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Software Engineering jobs in St. Gallen
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Technical Lead Automation Engineer PLC - R&D Chocolate & Flavor Creation
Buhler Group · St. Gallen
Apprenticeship as IT Specialist EFZ 2027
Stadler Rail · St. Gallen
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Frontify · St. Gallen
ICT Security Officer
Abraxas Informatik AG · St. Gallen
Site Reliability Engineer
Raiffeisen · St. Gallen
Research Associate / PhD Candidate in Building and Scaling Agentic AI in Organizations
University of St. Gallen · St. Gallen
ICT System Engineer
esolva ag · St. Gallen
Application Developer Java
Fust · St. Gallen
IT Specialist in Platform Development Apprentice
ELESTA GmbH · St. Gallen
AI Prototype Engineer
MS Direct AG · St. Gallen
Market report
The takeaway: Employers here most often ask for Microsoft 365 and Project Management. German is the most-requested language (91% of postings). Hiring spans junior to lead levels.
120
Live roles
▼ 3%
vs last month
91%
Require German
Hiring momentum · 12 weeks
Postings per week, trailing 12 weeks.
Skills in demand
Languages required
Most common: German only (45%) · English + German (44%) · English only (9%)
Seniority mix
Top industries hiring
Who's hiring most
Common questions
What skills are most in demand for software engineering jobs in St. Gallen?
The most-requested skills are Microsoft 365, Project Management, PLC Programming, Requirements Engineering, Technical Documentation, based on live St. Gallen software engineering postings.
Which languages do software engineering roles in St. Gallen require?
German is the most-requested language (91% of postings), followed by English (54%). Languages are reported by prevalence across postings.
What seniority levels are hiring for software engineering in St. Gallen?
The seniority mix is junior 18%, mid 49%, senior 22%, lead 11% across current St. Gallen software engineering postings.
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Methodology: compiled from the 32’052 live postings in JobLabrador's index, collected daily from public job postings. Percentages describe composition; month-over-month comparisons use only sources present in both periods.