VACANCY FOR SENIOR BACKEND DEVELOPER
We are seeking a skilled Senior Level Backend Developer to join our dynamic technology team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable backend systems using .NET and Microsoft Azure services.
You will play a key role in optimizing existing solutions, designing cloud-native microservices, and implementing modern engineering practices to continuously enhance our product offerings.
About the Company:
At Alfa Laval, every single day we contribute to a more sustainable future through engineering innovation. Our global teams design and implement refining, recycling, and purifying processes that help our customers improve their operations.
Our solutions are used in critical applications such as water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, and pharmaceutical development. We foster a culture that encourages initiative, collaboration, courage, and diversity, giving people the freedom and resources to turn ideas into reality.
Alfa Laval’s core competencies are in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling, supported by world-class technologies, systems, equipment, and services that help our customers stay ahead.
Learn more at: www.alfalaval.com
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a strong individual contributor, owning backend components and services end‑to‑end
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable backend services supporting core product functionality
- Take responsibility for the technical quality, robustness, and maintainability of backend solutions
- Proactively modernize and improve existing systems, addressing performance, reliability, and technical debt
- Collaborate closely with the Tech Lead and other developers, contributing to design discussions, reviewing code, and supporting consistent implementation
- Support junior developers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance, while working with product, frontend, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver high‑quality features across the full development lifecycle
Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Experience:
- Technically strong engineer who can be relied upon to deliver high‑quality work independently, takes ownership of assigned components, and follows through on commitments with minimal supervision
- Experience working with complex, distributed backend systems, understanding how multiple services interact
- Hands‑on experience building backend components or microservices from scratch, not only maintaining existing code
- 5-10 years of relevant development experience
Skills:
Must have:
- Strong hands-on experience with .NET/.NET Core
- Experience with Microsoft Azure Services including Service Bus, Event Hub, Containers, Azure Functions, Azure app services and SignalR
- Design and implementation of scalable microservices architectures
- Strong understanding of object‑oriented programming (OOP) concepts
- Experience with development of web APIs
- Strong knowledge of SQL
- Knowledge of databases such as PostgreSQL and/or InfluxDB
- Hands-on experience with Docker
- Should be technically sound, reliable and self-driven
Good to have:
- Test Driven Development (TDD)
- CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless deployment and integration
- Experience of having worked in Linux-based environments
Who You Are:
You are an independent, quick‑learning professional with strong problem‑solving skills and high attention to detail and quality. You enjoy being part of a team and contributing to shared success.
You are:
- Structured and driven, with the ability to see the bigger picture
- Self‑motivated and proactive, able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
- Comfortable taking initiative and ownership
- Interested in continuous learning and knowledge sharing
- Motivated by developing both yourself and your colleagues
Interested? Please apply for the position
Note
We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.
Skills Required
- Strong hands-on experience with .NET/.NET Core
- Experience with Microsoft Azure Services (Service Bus, Event Hub, Containers, Azure Functions, Azure App Services, SignalR)
- Design and implementation of scalable microservices architectures
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts
- Experience with development of web APIs
- Strong knowledge of SQL
- Knowledge of databases such as PostgreSQL and/or InfluxDB
- Hands-on experience with Docker
- Experience working with complex, distributed backend systems and building backend components from scratch
- 5-10 years of relevant development experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Test Driven Development (TDD)
- CI/CD pipelines experience
- Experience working in Linux-based environments
Alfa Laval Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Alfa Laval and has not been reviewed or approved by Alfa Laval.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) support is described as generous in U.S. postings, and the retirement plan is a notable strength alongside core coverage.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are core parts of the package, and health insurance is often described positively in U.S. materials.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and paid holidays are standard, with options like purchasing additional PTO expanding flexibility for some roles.
Alfa Laval Insights
What We Do
Pioneering positive impact! Our pioneering 140-year-old start-up culture is built on the idea that partnership is the key to solving complex problems and unlocking the full potential of resources. So we collaborate closely with our partners, customers, and thought leaders to create game-changing solutions that challenge conventional thinking on quality, efficiency, and innovation. United by a shared commitment to creating positive impact we’re reshaping vital industries, like energy, food, water, and shipping, to optimize efficiency, reduce emissions, and increase yields. Together, we’re building business success, elevating the quality of life across society, and driving progress towards a more sustainable world. Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of first-rate heat transfer, separation, fluid handling products separation, and fluid handling products. With these as its base, Alfa Laval aims to help enhance the productivity and competitiveness of its customers in various industries throughout the world. We define their challenges and deliver sustainable products and solutions that meet their requirements – in energy, the environment, food, and the marine industry. Alfa Laval today has customers in some 100 countries, employs more than 21,300 people, and annual sales were SEK 63.6 billion (5.5 BEUR) in 2023. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Alfa Laval contributes to 15 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Our solutions make a difference in daily life. You can learn more on our website about how our products work, and how they are used in industries worldwide. We welcome your engagement, comments and questions - our guidelines and moderation policy for Alfa Laval channels on social media can be found here: https://www.alfalaval.com/legal/community-guidelines/ Personal data will be handled in accordance with the Alfa Laval Privacy Policy. https://www.alfalaval.com/privacy
