Senior Backend Engineer

• Applications are considered on a rolling basis
• Stockholm
• Hybrid

Job Description

Are you passionate about designing secure scalable backend systems Do you enjoy working in collaborative teams that care deeply about product and code quality Want to help shape the future of audio by building backend infrastructure that powers premium podcast and audiobook experiences If so wed love to hear from you.

As a part of our vision to enrich peoples lives through stories were expanding our Web team in Stockholm - the team that connects new audiences to those stories through engaging user experiences acquisition and subscription services - by hiring a Senior Backend Engineer. In this role youll take ownership of backend architecture scalability and key integrations that power our acquisition funnel - helping users discover and subscribe to Podme.

This is a great opportunity to grow your impact at a fast-moving company backed by Schibsted Media and to work in a team that combines strong engineering with product thinking.

What Youll Do

• Write clean efficient and readable code using best practices
• Architect scalable reliable and secure systems that support the web platform
• Integrate with external services such as payment (Adyen Vipps) and verification providers (SheerID)
• Collaborate closely with product managers designers frontend engineers and other teams like CLM
• Own features end-to-end: from planning and implementation to deployment and monitoring
• Refactor legacy areas for improved maintainability and clarity
• Support and mentor peers to raise engineering standards across the team

What You Bring

Youre a backend engineer who takes pride in writing thoughtful code and owning real product impact. Youre structured in how you work collaborative with teammates and comfortable leading initiatives from start to finish.

• Senior-level experience in backend engineering (.NET preferred)
• Strong experience with C# / .NET 9 and building scalable services
• Comfortable working with Azure Kubernetes RabbitMQ MS SQL Redis
• Experience with microservice architecture and observability practices
• Ability to integrate with external systems (e.g. payments verifications)
• Self-led product-aware and resilient in solving complex problems
• Bonus: experience mentoring others or working in SaaS environments

Our Tech Stack

• Backend: C# .NET 9 MS SQL RabbitMQ Redis
• Frontend: React
• Architecture: Microservices
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes Azure
• Testing: xUnit Testcontainers

Why Join Podme

At Podme we believe in the power of audio stories to inform entertain and inspire. Backed by Schibstedone of the Nordics leading media groupswere on a mission to deliver the best of podcasting and audiobooks to listeners across Sweden Norway and Finland.

• Join a fast-growing brand with a loyal and expanding user base
• High impact on core user flows like sign-up onboarding and payments
• Modern tech stack and space to influence architecture decisions
• Strong engineering culture built on trust autonomy and ownership
• Hybrid setup (3 days/week in our Stockholm office)
• Great benefits through Schibsted: private healthcare wellness allowance flexible work
• Free access to premium Podme content and audiobooks

Help us build the backbone of the Nordic audio revolution: code that delivers value joy and reliability.

Your next great challenge starts here.
Apply now and lets build something great together.