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Backend engineer jobs in Sweden for English speakers
Right now: 130 verified English-friendly backend engineer roles in Sweden, from 273 live tech ads we track, 12 showing visa-sponsorship signals, updated 12 September 2026.
We read every ad for whether the team works in English, whether the employer signals visa sponsorship, and what the role actually pays, then link you straight to the source.
273
live roles right now
48%
work in English
4%
show a visa-sponsorship signal
Most-requested skills: Java, Kubernetes, AWS, .NET, Azure
Live examples
Refreshed daily · links to the ad
Control your future
Everone AB · Gävle
Software Engineer
Voyado AB · Lund
Senior Backend Engineer with cloud experience
Anyfin AB · Stockholm
Responsible Team
Pinetree AB · Sweden
Integrationsutvecklare
Xamera AB · Stockholm
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Who is hiring backend engineer roles in Sweden
These are the employers with more than one live backend engineer role advert in our data right now, most active first. Counts move as roles open and close, and an employer appearing here is a hiring pattern we can see, not a promise that they are still taking applications.
- Knightec Group AB12 live roles
- Knowit Sweden11 live roles
- Techrytera AB11 live roles, 6 English-friendly
- Veritaz AB10 live roles, 8 English-friendly
- Academic Work Sweden AB9 live roles, 3 English-friendly
- Pinetree AB8 live roles, 7 English-friendly
- A Hub AB7 live roles, 3 English-friendly
- Avaron AB7 live roles, 2 English-friendly
What these ads ask for
Reading the live backend engineer roles in Sweden, the skills that come up most often are Java, Kubernetes, AWS, .NET and Azure. That is what the adverts themselves list, so treat it as what employers are writing down rather than the full set of what the job involves.
On seniority, the live set breaks down as 11 junior, 12 mid-level, 125 senior and 13 lead, with the rest not stating a level clearly enough to classify. Senior roles are the largest group at the moment.
Do you need Swedish for backend engineer roles in Sweden?
Of the 273 live backend engineer roles in Sweden we are tracking, 130 (48%) read as English-friendly: the advert is written in English, or it states that the working language is English, or it asks for no Swedish. The remainder either require Swedish or leave it unsaid, and unsaid usually means it is expected.
We read that signal on every advert individually rather than assuming it from the employer, because the same company often runs English engineering roles and Swedish-language commercial roles side by side.
Which employers sponsor work permits in Sweden?
12 of the live backend engineer roles in Sweden (4%) carry a visa-sponsorship signal, meaning the advert mentions sponsorship, relocation support, or explicitly welcomes applicants who need a permit. It is a signal read from the advert, not a guarantee from the employer, so confirm it for the specific role before you count on it.
For how sponsorship actually works in Sweden, who can support a permit and what the timelines look like, see the work permit sponsorship guide. For employers with a track record across the whole bank rather than this page, see companies hiring internationally.
What do backend engineer roles pay in Sweden?
Most Swedish adverts do not quote pay, so we publish a figure only where enough of them do. Where the sample is real, the observed monthly range sits on the backend engineer salary page, read from the adverts themselves rather than from a survey.
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Counts come from our own reading of live Swedish tech ads (Arbetsförmedlingen and roughly 3,000 company career pages) and change as roles open and close. How EnglishJobsSweden works.