{ "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5204086008": { "company": "Anthropic", "title": "Solutions Architect, Applied AI", "decision": "skip", "note": "BLOCKED on Phase 0 JD read: requires native/C1 German AND French (he has no French — config.md). Also a pre-sales role (5+ yrs SA/SE/TAM, partner with AEs, buying cycles), not his hands-on Staff Data/AI Eng profile. Keyword score masked both. Lesson: read JD before shortlisting SA-titled roles.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/116958340671513286-staff-forward-deployed-engineer-genai-google-cloud?location=Switzerland": { "company": "Google", "title": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI, Google Cloud", "decision": "paused", "note": "Overlaps the PAUSED 'Google FDE GenAI (Zurich)' session (GenAI evidence gap; was redirecting to data-eng/MLOps). Reassess via the Cloud/FDE platform angle rather than GenAI. Reuse existing FDE drafts.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/job/2012401/Senior-Software-Engineer-Agent-Datapath-eBPF-Isovalent": { "company": "Cisco", "title": "Senior SW Engineer, Agent & Datapath (eBPF) - Isovalent", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "Cilium/eBPF cloud-native platform eng, CH-based. Strong on-thesis infra role.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.lever.co/quantco-/a7c4f142-b1ad-449c-a18e-bdbda41a3f86": { "company": "QuantCo", "title": "Cloud Engineer", "decision": "applied", "note": "k8s/cloud at high-comp boutique, Zurich hub. On platform thesis. | SENT 2026-06-01 (resume+CL finalized, ~82/100).", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.lever.co/quantco-/67757fe8-3582-4bdd-aa7d-98fa490bde84": { "company": "QuantCo", "title": "AI Engineer", "decision": "maybe", "note": "High score but more ML-leaning than his platform thesis; prefer the Cloud Engineer role. Revisit only if framed as AI-platform/infra.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/job/UK-Remote/Senior-Solutions-Architect--HPC-and-AI_JR2007074": { "company": "NVIDIA", "title": "Senior Solutions Architect, HPC and AI", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "SA track (preferred over SWE at NVIDIA per profile). Remote UK/DE.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/5d344194-bbf0-48ce-bafd-f27c51b185b8": { "company": "Kraken", "title": "Solutions Architect - Payward Services", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "Architect + crypto + trading; remote incl. CH. Kraken has a prior package (AI Infrastructure session, 84.5/100) to draw on. Crypto background differentiating.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/4aacc5a1-a848-4b68-90b8-958b6e4a2d0b": { "company": "Kraken", "title": "AI Agents Solutions Architect - HR", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "Agentic + Python + crypto SA. HR-domain variant (also Finance/Compliance variants exist).", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://bitcoin-suisse.onlyfy.jobs/job/fkt5dq31d58r2hdoa1pnyp6gykgpuu9": { "company": "Bitcoin Suisse", "title": "Solution Architect Trading", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "Crypto-native, architect, trading; Zug. Crypto background differentiating.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://job.bkw.com/offene-stellen/solution-architect-energiehandel-alle/99b88701-e999-4ff3-9585-b19963ed8237": { "company": "BKW (Bern)", "title": "Solution Architect Energiehandel", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "Bern WLB tier (lower comp OK). Energy-trading architect, local. The flagged Energiehandel role.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://job.bkw.com/offene-stellen/senior-quant-risk-modeller-all/1bb5e5b5-35d8-410f-b3d1-c156e6f9114c": { "company": "BKW (Bern)", "title": "Senior Quant Risk Modeller", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "Bern WLB tier; trading/quant, local. Fits energy-trading interest.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/100214884188201670-senior-research-data-scientist-merchant-shopping-data-science?location=Switzerland": { "company": "Google", "title": "Senior Research Data Scientist, Merchant Shopping", "decision": "skip", "note": "Research / model-building, off-thesis (he targets data-eng/platform/infra, not DS research).", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5197714008": { "company": "Anthropic", "title": "Senior Security SW Engineer, Linux Kernel Security", "decision": "skip", "note": "Kernel C / systems-security, off his stack (Python/Java/data-platform).", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/e7480aaf-0a1b-4ed4-a047-37cc5b3b88a3": { "company": "Kraken", "title": "Account Executive, Trading-as-a-Service", "decision": "skip", "note": "Sales (AE), not engineering. Scored high on crypto/trading keywords only.