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Backend engineer jobs in Gothenburg for English speakers

Right now: 13 verified English-friendly backend engineer roles in Gothenburg, from 31 live tech ads we track, 1 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.

31

live roles right now

42%

work in English

3%

show a visa-sponsorship signal

1Junior1Mid16Senior

Most-requested skills: Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, CI/CD, Java

Live examples

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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Avaron AB · Göteborg

SeniorEnglish OK

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Java Cloud Developer

Integro Consulting AB · Göteborg

SeniorEnglish OK

Contact person + direct email on file — for members

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Senior .NET & Go Developer

Explipro Group AB · Göteborg

SeniorEnglish OK

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Were looking for Backend Developers in Gothenburg!

Techla Group AB · Göteborg

SeniorEnglish OK

Contact person + direct email on file — for members

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Senior Backend Engineer

Benifex Sweden AB · Göteborg

SeniorEnglish OK

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Who is hiring backend engineer roles in Gothenburg

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 AB4 live roles
  • Explipro Group AB2 live roles, 2 English-friendly
  • Knightec Group Software and Cloud AB2 live roles
  • Norion Bank AB2 live roles, 1 English-friendly

What these ads ask for

Reading the live backend engineer roles in Gothenburg, the skills that come up most often are Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, CI/CD and Java. 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 1 junior, 1 mid-level and 16 senior, 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 Gothenburg?

Of the 31 live backend engineer roles in Gothenburg we are tracking, 13 (42%) 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 Gothenburg?

1 of the live backend engineer roles in Gothenburg (3%) 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 Gothenburg?

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.