Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Azure)

Location: Hybrid, Stockholm, Sweden; the role requires joining the Stockholm office

Company

hirify.global provides secure identity, trust, transaction, and digital services for governments and businesses worldwide.

What you will do

• Develop, improve, and maintain backend services, databases, and system integrations.
• Build reliable, scalable, and maintainable distributed systems and microservices.
• Select pragmatic technologies that solve current problems while limiting technical debt.
• Ensure secure, timely delivery while balancing speed and quality.
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to support sustainable delivery.
• Take a leading role over time in improving technology and ways of working.

Requirements

• Extensive, hands-on experience in backend Java development; Java is the primary requirement.
• Experience with Spring Boot and modern development practices.
• Solid understanding of microservices, REST, databases, and system integrations.
• Proficiency with Azure and experience in cloud environments.
• Experience with CI/CD, Azure DevOps or comparable platforms, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with automated testing and operating services reliably in production.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Results-oriented, pragmatic, user-focused, independent, collaborative, humble, and grounded.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on secure identity services used by customers worldwide.
• Pragmatic engineering culture focused on smart technology choices, reduced complexity, and limited technical debt.
• Collaborative environment that balances team well-being with delivery goals.
• End-to-end responsibility from development through deployment and customer use.
• Opportunity to grow into a leadership role by driving initiatives and supporting others.