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/083afacb-edf7-4920-8428-e6c6fb7aecc9": { "company": "Kraken", "title": "Senior Sales Trader, EMEA", "decision": "skip", "note": "Sales/trading desk, not engineering.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/ff2129b4-2fc9-4e8e-9c92-777279b377fe": { "company": "Kraken", "title": "Product Manager - Prop Trading - Breakout", "decision": "skip", "note": "PM, not engineering.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/2bb8285f-d45a-441b-8628-983a101006ce": { "company": "Kraken", "title": "Staff Product Designer - Consumer", "decision": "skip", "note": "Design, not engineering.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/126509648931889862-senior-staff-software-engineer-automotive-ai?location=Switzerland": { "company": "Google", "title": "Senior Staff SW Engineer, Automotive AI", "decision": "skip", "note": "C++/automotive, weaker fit vs his Python/data-platform stack.", "date": "2026-06-01" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/snowflake/3eea87fa-73c8-46dc-b69b-7beb438b48d8": { "company": "Snowflake", "title": "Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise (Observe by Snowflake)", "decision": "applied", "note": "Observability-spine SWE on an Iceberg telemetry lakehouse; Zurich-commutable, comp CHF 176-253k base clears bar. Best-fit role in the 2026-06 search. | SENT 2026-06-06 (resume+CL finalized, ~86/100).", "date": "2026-06-08" }, "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/87066954308690630-senior-data-engineer?location=Switzerland": { "company": "Google", "title": "Senior Data Engineer (Merchant Data Science)", "decision": "applied", "note": "Tier-1 DE fit; self-serve data products = team charter; Zurich team. | SENT 2026-06-15 (resume+CL finalized, 85.5/100). Clarify L4/L5 + comp 180k+ at recruiter stage. ADVANCED 2026-06-17: invited to 30-min Google Hiring Assessment.", "date": "2026-06-15" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/c331de1b-b75a-48f5-9d19-0e56ccb935ab": { "company": "Kraken (Payward)", "title": "Site Reliability Engineer, AI Agents", "decision": "rejected", "note": "Crypto-native + production-ML edge; remote CH-eligible. Honest gaps: no Terraform/SRE-title/LangGraph. | SENT 2026-06-15 (87.2/100). REJECTED 2026-06-17, no interview — honest infra/SRE gaps likely the filter.", "date": "2026-06-15" }, "https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/200040836": { "company": "Microsoft", "title": "Senior Software Engineer (ISE, Zürich)", "decision": "applied", "note": "TOP CANDIDATE 2026-07-03 run. ISE = MSFT forward-deployed org (ex-CSE): co-engineering with strategic customers. IC4, published base CHF 146.2-245.9k clears bar; German explicitly beneficial; travel up to 25%; AI/LLM reqs are integration-side (RAG, prompt eng, model monitoring) not model-building. Zürich hybrid from Bern. | SENT 2026-07-03 (resume+CL finalized, 85.8/100).", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://jobs.ruag.ch/offene-stellen/senior-devops-engineer-c5i/3b3093ab-badc-4e95-8166-0f6ee32c18d0": { "company": "RUAG (Thun/Bern)", "title": "Senior DevOps Engineer C5I", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "Bern-local WLB-exception tier. English-first (German a plus); Linux/Docker+K8s/Python/GitLab CI/Prometheus-Grafana-ELK = core DevOps lane; analytics-platform ops for Army Cyber Command (C5I, 260p unit, DevSecOps). No citizenship gate in JD (only criminal-record/debt excerpts) but verify clearance as German citizen. Comp likely lateral (market + 13th month) — local tier has relaxed bar. Contact: recruiting-c5i@ruag.ch.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8522408002": { "company": "GitLab", "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer - Germany (Staff)", "decision": "shortlist", "note": "Remote-CH eligible Staff FDE (Duo Agent Platform adoption, regulated/self-managed envs). CAUTION: JD body says 'strategic accounts in the APJ region' despite Germany title — clarify region/timezone with recruiter before tailoring. Gaps: Ruby/Go ideal, Terraform/Ansible/Helm expected (Kraken-style honest gap), GitLab-internals depth. Travel up to 50%.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/135155660865053382-staff-research-generative-ai-cloud-ai-research-coscientist?location=Switzerland": { "company": "Google", "title": "Staff Research, Generative AI, Cloud AI Research, Co-Scientist", "decision": "skip", "note": "Research-scientist role (model-building at top lab) — off-positioning per user_positioning. Scout top-score is a false positive.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/489f8e7d-e887-46a1-b524-223c8b537523": { "company": "Kraken (Payward)", "title": "Senior Product Manager - Trading-as-a-service", "decision": "skip", "note": "PM role, not engineering.