What a Swiss job search result tells you.
A source link and a last checked date help you assess a vacancy. They do not establish when it was published, whether the employer still accepts applications, or whether you can work from Switzerland.
We ran three public Panta API searches for data, machine learning and pharma, requesting up to 50 recently checked results per search. After deduplicating canonical job IDs, the sample contains 137 jobs from 31 employers. This is a bounded discovery sample, with the query and source evidence available below.
How we collected the sample
Each request used GET /api/v1/jobs?q=…&sort=recently_seen&limit=50. The public API restricts results to Swiss-eligible jobs from enabled, refreshable sources. Searches match keywords across titles and descriptions; they are not a classification of occupations. The searches were made sequentially, and the index can change between requests.
| Keyword search | Returned records | More results available |
|---|---|---|
| data | 50 | Yes — this sample stops at 50 |
| machine learning | 50 | Yes — this sample stops at 50 |
| pharma | 50 | Yes — this sample stops at 50 |
Sampling the first page favors the API's recently checked order and the sources being refreshed at that time. The counts describe this sample, not Switzerland's labour market or the total number of data, AI or pharmaceutical jobs. Roles may appear in more than one search.
Three useful distinctions
Swiss location and Swiss remote eligibility are different
| Location evidence | Unique jobs in sample | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Swiss workplace | 109 | A workplace in Switzerland is recorded. |
| Several countries including Switzerland | 25 | Switzerland is among the recorded eligible locations. |
| Remote with Swiss eligibility evidence | 3 | The source includes evidence that remote work from Switzerland is eligible. |
A remote label alone is insufficient. Read the countries evidence on the individual job and check any language, qualification or residence requirements in the original posting.
The last checked date is not the publication date
2 of the 137 unique jobs had no publication date in this sample. We kept those values missing. A recent verified_open_at records when an enabled employer source last listed the job as active; it must not be substituted for published_at. An older publication date also does not prove a job is closed.
Freshness describes collection evidence
- 137 records were labelled fresh by the source-freshness classifier.
Freshness is measured against source collection metadata, not an independent application attempt. This study did not submit applications or confirm openings with employers. An enabled source can become stale or unhealthy later; an API result is a lead to verify.
Inspect the job data
The downloadable sample includes public job IDs, titles, employers, source links and the fields used above. It excludes descriptions and candidate data. The file is dated and does not update while you read.
- Wissenschaftliche/-r Mitarbeiter/-in im Bereich Betäubungsmittelvollzug at Swiss Federal Administration — physical ch
- Fachkraft Produktion (m/w/d) at Givaudan SA — physical ch
- Professional Services Specialist at Frontify — physical ch
- Trainee in der Sozialforschung (befristet auf 1 Jahr) at YouGov — physical ch
- Lead Software Engineer, AI at Thomson Reuters — physical ch
- Senior Account Manager - Clinical Trials at Thermo Fisher Scientific — multi country ch
Repeat the check
Use the API quickstart to run the same queries. The collection script, benchmark-public-discovery.mjs, validates each response and preserves the previous sample if a request fails. Run it with Node.js 24 or later:
node benchmark-public-discovery.mjs --output sample.jsonResults will differ as the index changes. Compare the exact query, collection time, sample limit and included sources before interpreting differences. No national trend or coverage improvement can be inferred from two differently composed samples.
Use the distinction in your own search
Browse data roles, AI roles or pharmaceutical roles, inspect the employer's posting, and keep unanswered eligibility questions visible. Developers can start with the API documentation and its source evidence reference.
Published by Panta using its own public API. This is an inspectable product-data sample, not an independent comparison or representative survey. Source content remains subject to the original publishers' rights.