Staff Software Engineer

Formalize ApS; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 882,000 - 993,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary progression to 89k DKK

In-person onboarding

Visa support

Office near Kødbyen

Ownership culture

Team events

Global Summit

Job summary

Formalize ApS in Aarhus is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own the full product development end-to-end and act as a technical lighthouse guiding architecture and engineering practices.

You’ll collaborate across Engineering, Product, and Design to shape solutions, define direction, and raise the bar on quality, testing, deployment, and observability. The role is office-first with visa support and a strong culture of ownership.

Qualifications

• Senior experience in Software Engineering designing scalable systems end-to-end.
• Expertise in at least one layer of PHP/Angular stack and system design.
• Strong focus on quality, value delivery, and architecture direction.
• Ability to communicate trade-offs and mentor peers.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for full product development end-to-end.
• Define architecture and coordinate with engineers to move engineering forward.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Design to shape solutions and oversee implementations.
• Lead architectural discussions and set coding standards to improve quality.

Skills

Software architecture

End-to-end product development

Mentoring

Architecture sessions leadership

Testing, deployment, observability

Code standards

Tools

PHP

Laravel

Angular

TailwindCSS

PostgreSQL

Redis

AWS Serverless

Claude Code

Job description

In this Staff Software Engineering role, you’ll be…

• Accountable for the full product development end-to-end.
• A technical lighthouse, defining architecture and coordinating with other engineers to move how we do engineering forward.
• Collaborating across Engineering, Product, and Design to shape the solution to the problem and oversee technical implementations from end to end.
• A leader and mentor without direct people management. Continuous learning and knowledge-sharing are in your DNA, as you challenge the status quo, iterate, and learn from mistakes to build creative business solutions.

Who is the Marketplace Team?

The Marketplace Team works on our critical strategic mission to build the best solutions by partnering with leading consultants in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). Our partner platform, or marketplace as we call it, allows partners to use, build, and customise needed solutions for their clients. Essentially, we contribute to our vision of becoming the leading GRC platform that helps organisations do the right thing to keep society safe, fair, and functional.

Our tech stack:

• PHP with Laravel
• Angular 22
• TailwindCSS
• PostgreSQL
• Redis for caching
• Claude Code
• Serverless infrastructure on AWS

What you’ll bring:

• Expert knowledge in at least one layer of our technical stack (we work with PHP and Angular), as well as general software architecture and system design.
• Demonstrated senior experience in a Software Engineering role, designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable systems in production, end-to-end.
• Experience in product development with a focus on quality and value delivery.
• The ability to define technical direction for systems clearly and lead actively in deep architectural and software design sessions.
• Good engineering practices for testing, deployment, & observability paired with the ability to communicate strategic trade-offs clearly, mentor senior colleagues, and increase impact across the organisation.
• The ability to raise the bar for engineering quality and performance through reference implementations and by defining ever-evolving code standards.

We offer you:

• A starting salary of 79,000 DKK per month. As you grow within this role, your compensation can grow with you up to 89,000 DKK per month.
• Continuous development through a clear and transparent framework, so you always know what the next step looks like through bi-annual growth talks and regular check-ins.
• Thorough pre-boarding and onboarding to set you up for success.
• An office-first culture in a centrally located office near Kødbyen, along with visa support if needed.
• A culture of ownership, trust, and independence with the support you need.
• A strong team spirit where we celebrate wins and enjoy time together across offices.
• Our annual Global Summit, where the whole company connects over strategic achievements and projects.

Our recruitment process:

• 30-minute online interview with our Talent Acquisition team.
• 30-minute online interview with the Hiring Manager.
• Completion of Personality Assessment & 1h Technical Assessment.
  • A collaborative no-coding session where we work through building a real feature in Formalize: clarifying requirements, data modelling, and walking through pseudo-code together
• 30-minute walkthrough of our career framework and offer details.
• 60-minute in-person interview to meet the team.

About Formalize:

Formalize is a tech company founded in 2021 with offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Milan, Madrid, and Munich. Currently, we are a team of +200 people from +30 nationalities operating in multiple European markets and are one of the fastest-growing SaaS scale-ups. We thrive on ambition, deliver impact through pragmatism, and embrace passion and honesty. We celebrate our wins, learn from our mistakes, and grow together as a team.

Our journey began in the whistleblowing compliance sector, highlighted by the award-winning Whistleblower Software by Formalize, which laid the foundation for our success story. Now, we have extended our expertise to a larger compliance universe, including data compliance, risk, and privacy.

Our Formalize product helps companies to effortlessly navigate and stay ahead in the ever-changing landscape of compliance. Our platform adapts to regulatory changes, continuously adapting to meet and foresee the evolving needs of our users, ensuring businesses remain compliant and confident in their operations.

Still curious? Read more about us here: About Formalize.

Department

Product and Development

Locations

Copenhagen Office

About Formalize

Founded in 2021

Co-workers 200