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/3096a5c6-a4fc-4b09-9953-aefd72d423f3": { "company": "Kraken (Payward)", "title": "Web and Brand Designer - Breakout Prop", "decision": "skip", "note": "Design role; noise match on crypto/trading keywords.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8598430002": { "company": "Databricks", "title": "Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Full stack", "decision": "skip", "note": "UK-anchored (London / Remote-UK), not CH-eligible.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8574912002": { "company": "Databricks", "title": "Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering - EMEA", "decision": "skip", "note": "People-manager req, NL/UK-anchored.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/6095341004": { "company": "Grafana Labs", "title": "Senior Field Engineer | Germany | Remote", "decision": "skip", "note": "Germany-fenced + Grafana geo-indexed comp below bar (prior finding job_scout_overscoring_findings).", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/6103688004": { "company": "Grafana Labs", "title": "Staff Software Engineer - Databases SRE | Germany | Remote", "decision": "skip", "note": "Germany-fenced + below-bar geo-indexed comp; SRE-internals off-lane.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/6105595004": { "company": "Grafana Labs", "title": "Staff Software Engineer - Identity and Access | Ireland | Remote", "decision": "skip", "note": "Ireland-only.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8522265002": { "company": "GitLab", "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer - UK", "decision": "skip", "note": "UK-only; the Germany req (8522408002) is the CH-eligible one.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://novartis.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/job/Basel-City/Associate-Director--Solution-Architect-Innovation---Delivery_REQ-10081010-1": { "company": "Novartis", "title": "Associate Director, Solution Architect Innovation & Delivery", "decision": "skip", "note": "HARD GATE: minimum 5+ years life-sciences/pharma industry — he has none. Role is innovation-scouting advisory in biomedical research. SA-overscoring pattern again; comp band 122.5-227.5k moot.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://novartis.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/job/Basel-City/Associate-Director-and-Senior-Principal--AI-Methods---AI-for-Research--AI4R-_REQ-10080934-1": { "company": "Novartis", "title": "Associate Director and Senior Principal, AI Methods, AI4R", "decision": "skip", "note": "AI-research-methods role — off-positioning (thin core-AI/ML).", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://job.bkw.com/offene-stellen/strategy-manager-alle/4592fedf-fd86-436c-91d2-f1d2752f8b90": { "company": "BKW (Bern)", "title": "Strategy Manager (alle)", "decision": "skip", "note": "Non-engineering; BKW lateral tier already declined once.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ashby/c3c7125d-7883-4dff-a2bf-f5a55de4a364": { "company": "Ashby (via getro 'Coinbase Ventures')", "title": "Staff Software Engineer, Product Engineering, EU", "decision": "skip", "note": "Ashby-the-company again (getro alias trap, prior finding); stale posting (2025-11); product full-stack off-lane.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://careers.datadoghq.com/detail/4599148/?gh_jid=4599148": { "company": "Datadog", "title": "Senior Software Engineer - Backend", "decision": "skip", "note": "France/EMEA-anchored; CH employment not offered on this req.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://jobs.elastic.co/jobs?gh_jid=8002555&gh_jid=8002555": { "company": "Elastic", "title": "Principal Software Engineer I - Distributed Systems - Elasticsearch", "decision": "skip", "note": "Elasticsearch-core internals (distributed systems / search engine) — depth mismatch vs data-platform profile despite Java.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/112755499450933958-software-engineer-iii-aiml-google-cloud-automotive?location=Switzerland": { "company": "Google", "title": "Software Engineer III, AI/ML, Google Cloud, Automotive", "decision": "skip", "note": "SWE III = L4/mid — level-down vs senior target; automotive AI/ML flavor. Assessment pass reserved for L5 reqs.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/106146979301466822-staff-software-engineer-security-internal-developer-platform?location=Switzerland": { "company": "Google", "title": "Staff Software Engineer, Security, Internal Developer Platform", "decision": "skip", "note": "8y security-specialization minimum — hard gate.", "date": "2026-07-03" }, "https://jobs.sbb.ch/v2/offene-stellen/sap-consultant-invoice-to-pay-m-w-d/45bf64e8-fd05-4364-8fc8-da7002dd50d5": { "company": "SBB", "title": "SAP Consultant Invoice-to-Pay", "decision": "skip", "note": "SAP consulting, off-lane.", "date": "2026-07-03" } }