Backend Engineer ()

• Kraków
• Hybrid

Job Description

ABOUT US

Schibsted & Vend Polska is a joint venture between two leading Nordic entities - a major media house Schibsted and a dynamic marketplace leader Vend. With over 300 software engineers in Kraków and Gdańsk we build technology that supports products used by millions.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

is one of Swedens strongest digital brands guiding over 1.1 million users every week to discover something to watch and be entertained by.

Were a small friendly and product-focused team where engineers designers and product managers collaborate closely to build and evolve the best TV streaming and sports guide in Sweden.

Youll work in a small experienced team (15 people) across Kraków and Stockholm on a product thats:

• already migrated to AWS
• built on modern PHP and microservices
• handling high traffic and large data sets

As we continue modernizing the companys tech stack youll help shape scalable backend architecture improve large-scale tv streaming & sport data processing and build future-proof product capabilities - while introducing AI-assisted engineering workflows and influencing technical direction in a product used by millions every month with short paths from idea to impact.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We think youll thrive here if you enjoy building things end-to-end working in a close-knit team and contributing to both code and culture.

Youll likely enjoy this role if you:

• Have strong backend engineering experience (PHP microservices)
• Have worked with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
• Are comfortable building and maintaining production APIs
• Have experience with AWS
• Write clean maintainable code and care about quality and performance
• Contribute to architecture and technical decisions
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams
• Feel good about working in distributed remote team

ABOUT YOU

You have:

• Strong background in PHP and backend development
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL/MariaDB)
• Experience with APIs distributed systems or microservices
• Understanding of data processing and system performance
• Ownership mindset and attention to detail
• Good English communication skills

Nice to have:

• Working knowledge on AWS Docker Kubernetes Terraform
• Curiosity and willingness to challenge the status quo

WHY JOIN US

At youll find an environment that values autonomy collaboration and craftsmanship.

We offer:

• Established product with millions of users
• Modernized stack and cloud infrastructure
• Small team big ownership
• Space to influence decisions and improve how things work
• A role within Schibsted one of the Nordics leading digital media families - giving you access to shared knowledge and a strong engineering community.

We value trust collaboration and ownership - and we give you the space to actually use them in practice.

Interested
Wed like to get to know you! Apply now and help us shape the next generation of .