Backend Engineer .NET

PodMe is looking for a Backend developer for our Listener Experience. The team focuses on the core experience in our web and app. Building a product that our customers really love.

PodMe is growing, we are taking the next steps towards becoming a household brand. With some of the best podcasts in the industry, we now need to double down on the experience of listening to podcasts.

Teams info
In the Listener Experience domain we need to strengthen up both our platform and subscriptions teams. While the teams are having different focus areas they still work closely together to both align on the best ways on building backend systems and also to help each other out when needed.
The platform team is focusing on our core micro services and infrastructure that is the foundation of PodMe.
The subscriptions team focuses on conversion. Building integrations to PSP and growth hacking features to give our customers the best possible way into PodMe.

About the role:
As a backend developer for the Listener Experience at PodMe you will together with your team be responsible for the backend micro services and infrastructure that is the foundation of our listening experience. Focusing on stability, scalability, security and providing our customers with a product they can trust and form habits around.
You will be a part of an agile well functioning team of developers and QA engineers to push ideas all the way to implementation and evaluation.

Your main stakeholders are our listeners and in addition to this you will also have a close collaboration with the cross functional backend team. You will report to an Engineering manager (who reports to the CTO).

Tech stack:

- C#/.Net
- Micro services
- Kubernetes
- SQL Server and other databases
- Azure

Responsibilities:

- Contribute to the team in daily discussions on how to create the best solutions and how to operate in the best way possible
- Share knowledge through code reviews, pair programming and weekly internal tech talks
- Create high quality solutions that scales in terms of performance, cost-efficiency and usability
- Be accountable for output and deliveries from the team
- Be part of a future on call rotation schedule

About you:
We believe that you are a self-driven, analytical and ambitious person who understands and loves solving complex problems and taking ownership. You have a solid technical background which enables you to effectively build solutions that scale. We value active listeners and great communication very high. Since you will be a part of a diverse team, you are also a social person, curious about others and like teamwork. And most likely, you are not a stranger to podcasts.

- Relevant academic background
- At least 3-5 years of experience working as a Backend developer with a relevant tech stack and product
- Good communication skills and fluent in English both spoken and written

What is PodMe?
PodMe is a fast growing Nordic podcast platform where you find some of the biggest, most liked and best (according to us) podcasts. What makes us unique is that we give our listeners access to our Premium podcasts which are exclusive and ad-free. Think Netflix, but for podcasts. We have about 200 000 monthly subscribers. We launched our service 2017 and today we have a great team of 50+ people that are focused on growth and further innovating the experience for our listeners.

Our offer:
At Podme you will find a great diverse and talented team, inspiring and fun working environment. You will have great opportunities to impact the business and future of our company. We value the user experience and the listeners' needs come first.
We offer a “remote first” working environment, this is optional and working partly from our office in Stockholm is both welcomed and encouraged.

Other information:
Location: Stockholm, hybrid (remote)
Hiring form: Full time
Start: As soon as possible

Next steps
Sounds like something for you? Great! Please send in your CV and Cover letter, and we will get back to you to schedule an interview if we feel that your application is a good match. Interviews are held continuously and we won’t settle until we’ve found the right person – and hopefully that person is you!


PodMe is a fast growing nordic podcast platform where you find some of the biggest, most liked and best (according to us) podcasts. What makes us unique is that we give our listeners access to our Premium podcasts which are exclusive and ad-free. Think Netflix, but for podcasts. We launched our service 2017 and today we have a great team of 50+ people that are focused on growth and further innovating the experience for our listeners.