Forward Deployed Engineer

IST Group AB; Kalmar kommun; Hybrid; SEK 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

IST Group AB in Kalmar is seeking a dedicated professional to join their team in a full-time, permanent role. This position emphasizes collaborating with municipalities and public sector organizations, merging deep technical skills with a strong business understanding.

As the ideal candidate, you will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science and significant experience in data extraction, API integrations, and cloud environments, ensuring effective delivery for clients. The role offers a flexible office-first work environment for optimal collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data extraction and integration.
• Comfortable working closely with customers.
• Ability to combine technical expertise with business understanding.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership from discovery through to delivery.
• Act as an extension of the customer's technical team.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and internal experts.

Skills

Data extraction

Cloud integrations

API integrations

Data platforms

Communication skills

Consulting experience

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Shape the future of education technology.

IST is mid-transformation. We are moving from legacy product lines built over decades to a unified platform that already serves over five million users across the Nordics and Germany and that we are building to scale into new markets. We know where we are heading. We are building it now.

About the role

This is not a traditional developer role. You will act as an extension of our customers' technical teams, working closely with municipalities and public sector organizations. The role combines deep technical expertise with strong business understanding and offers high autonomy from idea to delivery. You will operate in a flexible environment, partly outside our standard product lifecycle, enabling fast, agile deliveries with immediate impact.

Key responsibilities

• Take full ownership from discovery phase and requirements analysis through to delivery.
• Act as an extension of the customer's technical team, participating in technical forums and meetings.
• Work hands‑on with data extraction, cloud integrations, APIs, and modern data platforms.
• Navigatethe IST's data landscape, including shared services and product‑specific databases.
• Act as the bridge between customers and IST's product organization.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners and internal experts to ensure fast, effective delivery.
• Identify scalable patterns and contribute to strengthening IST's EduCloud and data platform.

Role qualifications

We believe you have the following competence profile to succeed in this role:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in data extraction and data integration, cloud environments, API integrations, and modern data platforms.
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems.
• Comfortable working close to customers and owning end‑to‑end delivery.
• Consulting background is a plus.
• Ability to combine deep technical expertise with business understanding.
• Confident and credible in customer‑facing situations.
• Strong communicator, fluent in Swedish and English.
• Experience in the education or public sector is a plus.
• Thrives in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same.

About IST

At IST, the buyer and the end user are often structurally separated. This makes the ability to navigate both business and technical perspectives critical. In this role, you will work closely with municipalities and public authorities, ensuring that solutions meet procurement frameworks while also addressing the real needs of educators, administrators, and families. By translating complex requirements into scalable solutions, you will not only deliver value to individual customers, you will also help strengthen IST's broader platform and offering.

What we offer

This is a full‑time, permanent position. At IST, we apply an office‑first policy, meaning we primarily work from the office as we believe physical presence fosters collaboration, innovation, and a strong team spirit. At the same time, we understand the importance of flexibility; if you live farther away, working from the office three days a week with the remaining time remote may be possible. In Scandinavia our offices are located in Stockholm, Växjö, Roskilde and Oslo.