Senior Go Engineer - AI-Driven, Scalable Backend Leader

Centra; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Centra is seeking a backend engineer to design and evolve scalable systems using Go. The role emphasizes strong system design and the incorporation of AI coding tools while ensuring high-quality code. Responsibilities include driving architectural decisions and collaborating with product teams. The position offers a hybrid work model based in Stockholm, enabling flexibility and autonomy in a diverse environment committed to inclusive hiring.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, building and operating complex distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Go and backend engineering best practices.
• Deep understanding of system design, scalability and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve scalable, high-performance systems in Go.
• Drive system design decisions that support single-tenant and multi-tenant architectures.
• Partner with Engineering and Product Managers to define the technical roadmap.

Skills

Go programming

Distributed systems design

API design

Communication in English

Scalability and performance optimization

Tools

Kubernetes

MySQL

GitHub

AWS

Job description

Centra is seeking a backend engineer to design and evolve scalable systems using Go. The role emphasizes strong system design and the incorporation of AI coding tools while ensuring high-quality code. Responsibilities include driving architectural decisions and collaborating with product teams. The position offers a hybrid work model based in Stockholm, enabling flexibility and autonomy in a diverse environment committed to inclusive hiring.