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Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Backend Engineer - C#/.NET

Backend EngineeringPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeStockholm, SwedenNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience with C# and .NET.
  • Strong experience building and maintaining backend services.
  • A solid understanding of RESTful APIs.
  • Practical experience with data access patterns and object-relational mappers, ideally Entity Framework.
  • Good knowledge of relational databases, preferably SQL Server.
  • Familiarity with distributed architectures, including service-to-service communication and asynchronous messaging.
  • Experience with cloud-hosted and containerized applications, ideally Azure and Docker.
  • Experience troubleshooting application issues using logs and monitoring tools.
  • Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or Cursor to speed up coding, testing, and debugging, with sound judgment about when and how to rely on AI-generated output.
  • Fluent English.
  • Must have EU citizenship or a valid work permit for Sweden.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and ship robust, maintainable, and readable software, applications, APIs, and workflows.
  • Contribute to technical architecture design decisions.
  • Work as part of an agile, cross-functional team and actively participate in Scrum ceremonies.
  • Analyze, discuss, and implement business requirements while maintaining good documentation of created systems and components.
  • Bring in industry standards and best practices to continually improve the codebase and architecture.
  • Adopt, implement, and provide feedback on organizational and industry standards and practices to contribute to the engineering culture.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Azure and Docker.
  • Experience with Kubernetes.
  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code practices.
  • FinTech or banking domain knowledge.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

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