Backend Product Engineer

Gilion; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance

Hybrid-remote model

Inclusive culture

Development opportunities

Job summary

Gilion in Sweden is seeking a Backend Product Engineer to build and evolve products for their AI-driven platform. This role involves designing and operating backend services and APIs, ensuring they are performant and scalable. Candidates should have over 4 years of experience in backend development, strong skills in Go or Python, and a solid understanding of distributed systems. Gilion offers a hybrid-remote model, work-life balance, and a collaborative culture focused on development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production.
• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or similar languages.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs.
• Own systems end-to-end from architecture to deployment.
• Collaborate with teams to ship robust features.

Skills

Backend systems

Go

Python

API design

Distributed systems

Microservices

Job description

About Gilion:

Our mission is clear: We are accelerating founders in their growth journey through our Gilion platform. As a growing product company leveraging AI, we are creating an innovative, technically challenging ai agentic platform revolutionizing how businesses grow and how banks & investors invest. Watch our platform here: gilion.com/agentic

Our team is made up of experts who have been part of leading companies like Spotify, Google, King, Sinch, bringing a wealth of experience and a passion for pushing boundaries. At Gilion, you’ll be part of a fast-moving, dynamic environment where your work will have a tangible impact on both our product and the industry as a whole. If you’re excited about working with challenging technology and making a real difference, Gilion is the place for you.

What you'll do:

We're looking for a Backend Product Engineer to build and evolve the products that power Gilion's AI-driven agentic platform - making sure they're performant, scalable, and ready for what's next.

• Design, build, and operate backend services, APIs, and infrastructure

• Own systems end-to-end: architecture, deployment, monitoring, and iteration

• Collaborate with other teams to ship robust features

• Integrate with agentic workflows and LLM orchestration layers

• Help shape our backend architecture and technical direction as we scale

What we're looking for:

• 4+ years building and scaling backend systems in production

• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or similar - with solid API and service design skills

• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and scalability tradeoffs

• Experience shipping features cross-functionally with frontend, data, or ML teams

• Product-minded: you balance delivery speed with long-term quality and care about end-user impact

What we offer:

• Work-life balance, hybrid-remote model

• Diverse, inclusive and knowledge-sharing culture

• Experienced founders, backed by top investors

• A growth journey with tons of development opportunities

• AI product that impacts how companies grow, disrupting the industry