Backend Developer

Validio AB is a Stockholm-based software company providing a data quality and observability platform. The role is part of the Validation Engine team, responsible for backend services that read data from source systems (e.g. BigQuery, Snowflake, Kafka), run data validation logic, and report incidents to downstream systems. The employee will design, develop, test, and maintain backend components of this system.

Main duties

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services in Rust and Go
• Develop and maintain SQL query generation logic across multiple database dialects (e.g. BigQuery, Snowflake, ClickHouse, Postgres)
• Define and maintain service contracts using Protocol Buffers and gRPC
• Build and maintain data source connectors, including schema introspection and authentication
• Diagnose and resolve production issues in distributed backend systems
• Write automated tests and maintain technical documentation for backend components
• Collaborate with Customer Success and Solutions Engineering teams to translate reported technical issues into engineering solutions
• Deploy and operate services using Kubernetes and related infrastructure tooling

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
• Documented professional experience developing and maintaining production backend services in Rust or Go
• Strong working knowledge of SQL, including query optimization and execution plan analysis
• Experience with distributed systems and message-streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka)
• Experience with containerized deployment (Kubernetes)
• Professional proficiency in English