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Overview

Threema is a Swiss software company that develops the Threema instant messenger, designed around end-to-end encryption, anonymity and data protection for private users, businesses and public organisations. Since 2012 its team, now more than 40 people, has served millions of private users and thousands of organisations through Threema and its business edition Threema Work, and it hires WebRTC, applied cryptography, protocol stack, Rust and Linux engineers. The company is headquartered in Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Threema over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
19
Postings analysed
9
Stack modernity
69/100
Languages
Rust
Kotlin
TypeScript
C++
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Linux
LiveKit
FreeBSD
GitLab
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Full Threema tech stack 19 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$174k
Typical range
$168k – $192k
Open positions
6
6 Jobs
Middle 66.7%
Senior 33.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 4 $180k $168k – $192k
Senior 2 $174k $168k – $180k
Highest paying role WebRTC Engineer $192k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Threema By role, level and city, against the market · 6 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
89/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
7
4 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
53 days
faster than 26% of the market
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
67% ▲
Backend
33% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+6 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Freienbach Oct 2026
New location: Pfäffikon Oct 2026
Added WebRTC to stack Oct 2026
Added LiveKit to stack Oct 2026
Added JavaScript to stack Oct 2026
Added Go to stack Oct 2026
Added C++ to stack Oct 2026
Added TypeScript to stack Oct 2026
Added Threat Modeling to stack Oct 2026
Added Kotlin to stack Oct 2026
Added Rust to stack Oct 2026
Added VPN to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Pfäffikon
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Pfäffikon Switzerland
HQ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Zurich Switzerland
Plant / site
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% engineering $177k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend
seen since May 2026
Freienbach Switzerland
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Backend
seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Jobs

$134k – $170k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Zurich
Rust
Linux
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≈ $127k – $238k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Freienbach
Rust
Linux
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