat-rate annual subscriptions for early-stage startups and NGOs/NPOs starting from 3 job ads.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SwissDevJobs operates a developer-focused online job board platform for Switzerland that aggregates IT job postings from third-party employers and presents them with transparent salary ranges, structured tech-stack filters (30+ technologies, 22 Swiss cities), and direct-to-employer applications. Employers pay recurring subscriptions across Basic, Business, Premium, and Startup/NPO tiers to post jobs, access employer branding profiles, distribute via 50+ ATS integrations, and reach 80,000+ monthly users plus a 14,000+ subscriber weekly newsletter.

Product overview

SwissDevJobs is a single product platform — a developer-focused IT job board for Switzerland — that serves as the flagship brand of a job board family. The core offering is the SwissDevJobs.ch platform, which aggregates IT job postings and presents them with transparent salary ranges, structured technology filters, and a developer-first interface. Supporting modules include Transparent Company Profiles (employer branding), Salary Statistics Database (compensation benchmarking), Talent Portal (centralized career management and job alerts), mobile apps for Android and iOS, ATS Integrations (enabling posting from 50+ applicant tracking systems), a Weekly Job Newsletter (14,000+ subscribers), and annual IT Job Market Reports. The company also operates sister sub-brands for international markets: GermanTechJobs.de (Germany), DevITJobs.uk (UK), DevITJobs.nl (Netherlands), DevITJobs.com (global/US), DevITJobs.fr (France), and DevJob.ro (Romania).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SwissDevJobs.ch Job Board Platform Switzerland's first developer-focused IT job board aggregating job postings with transparent salary ranges, structured tech-stack filters (30+ technologies, 22 Swiss cities), and direct-to-company applications. Targeted at Swiss-based employers hiring software engineers, SAP specialists, system admins, product managers, QAs, and UX/UI designers.
• GermanTechJobs.de Developer-focused IT job board for Germany with salary transparency and tech-stack-filtered job listings, operating as part of the international job-board family.
• DevJob.ro Job board for IT and Software Developer positions in Romania, part of the international job-board family.
• DevITJobs.uk Developer-focused IT job board for the United Kingdom, part of the international job-board family.
• DevITJobs.nl Developer-focused IT job board for the Netherlands, part of the international job-board family.
• DevITJobs.com Global/US-focused developer job board, part of the international job-board family operated by SwissDevJobs AG.
• DevITJobs.fr Developer-focused IT job board for France, launched in 2025 as part of the international job-board family.
• SwissDevJobs iOS App Native iOS mobile application for accessing IT job listings in Switzerland on mobile devices.
• SwissDevJobs Android App Native Android mobile application for accessing IT job listings in Switzerland on mobile devices.
• Talent Portal Centralized career management platform enabling IT professionals to create a single profile with job preferences and set up granular job alerts across regional SwissDevJobs job boards, receiving email notifications when jobs match their criteria.
• Salary Statistics Database Compensation benchmarking tool providing salary data and percentiles for Software Developers in Switzerland, including city-specific salary information derived from 750+ job postings with disclosed salary ranges.
• ATS Integrations Integration service allowing employers to publish job ads directly from over 50 Applicant Tracking Systems (including Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, Personio, BambooHR, iCIMS, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle Taleo) by selecting SwissDevJobs in the ATS job board marketplace.
• Transparent Company Profiles Employer branding service allowing companies to present their employer brand with images, videos, and answers to the 12 most frequent questions candidates ask before applying, sold as part of the Premium subscription tier.
• Weekly Job Newsletter (Job Alert) Weekly email newsletter featuring the newest job postings published on the platform, distributed to 14,000+ subscribers and including employer job ads automatically after publication.
• IT Job Market Reports Annual reports aggregating developer survey responses and salary data to inform job seekers and hiring teams about the Swiss IT job market, positioning SwissDevJobs as a market reference.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80,000+ monthly users (2024)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration59 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rockstar Recruiting AGcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial recruitment partner in Switzerland, providing additional recruitment services and candidate sourcing for SwissDevJobs employers.
• ETH ZurichminorOthersCareer services partnership for student job postings and recruitment access to ETH Zurich students and graduates.
• University of ZurichminorOthersCareer services partnership for student and graduate job placement through UZH career services.
• KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyminorOthersInternational university partnership for connecting Swedish tech talent with Swiss job opportunities.
• University of Strathclyde GlasgowminorOthersInternational university partnership for connecting Scottish tech talent with Swiss job opportunities.
• University College CorkminorOthersInternational university partnership for connecting Irish tech talent with Swiss job opportunities.
• Basel HackminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Basel Hack hackathon event for developer community engagement and brand visibility.
• Make ZurichminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Make Zurich maker/hackathon event for tech community engagement.
• Constructor AcademyminorOthersPartnership with coding bootcamp for graduate placement and career services.
• GreenhousecoreTechnology or IntegrationATS integration enabling companies to post jobs directly from Greenhouse recruitment platform.
• WorkablecoreTechnology or IntegrationATS integration enabling companies to post jobs directly from Workable recruitment platform.
• PersoniocoreTechnology or IntegrationATS integration enabling companies to post jobs directly from Personio HR platform.
• BambooHRcoreTechnology or IntegrationATS integration enabling companies to post jobs directly from BambooHR platform.
• LevercoreTechnology or IntegrationATS integration enabling companies to post jobs directly from Lever recruitment platform.
• iCIMScoreTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise ATS integration for large-scale job distribution through iCIMS platform.
• SAP SuccessFactorscoreTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise HCM integration for job posting through SAP SuccessFactors.
• Oracle TaleocoreTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise ATS integration for job distribution through Oracle Taleo Cloud.
• TeamtailorcoreTechnology or IntegrationATS integration enabling companies to post jobs directly from Teamtailor recruitment platform.
• SmartRecruiterscoreTechnology or IntegrationATS integration for job distribution through SmartRecruiters platform.
• SwissPropTechminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Swiss PropTech association for tech industry community networking.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• jobs.ch: Switzerland's leading generalist job board. Direct regional competitor for employer job-posting budgets in Switzerland, particularly outside the pure-developer niche.

