Senior Principal Platform Engineer – Gaming Backend

Safemind AB; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Safemind AB is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to take technical ownership of the core gaming platform, shaping architecture and direction while staying close to code. You will balance long-term decisions with daily delivery to enhance scalability, reliability, and security as the studio grows.

The role requires hands-on contribution to production code, strong leadership of engineers, and clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders to align business needs with technical

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with C#/.NET in production systems.
• Proven ability to design scalable, reliable and secure systems.
• Strong SQL skills and data modelling capabilities.
• Hands-on coding and code reviews in production environments.
• Experience leading engineers or owning a major platform with clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of the core platform and shape architecture and technical direction.
• Balance long-term technical decisions with day-to-day delivery to improve scalability and reliability.
• Evolve the platform to support growth while ensuring security and maintainability.

Skills

C#/.NET

Backend engineering

SQL/Data modelling

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Hands-on coding

Tools

Redis

Job description

Safemind AB is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to take technical ownership of the core gaming platform, shaping architecture and direction while staying close to code. You will balance long-term decisions with daily delivery to enhance scalability, reliability, and security as the studio grows.

The role requires hands-on contribution to production code, strong leadership of engineers, and clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders to align business needs with technical