Senior Backend Engineer - Python, Kubernetes & Automation

Toptracer; Danderyds kommun; Hybrid; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Hybrid work environment

Office in Mörby Centrum, Danderyd

Professional development

Golf and social activities

Job summary

Toptracer in Stockholm/Danderyd seeks a Senior Software Engineer with a platform mindset to build software, services, tools, and automation powering Toptracer’s global technology platform.

You will work at the intersection of backend development, distributed systems, infrastructure, and operations, coding in Python, designing APIs, and improving deployment and provisioning in large Kubernetes environments.

Qualifications

• Strong backend development experience, especially Python.
• Experience building maintainable services, APIs, tooling, and automation.
• Multiple years developing software for Linux environments.
• Proficient with Kubernetes in self-managed or on-prem scenarios.
• Experience with Docker and containerized apps.
• Experience with AWS and CI/CD pipelines for Linux.
• Understanding infrastructure automation and software-to-platform interactions.
• Ability to design scalable operational tooling and automation workflows.
• Comfort with large distributed systems spanning software & infrastructure.
• Interest in architectural decisions and long-term scalability.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services, APIs, tools, and automation in Python.
• Solve infrastructure and operational challenges via software.
• Build systems to manage large Kubernetes environments.
• Improve developer experience and remove bottlenecks.
• Design scalable automation for deployment, provisioning, and lifecycle management.
• Contribute to software and platform architecture.
• Work across software, infrastructure, and devices in distributed systems.
• Shape deployment strategies, engineering practices, and technical direction.
• Mentor colleagues and share knowledge across the team.
• See the software enable Toptracer globally.

Skills

Python backend

APIs & tooling

Linux environments

Kubernetes (self-managed/on-prem)

Docker

AWS & CI/CD

Infra automation

Distributed systems

Software architecture

Mentoring

Tools

Flask

FastAPI

Django

PostgreSQL

GitOps (Argo CD)

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Toptracer in Stockholm/Danderyd seeks a Senior Software Engineer with a platform mindset to build software, services, tools, and automation powering Toptracer’s global technology platform.

You will work at the intersection of backend development, distributed systems, infrastructure, and operations, coding in Python, designing APIs, and improving deployment and provisioning in large Kubernetes environments.