Principal Go Distributed Systems Engineer

Nordic Investin Group Aktiebolag; Olofstorp; On-site; SEK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordic Investin Group Aktiebolag is seeking a Principal Go Distributed Systems Engineer for a partner company. You will shape architecture, delivery and production behavior, turning difficult constraints into operable systems that teams can own and improve.

The role focuses on high-throughput distributed transaction services, connecting Go, gRPC and Kafka while ensuring PostgreSQL and Kubernetes disciplines.

Qualifications

• Must have experience delivering high-throughput distributed transaction services in demanding environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Go and gRPC.
• Practical experience applying Kafka and PostgreSQL.
• Ability to assess risk, priorities and trade-offs involving Kubernetes.
• Evidence of clear stakeholder communication and dependable end-to-end ownership.
• Professional English and the judgement to work with sensitive or business-critical information.

Responsibilities

• Own the practical direction for high-throughput distributed transaction services.
• Translate goals and constraints into a clear approach for Go and gRPC.
• Establish useful standards, routines or artefacts around Kafka.
• Coordinate stakeholders and dependencies affecting PostgreSQL.
• Use evidence and measurable outcomes to improve Kubernetes.
• Strengthen knowledge sharing, decision quality and sustainable ownership across the team.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural thinking

Operability mindset

Tools

Go

gRPC

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Nordic Investin is recruiting a Principal Go Distributed Systems Engineer on behalf of one of our partner companies. You want architecture, delivery and production behaviour to agree, and you turn difficult constraints into systems that teams can operate and improve.

The partner is strengthening its capability in high-throughput distributed transaction services. You will take responsibility for work that connects Go, gRPC and Kafka, while ensuring that PostgreSQL and Kubernetes receive appropriate discipline. The objective is progress that colleagues can use and leaders can evaluate.

The environment suits someone who tests assumptions early, documents trade-offs and treats operability as part of the design.

How you will work

You will work in short delivery cycles with direct access to product, domain and operational colleagues. The partner expects engineers to review designs, test assumptions early and follow important changes into production. Decisions should be recorded clearly enough that another engineer can understand the tradeoff months later.

This role calls for deep technical authority and calm influence. You will be expected to recognise when a decision needs wider expertise, make trade-offs visible and move work forward without creating unnecessary process.

What you will do

• Own the practical direction for high-throughput distributed transaction services.
• Translate goals and constraints into a clear approach for Go and gRPC.
• Establish useful standards, routines or artefacts around Kafka.
• Coordinate stakeholders and dependencies affecting PostgreSQL.
• Use evidence and measurable outcomes to improve Kubernetes.
• Strengthen knowledge sharing, decision quality and sustainable ownership across the team.

What you will bring

• Relevant experience delivering high-throughput distributed transaction services in a demanding environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Go and gRPC.
• Practical experience applying Kafka and PostgreSQL.
• Ability to assess risk, priorities and trade-offs involving Kubernetes.
• Evidence of clear stakeholder communication and dependable end‑to‑end ownership.
• Professional English and the judgement to work with sensitive or business‑critical information.

Experience that would add value

• Experience from payments, logistics or digital marketplaces.
• Exposure to OpenTelemetry in a cross‑functional environment.
• Swedish language skills or experience working across Nordic organisations.

A background that can succeed here

Your background may be product engineering, platform work, enterprise technology or consulting. What matters is technical depth connected to user and business consequences. Direct experience of high-throughput distributed transaction services is valuable, while adjacent experience counts when it shows transferable judgement.

What makes the opportunity interesting

The attraction is meaningful ownership in an environment where sound judgement changes both the solution and the decisions around it. The focus on high-throughput distributed transaction services gives the role a clear mission and room to influence priorities and measures of success.

The exact partner, employment model, compensation, start date and working arrangement will be explained openly during the process. Nordic Investin will make sure you understand the opportunity before asking you to make a decision.

The recruitment conversation

Nordic Investin will focus on decisions you have made: the context, alternatives, result and what you would change today. You will also have room to test whether the role and partner environment are right for you.