Senior Java Backend Engineer

emagine; Sweden; Remote; SEK 614,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Job summary

emagine is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to join its distributed European team, working alongside engineers, research scientists and product teams to build and scale our voice provider platform. You will design and deliver robust backend services that bring speech generation technology into production.

You should be able to drive technical decisions, own backend architecture and delivery, and thrive in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience writing distributed, high-volume Java services for production
• Strong understanding of data structures/algorithms and practical design
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to explain complex ideas
• Comfortable in environments that encourage experimentation and fast iteration
• Commitment to reliability, performance and quality in production code
• Experience with ML-powered services or speech tech is a plus

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver robust, scalable backend systems and APIs for voice generation services
• Build and evolve backend infrastructure to support enterprise-grade capabilities
• Collaborate with engineers, researchers, product owners, and designers to prototype and productionize AI and speech technologies
• Improve scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency of backend services
• Write clean, well-documented code and follow best practices
• Contribute to software development standards and practices
• Be part of the backend community with a voice in architectural decisions

Skills

Distributed Java services

Backend API design

Data structures & algorithms

Analytical problem solving

Communication skills

Production-grade code

Experimentation with new tech

ML in production (plus)

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our distributed team across Europe working alongside engineers, research scientists, and product teams to build and scale our clients emerging Voice Provider platform. As an integral part of the team, you'll help design and deliver robust backend services that bring state-of-the-art speech generation technology into production. We're looking for someone who can independently drive technical decisions, take ownership of backend architecture and delivery, and thrive in a collaborative team environment.

What You'll Do:

• Design, develop, and deliver robust and scalable backend systems and APIs that support voice generation services.
• Build and evolve backend infrastructure to support reliable, production-grade voice capabilities for enterprise customers.
• Collaborate with engineers, research scientists, product owners, and designers to prototype and productionize emerging AI and speech technologies.
• Help improve the scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency of our backend services.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code, adhering to coding best practices.
• Participate in the improvement of our software development standards and practices.
• Be a member of the wide backend developer community, contributing to architectural decisions and best practices.

Who You Are:

• You have experience writing distributed, high-volume Java services and know how to deploy and keep them running in production.
• You have experience designing and building scalable backend systems and APIs.
• You have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms, and know how to apply them to design pragmatic solutions.
• You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and can communicate your ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
• You enjoy working in environments where you can experiment, iterate quickly, and help bring new technologies into production.
• You care about reliability, performance, and quality, and know what it means to ship high-quality production code.
• Experience working with ML-powered services, speech technologies, or enterprise platforms is a plus, but not required.

Start/End: Mid November, might be some flex around it. 6 months contract with possibility for extension. Workplace: For this role you can work remote, however you need to be based in Sweden.