Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics | Sweden | Remote

Overview

Senior Backend Engineer responsible for building the database layer of an AI-native, general-purpose data platform. The role covers distributed storage and query capabilities for analytics and freshly stored data in a multi-cloud SaaS environment.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, test, and operate ingestion, query planning, distributed query execution, and data or storage formats.
• Build multi-tenant database architecture with tenant isolation, usage tracking, quotas, audit logs, and background jobs.
• Develop APIs and database interfaces for AI agents, MCP tools, CLIs, and internal applications.
• Instrument database services with metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and dashboards.
• Shape architecture, service boundaries, storage choices, API contracts, and deployment patterns.
• Operate database solutions and improve their scalability, maintainability, and reliability.

What you'll need

• Experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems.
• Experience with distributed systems, catalogs and table formats, and query engines.
• Mastery of a programming language such as Golang, C++, or Rust.
• A track record of delivering software used by users in production.
• Exposure to cloud-native environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience using observability tools to understand and troubleshoot system behavior.
• Ability to work independently, communicate effectively, and handle ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience building distributed query engines.
• Experience building data warehouses or data lakes.
• Experience building tools for data engineering.

Details

• Remote opportunity for applicants located in Sweden, Spain, the UK, Ireland, or Germany.
• Base compensation in Sweden is SEK 775,000–SEK 969,000 yearly.
• Remote-first team working primarily asynchronously in writing.