Staff Software Engineer - AI & Automation

Epidemic Sound AB; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Epidemic Sound AB is seeking a Staff Software Engineer specialized in AI & Automation to lead the creation of an internal platform allowing non-engineers to build and deploy applications. This role will shape crucial decisions around the platform's architecture, developer experience, and team culture.

The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in backend scalability, deep knowledge of GCP, Kubernetes, and Go, alongside a strong product mindset focused on user experience. Join us in soundtracking the world!

Qualifications

• Extensive track record as a Senior, Staff, or Principal Engineer.
• Proven history of owning greenfield platforms and distributed systems.
• Deep production-scale experience in GCP, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Strong understanding of API design focusing on UX for non-technical users.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build internal tools for non-engineers to create applications.
• Own the end-to-end design of the operational platform.
• Establish patterns and integrations connecting to core enterprise systems.
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure adoption of the platform.
• Serve as a senior technical voice, influencing architectural decisions.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

GitOps

Terraform

Vertex AI

OpenAI

Job description

Staff Software Engineer - AI & Automation

We're building a new Productivity Engineering team, and you'll be the founding engineer of an internal platform that lets non-engineers build, deploy, and host agents and applications. This means your decisions will shape the architecture, the developer experience, and the culture of the team for years to come.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and build the foundational platform that enables business users across the organisation to create, deploy, and manage internal applications and agents without requiring engineering support.
• Own the end-to-end design of this platform, from infrastructure and hosting to the self-service interfaces and guardrails that make it safe and approachable for non-technical users.
• Establish the patterns, integrations, and building blocks that connect to core enterprise systems and allow business teams to move quickly without compromising security or compliance.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to translate operational needs into platform capabilities, ensuring the systems you build are not only technically sound but genuinely adopted.
• Operate as a senior technical voice within a small, high-autonomy team, helping set architectural direction and raising the bar for how the team designs and delivers.

Requirements & Technical Competence

• The Blueprint: Extensive track record as a Senior, Staff, or Principal Engineer, with a proven history of owning greenfield platforms, distributed systems, and backend scalability patterns.
• Infrastructure & Platform: Deep production-scale GCP (compute, networking, IAM, managed services), Kubernetes, and Helm (designing for multi-tenancy).
• Languages: Proficient in Go (primary), with comfort across the stack in TypeScript and/or Python.
• Developer Experience (DX): Hands-on experience with GitOps, environment provisioning, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), and enterprise security/IAM (SSO/Okta integration).
• AI Integration: Experience integrating LLMs and agentic systems into production backends (Vertex AI, Gemini, OpenAI, MCP, or similar).
• Product Mindset: Strong understanding of API design and a proven ability to design for non-technical users—you care about onboarding, UX, documentation, and what "easy to use" means in practice.

Way of Working

Highly autonomous, comfortable with high ambiguity, and able to clearly present technical trade-offs to non-engineering stakeholders.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We believe that bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives makes for a healthy workplace, a more successful business and a better world. We value diversity and encourage everyone to come and soundtrack the world with us.