Software Engineer-Backend
Thrive at Dustin: IT innovation, growth, and a dynamic team of over 2000 colleagues. Ready to make an impact?
Are you ready to take on complex backend challenges and build solutions that make a difference? Join Dustin as a Software Engineer Backend and grow your expertise while working with modern technologies, scalable platforms, and an international team that values ownership and innovation.
This is what makes the position as Software Engineer-Backend unique
Work on a business-critical platform that powers product data, pricing, and availability for more than 150 suppliers across multiple European markets, making a direct impact on Dustin's B2B business.
Shape the future of a modern backend platform by working with PHP, Symfony, AWS, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies as part of an ongoing modernization journey.
Join an engineering team that embraces AI-assisted software development, giving you the tools to build, test, troubleshoot, and innovate more efficiently while solving complex technical challenges.
The Hiring Manager for the role is Konstantinos Maounis, Manager Platform Enablement. As a leader, he believes the best teams are built on trust, transparency, and continuous learning. He strives to create an environment where people feel empowered to take ownership, challenge ideas, support one another and grow both professionally and personally while working on meaningful technical challenges.
You'll join an international team that values ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Together, you'll solve complex challenges, share ideas, and work closely with Engineering, Architecture, Operations, and the business to deliver real impact.
Your role & influence as Software Engineer-Backend
Responsibility: You will be given responsibility for designing, developing, modernizing, and operating the backend systems and data processing capabilities that power Dustin's product import platform, ensuring it remains scalable, reliable, secure, and ready to support continued growth across multiple European markets.
Collaboration: Together with your team, you take care of the reliable onboarding, processing, enrichment, and publication of supplier product data. You'll work closely not only with your immediate team members but also with Architecture, Operations, Product Management, and other business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions that support Dustin's B2B business across multiple European markets.
Core activities:
Design, develop, and modernize scalable backend services and data processing pipelines using PHP, Symfony, AWS, and cloud-native technologies.
Build and maintain supplier integrations that ensure reliable onboarding, enrichment, and publication of product data across multiple European markets.
Improve platform reliability, performance, and engineering excellence by implementing automated testing, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and AI-assisted development practices.
Benefits of joining Dustin
We believe there's more to Dustin than just the benefits listed here. You'll fully understand this once you're with us. Curious? Our Life at Dustin page has you covered.
You can find more of our benefits below in the vacancy.
This is what we imagine you bring
We envision you as a curious and driven backend engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building scalable solutions, and continuously improving systems through modern engineering practices.
Additionally, it's important that:
You have a bachelor's degree level of working and thinking.
You have experience with backend development using PHP and Symfony, designing scalable applications, APIs, and distributed systems.
Technical skills include AWS cloud services, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL databases (such as MySQL), CI/CD, automated testing, Redis, messaging platforms, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps practices.
What can you expect next?
To ensure a fair recruitment process free from unconscious bias, we handle your application anonymously and do not accept cover letters. Please refrain from sending one, so that the selection is based solely on professional competencies. We expect the following steps in the recruitment process:
Telephone screening with Talent Acquisition Partner, Karishma
First Interview – Professional Experience Discussion with the Hiring Manager, Konstantinos, and a fellow team Manager.
Second Interview – Technical Assessment & Engineering Discussion with the Hiring Manager, Konstantinos, and a specialist engineer from the team
Professional References
Please note that for this specific job, we don´t provide any relocation or work permit sponsorship support.
Read more about how to become a Dustineer
- Department
- Technology
- Role
- Back-End Development
- Locations
- Leiden
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Required working hours
- 40
- Required language(s)
- English
Need more reasons to become a Dustineer?
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Collective health insurance
The option for a low-cost group health insurance plan
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Home office and compensation
An extensive home office furnished by Dustin. For each day you work from home, you will be paid: €2.45, provided for roles where applicable.
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27 vacation days
Based on a 40-hour working week
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Dustin Academy
A dedicated focus on your personal growth through individual development plans
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Pension
We provide a pension scheme at Zwitserleven with a premium rate of 13% for all ages. We pay 9% and your contribution is 4%.
This is what makes Dustin special
As you grow, we grow. Your development is crucial to us. We encourage everyone to stay curious and keep learning. That's why we have our own Dustin Academy, which supports your continuous growth.
Be part of an exciting journey. With teams in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Belgium, we are a leading online IT partner in the Nordics and the Benelux, constantly striving to become one of Europe's top IT partners.
Make an impact that matters. We prioritise sustainability every day with ambitious goals to reduce climate impact, increase circularity and promote social equality. Diversity and inclusion are an integral part of our strength.
Together we win as a team. We embrace a supportive culture, encourage a sustainable work-life and support healthy lifestyles. We offer flexibility, allowing a mix of digital and office work tailored to your role and providing the best conditions for a balanced daily life.
Dustineers
About Dustin
Dustin is a leading online based IT partner in the Nordics and the Benelux. We help our customers to stay in the forefront by providing them with the right IT solution for their needs.
We offer approximately 280,000 products with related services to companies, the public sector and private individuals. Sales for the financial year 2023/24 amounted to approximately SEK 21.5 billion and more than 90 per cent of the revenues came from the corporate market.
Dustin has approximately 2,000 employees and has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 2015 with headquarters in Nacka Strand just outside central Stockholm.