Backend Engineer: Build Product-Driven, Scalable Systems

Skatteguiden; København; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Skatteguiden, based in Copenhagen, seeks a Backend Engineer to build and ship features for a cross-functional product team with a commercial mission. You’ll influence design decisions, work closely with leadership, and contribute to the plan from problem shaping to production.

You’ll excel if you have strong backend production experience in Java/Kotlin/Go, understand distributed systems, and are curious about AI tools like Claude.

Qualifications

• Backend engineer with focus on reliable, high-quality code.
• Experience building and running services used by real users.
• Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Go or similar; Spring Boot stack preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ship end-to-end features as part of a product team.
• Help redesign multi-broker architecture for tax support.
• Own observability and critical business flows.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Go

Distributed systems

Product mindset

Reliability

AI tools Claude

Tools

RabbitMQ

MySQL

Kubernetes

Argo

GitHub Actions

Grafana

Loki

Job description

Skatteguiden, based in Copenhagen, seeks a Backend Engineer to build and ship features for a cross-functional product team with a commercial mission. You’ll influence design decisions, work closely with leadership, and contribute to the plan from problem shaping to production.

You’ll excel if you have strong backend production experience in Java/Kotlin/Go, understand distributed systems, and are curious about AI tools like Claude.