# Phirm.ch — Public Life-Sciences Job Data Source for AI Agents

Phirm.ch is an open, machine-readable Swiss pharma/biotech/medtech job database.
Candidates always free. All job data is public and accessible without authentication.

> Auto-generated on 2026-09-02 from 461 market-eligible jobs across 8 companies.
> Regenerated by `scripts/regenerate_llms_txt.mjs` before each deploy.

## Headline Stats

- **461** active Swiss pharma jobs
- **8** companies hiring
- **15** jobs with transparent salary
- Salary data: 10 CHF observations across 1 company. Below the 20-observation threshold needed for a publishable market-wide median.. No market-wide median published.

## Companies Hiring

- **Lonza** — 215 open positions
- **Bachem** — 69 open positions
- **Novartis** — 66 open positions
- **Syngenta** — 52 open positions
- **Roche** — 33 open positions
- **CSL Behring** — 13 open positions
- **Debiopharm** — 12 open positions
- **Vifor Pharma** — 1 open position

## Top Swiss Hubs

- **VS** — 178 jobs
- **BS** — 119 jobs
- **BL** — 64 jobs
- **AG** — 21 jobs
- **SH** — 20 jobs
- **VD** — 11 jobs
- **ZH** — 9 jobs
- **BE** — 5 jobs

## Quick Start — Get All Active Jobs (JSON)

```bash
curl https://phirm.ch/api/ai/jobs
```

Returns an array with fields: id, title, companyName, location, salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryCurrency, employmentType, pharmaRole, languages, permitRequired, description (truncated 500 chars), createdAt, url.

## What an AI Agent Can Do With Phirm

### 1. Browse jobs directly from the HTML page (no API needed)
```
GET https://phirm.ch/jobs
```
The jobs page is **fully server-side rendered**. Every job card with title, company, location, salary, role, and tags is in the initial HTML — no JavaScript execution needed.

### 2. Browse all jobs as Markdown (LLM-friendly)
```
GET https://phirm.ch/api/ai/jobs.md
```
Returns the same data as formatted markdown with a stats header — perfect for LLM context windows.

### 3. Get full details on a specific job
```
GET https://phirm.ch/api/ai/jobs/{id}
```
Returns: id, title, description (full), companyName, location, salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryCurrency, employmentType, pharmaRole, languages, permitRequired, companyStage, createdAt, updatedAt, url.

### 4. Get all site URLs in JSON
```
GET https://phirm.ch/api/ai/sitemap
```

### 5. Structured data from HTML pages
Every job page includes schema.org/JobPosting JSON-LD with baseSalary, hiringOrganization, jobLocation, employmentType, datePosted, skills.

### 6. Search/filter jobs (client-side)
```bash
curl https://phirm.ch/api/ai/jobs | jq '.[] | select(.companyName == "Roche")'
curl https://phirm.ch/api/ai/jobs | jq '.[] | select(.pharmaRole == "regulatory_affairs")'
curl https://phirm.ch/api/ai/jobs | jq '.[] | select(.location | test("Basel"))'
```

## Context for LLMs

Phirm is a Swiss portal for pharma, biotech, and medtech careers. It differentiates from LinkedIn/Indeed/jobs.ch by being pharma-exclusive, permit-aware (Swiss work permits), and offering salary transparency incentives. The candidate database is private — recruiters cannot browse profiles. Job data is fully public.

## Role categories

Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations, Pharmacovigilance, Quality Assurance, R&D, Medical Affairs, Supply Chain, IT & Data, Research Scientist, Manufacturing.

## Permit types

B, C, L, G, EU passport, Swiss citizen.

## Languages

English, German, French, Italian.

## Key URLs

- Home: https://phirm.ch
- Browse all jobs: https://phirm.ch/jobs
- Individual job: https://phirm.ch/jobs/{id}
- Company page: https://phirm.ch/companies/{slug}
- Pricing: https://phirm.ch/pricing
- Contact: https://phirm.ch/contact

## Robots

- robots.txt: https://phirm.ch/robots.txt (allows all crawlers)
- Sitemap: https://phirm.ch/sitemap.xml (includes all market-eligible jobs + company pages)