Backend Engineer

The world of learning and development is changing - and fast.
To be competitive and successful - individuals, teams and organisations need to be able to access and share knowledge in easy, effective and engaging ways.

Up for the challenge to be part of a team of developers and take our platform used by hundreds of companies and over a million users to the next level?

We believe in making learning easy, engaging, effective and measurable. Our goal is to support our customers in building a learning culture that fosters both individual development and organisational success.

Our learning platform (LMS) is trusted by thousands of users globally, empowering businesses to enhance training, collaboration, and performance. Guided by our core values — Live, Learn, Lead — we're building a culture where continuous learning and innovation thrive.

Learnifier is in a scale-up phase and we are now looking for one more Backend Engineer in Stockholm to boost our teams and help us through sound technical implementations.

Your role

As a Backend Engineer at Learnifier, you will drive the development of robust, scalable backend services using modern Java frameworks, while ensuring seamless integration with our cloud infrastructure on AWS. You're a senior developer and technical mentor: you enjoy tackling complex challenges, architecting efficient systems, and sharing your knowledge with teammates around key backend and DevOps topics such as CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code.

You are committed to producing reliable, maintainable backend code and have a track record of designing, testing, and deploying cloud-ready applications. You engage in constructive code reviews, viewing them as crucial for maintaining high technical standards and fostering collective growth.

You have experience seeing large backend projects through all stages, from concept and design to deployment and ongoing operation—in partnership with DevOps and technical teams, ensuring reliable deliverables and continuous improvement.

NOTE: For this role you're expected to work several days per week on site at the Learnifier Studio in central Stockholm (Torsgatan 13).

Experiences and skills

• Highly experienced in backend development with Java (Spring Boot or similar frameworks).
• Skilled in building, optimizing, and maintaining backend services and APIs, ensuring they are scalable, robust, and reliable.
• Proficient in designing and working with relational and non-relational databases.
• Experienced in writing automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to deliver quality and maintainable code.
• Proven competence delivering backend solutions on cloud platforms, preferably AWS and OpenStack
• Comfortable collaborating on architecture, design, and implementation with technical stakeholders.

Preferred experiences and technologies

• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or GitHub Actions).
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Ansible or Terraform).
• Experience designing and deploying microservices or distributed backend systems.
• Background in monitoring, logging, and performance optimization.
• Exposure to cloud security best practices within AWS and OpenStack
• Experience in collaborative agile product teams.

Examples of work tasks you will have

• Analyze requirements, estimate technical effort, and assess project feasibility.
• Partner with Product Managers to refine and maintain a technical backlog.
• Decompose projects into actionable, valuable deliverables.
• Mentor and support fellow backend engineers.
• Conduct peer code reviews to uphold quality and share best practices.
• Provide guidance on backend and DevOps topics, fostering a learning culture.

To thrive in this role we think you

• Take full ownership of backend and cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Embrace technical challenges and see them as growth opportunities.
• Are passionate about engineering excellence and want to help shape our evolving technical landscape.

We offer you

• Hybrid work model: Enjoy the flexibility to work both from our office and remotely.
  
• Modern office space: Work in our centrally located and inspiring office in the heart of Stockholm.
  
• Social events: We celebrate together with a summer and winter party, each kicking off with a conference to reflect and recharge. You'll also enjoy other team-building activities throughout the year.
  
• Attractive benefits package: Including access to Werlabs health checks, an on-site naprapath, and more.
  
• Competitive salary and benefits: Compensation reflecting your experience and contributions.

Apply for the job or contact us if you have any questions

Mattias Larsson - Head of Engineering

Jerker Klang - CTO