English-speaking jobs in Zürich

  • 1,948 open roles list English as a requirement
  • 768 need no German (39%)
  • 445 posted in the last 7 days, by 877 employers
  • Updated 2 Nov 2026

Project Engineer

the i-engineers
English + GermanMid-level

What you would do

  • Plan and control projects for introducing software solutions at healthcare customers.
  • Work closely with customers and translate their requirements into the technical structure.
  • Act as Product Owner with functional responsibility for individual software modules.
  • Develop tailored solutions based on basic concepts.
  • Create offers and conduct negotiations with customers.
  • Create technical documentation of architectures, applications, and business processes.

Skills

Project ManagementSoftware ArchitectureProduct OwnershipRequirements AnalysisTechnical Documentation

Test Manager

Avaloq
English onlySeniorHybrid13 days ago

What you would do

  • Managing the customer's test campaigns (responsibility for SIT, contact person for the customer in UAT); executing SIT tests and resolving issues while supporting other testers; providing test reporting for the customer and management; monitoring defect deliveries and coordinating developer teams; continuously improving the test approach and designing a complete, sustainable test strategy; planning automation test requirements.

Skills

Test ManagementSIT TestingUAT CoordinationTest AutomationTest Reporting

Bar Supervisor

25hours Hotel Zurich West
English onlyJunior6 days ago

What you would do

  • Prepare and serve creative Spritz drinks, cocktails and long drinks for the restaurant and bar.
  • Advise guests on drinks and recommend suitable combinations.
  • Order and stock spirits and other drinks.
  • Ensure quality and attractive presentation of drinks.
  • Support the development of new Spritz creations.
  • Handle cash register activities and end-of-shift accounting.

Skills

Cocktail PreparationSpritz CreationSpirits & Liqueurs KnowledgeBar Stocking & OrderingCash Register Operations

Member of the Board of Directors

Extendis
English + GermanLead

What you would do

  • Serve as a member of the Board of Directors with overall responsibility for the committee under Art. 716a OR.
  • Act as technical sparring partner for management on IT, digitalization and AI.
  • Oversee strategy, supervision, risk and financial oversight, compliance and key projects and investments.
  • Critically support ERP projects including project plan, budget, milestones and go-live.
  • Evaluate and prioritize digitalization and AI projects and identify AI applications with measurable benefit.
  • Embed cybersecurity and information security in risk management.

Skills

SAP ImplementationSAP MigrationERP Project OversightIT StrategyDigitalization

Porter

Placid
English + German40%

What you would do

  • Cleaning work inside and around the house, including window cleaning.
  • Distributing laundry on the floors.
  • Performing minor repairs in the rooms.
  • Setting up seminar and banquet facilities.
  • Carrying out room cleaning duties.
  • Complying with hygiene regulations.

Skills

HousekeepingCleaning MachinesWindow CleaningMinor Room RepairsBanquet Setup

Teacher HKB b/d English

Sport Academy Zurich
English only20 days ago

What you would do

  • Teach weekly additional HKB b/d English lessons to a class of up to 12 learners.
  • Answer questions and actively identify individual weaknesses.
  • Practice with learners and ensure a good learning atmosphere.
  • Support all learners to improve in HKB b/d English.
  • Collect recurring problems and present and explain them briefly to all learners in the next lesson.
  • Teach one lesson per week (45 min) for a school year, excluding holidays and the week before holidays.

Skills

English InstructionLesson PlanningClassroom ManagementIndividualized Learning SupportHKB b/d Curriculum

Paid Social Specialist

EF
English only17 days ago

What you would do

  • Design, build, and manage dynamic ad templates and creative assets within Smartly.io for Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit, and other paid social platforms.
  • Produce personalised, data-driven ad variations at scale using creative automation.
  • Ensure scalable, on-brand ad production across paid social channels.

Skills

Smartly.ioPaid Social AdvertisingMeta AdsTikTok AdsSnapchat Ads

Project Redeploy Talent

Pfizer
English only

What you would do

  • Apply to internal redeployment openings before last day with Pfizer system access.
  • Answer 'Yes' to whether role has been impacted.
  • Upload a current resume with personal email.
  • Keep Workday profile up to date.
  • Proactively apply to openings of interest and for which qualified.
  • Monitor the internal career site and create job alerts.

Skills

WorkdayResume WritingJob MatchingTalent RedeploymentJob Alert Setup

Data Engineer

Vontobel
English only3 days ago

What you would do

  • Design scalable data solutions on a Snowflake-based platform.
  • Integrate data from across the organization.
  • Build trusted, reusable business objects using dbt and Data Vault.
  • Support analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making.

Skills

SnowflakedbtData VaultData IntegrationData Modeling

Deputy Head of Pâtisserie

Stiftung Arbeitskette
English + GermanSenior

What you would do

  • Lead the baking room and produce the full confectionery, pastry, dough, and dessert range plus the snack range.
  • Plan and present products for the shop and café.
  • Make special cakes.
  • Ensure timely production of the entire range.
  • Manage inventory and purchasing.
  • Perform quality controls of deliveries, storage, and product processing.

Skills

Pastry ProductionDough PreparationDessert CreationConfectioneryBaking

How much German you need

All39%
Junior34%
Mid-level31%
Senior47%
Lead53%
EnglishEnglish or GermanEnglish + German

Industries

EnglishEnglish + German
  • Technology962
  • Finance560
  • Consulting537
  • Manufacturing406
  • Healthcare270
  • Pharma191

Employers

EnglishEnglish + German
  • ETH Zürich57
  • PwC66
  • Hitachi Energy24
  • Pw26
  • Julius Baer20
  • Google15

Skills

EnglishEnglish + German
  • Python181
  • MS Office137
  • Stakeholder Management118
  • Project Management118
  • Team Leadership103
  • Risk Management71

Seniority and workload

  • Junior29%
  • Mid-level29%
  • Senior35%
  • Lead7%
  • 100% only37%
  • Range up to 100%39%
  • Part-time24%

New roles per week

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Questions

Can I work in Zürich without German?

Yes, in 39% of the roles listed here. 768 open roles require English only.

Which employers hire in English?

ETH Zürich, PwC, Hitachi Energy, Pw have the most English-only roles open now.

How we count

Open roles in the Zürich area whose posting lists English as a required language, checked daily. "English only" means no other language is required. Workload is taken from the posting text where stated. Recruitment agencies are excluded from the role sample.

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