Senior Backend Engineer — AI startup, DBtune

DBtune; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Flexible hours

Competitive salary

Swedish benefits package

Job summary

DBtune in Malmö, Sweden is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build the backbone of our AI-driven database optimization platform. You will scale our AWS-hosted Django backend, refine APIs, and help harden the system for production use, reporting to the Director of Product.

You will collaborate with ML engineers and front-end teams, own critical backend components, and contribute to performance engineering, data modeling, and reliable infrastructure as part of a small, fast-moving team.

Qualifications

• Experience building containerized back-ends in the cloud and bringing concepts to production.
• Ability to design APIs with a focus on a great customer experience.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams including ML engineers and front-end developers.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale the AWS-hosted Django backend supporting the database optimization platform.
• Refine APIs and data models to improve performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with ML, product, and frontend teammates to deliver robust solutions.

Skills

Containerized back-ends

Cloud APIs

Data modeling

Performance engineering

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Django

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

About DBtune

DBtune is an innovative B2B software startup based in Malmö, Sweden. Since our founding in 2020, our dedicated team of engineers and Ph.D. researchers has been on a mission to revolutionize cloud and database management systems using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. DBtune is a spin-off from Stanford University and Lund University. DBtune's core technology is a fully automated service designed to optimize databases. Our optimizer, based on machine learning, tailors each optimization to the specific customer workload and hardware in use. This approach leads to improved performance, making the process of database tuning more efficient and scalable across hundreds of instances. We make databases more than ten times as fast, save massive infrastructure costs, and reduce the environmental footprint of data management. We have garnered support from institutional and angel investors in the EU and the US, along with pre-seed funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). DBtune is backed by 42Cap (Germany), Axeleo Capital (France), Tola Capital (USA), Tiny VC (UK), Exxeta (Germany) and JVH Ventures (Germany). With a growing customer base, DBtune is poised to expand its influence even further, scaling our operations to bring AI-driven database optimization to a broader audience.

Job Overview

DBtune is seeking an accomplished software engineer with a strong background in building complex software solutions. As a Senior Backend Engineer at DBtune, you will be building the backbone of our database optimization solution. Your expertise will hone a cutting-edge platform, scaling and hardening the DBtune product to meet the needs of our growing customer base. You will report to the Director of Product. DBtune encourages employees to attend and represent DBtune at prominent database conferences, sharing expertise and insights on performance engineering and AI-driven database optimization solutions. This role provides a unique platform to contribute to our ongoing mission of revolutionizing cloud and database systems.

What will you be doing?

Day-to-day You Will

• Give customers tools to improve the way they manage database performance. Anything that ends up with our customers has to flow through our AWS-hosted Django backend, so building and maintaining this will form the key part of your work. As we look to grow our customer base you will also need to ensure that we are set-up for scale. You will also leverage our growing design system to deliver updates to the DBtune front-end.
• Work on solving deeply technical problems. The domain of database performance is complex and hard: this is why we exist! To make sure we build solutions that work you will collaborate with our domain experts to dive into the details of what we do and why. And data-driven solutions need data; processing the data that we collect can lead to interesting problems that need well-thought out solutions.
• Help the rest of the team deliver. In a small team, people need to work together and build tools that improve how we can work. For you that could be: setting up monitoring so that we can identify bottlenecks, spinning up new infrastructure for our ML engineers, or expanding our test suite to be as comprehensive as possible.

Who are we looking for?

We Are Looking For

• A builder. Someone who has delivered containerized back-ends in the cloud. Someone who knows what is needed to go from concept to production. Someone who understands the impact that API design and data-modeling has on the customer experience.
• An owner. Someone who understands that shipping code is just the start. Someone who thinks about how we build, not just what. Someone who understands the company vision and what it will take to get there.
• A learner. Someone who can embrace the deep technical nature of the problems we can solve. Someone who shares knowledge and collaborates across the team. Someone who is excited to develop themselves as well as the product.

Work environment

DBtune fosters a dynamic and collaborative work environment where innovation thrives. As a tight-knit team, we value diversity, embrace differences, and we are constantly committed to creating a culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, respected, and included. In our journey, we emphasize a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. We believe in the power of creativity to transform the industry, and we encourage each team member to bring their unique perspective to the table. Our team is global and is located on-site in Malmö, South America and in other European countries.

Terms of employment

This is a permanent and full-time position, presenting abundant opportunities for professional growth and development at DBtune. We take pride in offering competitive salaries, equity, and a robust Swedish benefits package, ensuring our team's well-being and security. Furthermore, we are committed to investing in our team's continuous learning and skill enhancement. This commitment is exemplified through workshops and conferences to foster personal and professional growth. In recognition of the importance of work-life balance, we provide flexible work hours.

Location

This role is based in the Malmö office and will involve working with team members based in Colombia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden. We're proud to be a part of the Minc startup incubator (www.minc.se), a nurturing ecosystem that has played host to renowned companies like Neo4j, Polar Rose, Hövding, and Debricked.