Senior Backend Engineer and Team lead
We need more brains and more passion to solve real problems for farmers! Are you our next Senior Backend? Ready to help us build a scalable agritech platform and lead one of the teams behind it?
Build a scalable agritech platform and help lead the team behind it!
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Backend Engineer to strengthen our platform, our digital solutions and contribute to the professional direction of our backend and data domain.
This role combines deep hands-on backend engineering with team-level technical leadership.
As a Senior Backend Engineer you will play a key part in building reliable, scalable services, while also helping shape standards, structure, and technical maturity across the team. At the same time, you will contribute to technical direction within the team, supporting prioritization, mentoring engineers, and strengthening engineering quality and alignment.
You’ll work closely with the Solution Architect, Product, and cross-functional engineering teams.
Your responsibilities will include
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs in Go and Kotlin
Build secure, well-tested, high-performance systems
Take ownership of critical backend components and services
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Frontend, and Data teams
Ensure scalability, maintainability, and adherence to architectural standards
Participate in architectural discussions together with the CTPO and Solution Architect
Improve testing, CI/CD, observability, and automation practices
Identify and reduce technical debt and performance bottlenecks
Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues
As a Team lead you will:
Contribute to technical direction and best practices within the backend domain
Support prioritization and team flow together with leadership and follow ups
Mentor and guide less experienced engineers
Contribute to recruitment processes and team development
Provide structured input to leadership on technical improvements and team progress
This is a role for someone who wants to stay close to code while also influencing how the team works and evolves.
What We’re looking for someone who has
8+ years of professional experience in backend or platform engineering
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Strong proficiency in Go and/or Kotlin
Solid experience designing distributed systems
Deep understanding of concurrency, scalability, and performance optimization
Experience working in product-driven or SaaS environments
A track record of delivering robust, maintainable production systems
Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical direction
Comfortable working with AWS (preferred) or similar cloud platforms
Thrives on supporting prioritization, team flow, and leadership follow-up.
How you work and personal qualities
You are responsible and curious in your work and live out MIMIRO’s values. We appreciate clear communicators who can explain solutions to both technical and non-technical people. You combine hands-on excellence with systems thinking, and you care deeply about code quality, readability, and long-term maintainability. You take ownership and act with accountability, and you balance pragmatism with architectural discipline.
Why Join Us?
Great opportunities for personal and technical development
A modern and exciting tech stack
The chance to contribute to sustainable agriculture of the future
Competitive salary and benefits
Insight into Norwegian agriculture and food production
A friendly, down-to-earth team that’s committed to making a difference
Be part of a culture that values technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration
Where and how we work
You’ll have flexibility in where you work. 😊 From our downtown Oslo office, the Ås office, or from home when needed. However, the teams enjoy and appreciate meeting three times per week. Our team includes people from India, Isfjorden, Oslo, Moss, Tyrkia, Ski and more. English is our working language. Come as you are 😊
Do you want to learn more about us from a tech perspective? Take a look at: https://open.mimiro.io/
- Avdeling
- Technology and development
- Rolle
- Backend Developer
- Steder
- Oslo, Ås
- Status for hjemmekontor
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Om MIMIRO
Vi er et teknologiselskap etablert av TINE og Felleskjøpet Agri med Gjensidige på eiersiden. Vi utvikler digitale løsninger for en mer effektiv og bærekraftig matproduksjon. Våre kunder/partnere er bønder og aktører i landbruksnæringen.
Vi har kontorer både i Ås og sentralt i Oslo sentrum.