Direct peers

• Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent): Tech-focused startup job board with transparent salary ranges, tech-stack filters, and direct-to-company applications. Closest English-language analogue of the developer-first transparent hiring model.
• Hired (by LHH): Tech-focused reverse-recruitment marketplace connecting developers with pre-screened company openings. Comparable as a developer-vertical marketplace with curated matches.
• Dice: Long-standing US-focused tech job board serving developers and IT professionals. Comparable as a tech-vertical job board, though broader in role coverage than SwissDevJobs.
• Honeypot: Europe-based developer-focused talent marketplace with a curated profile model and tech-stack filtering. Closest direct analogue to SwissDevJobs in vertical developer hiring with a regional European footprint.
• Built In: Network of city-focused, tech-vertical job boards and employer branding content for developers. Comparable as a vertical job-board operator with employer branding modules, content marketing, and ATS distribution.
• Arbeitnow: European tech-focused job board with developer-friendly tagging, sponsorship filters, and remote listings. Comparable as a niche vertical board serving European developers.

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: World's largest generalist job aggregator with significant Swiss/German inventory. Competes with SwissDevJobs primarily on employer-side buyer demand for job-posting spend and on candidate-side SEO reach.
• LinkedIn: Global incumbent job platform with strong IT/developer surface area and broad employer base. The dominant competing channel but not vertical-specialized; primary indirect competitor for both supply and demand sides.

Emerging players

• Joblift: European job aggregator with verticality filters including developer roles. Comparable as a tech-aware aggregator but with a broader geographic focus; relevant for Swiss and German demand-side overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SwissDevJobs

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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