Backend Engineer
Help us redefine what it means to be a financial partner for everyday heroes
Sambla Group is a fintech company with a clear goal – to make personal finance better for all. We need you, your ambition and your skills on our journey. We have become the fast-growing fintech company that we are today - bridging the gap between borrowers and lenders - thanks to all the 400+ amazing people who work here.
With the vision to become a trusted personal finance partner, our success is the result of the commitment to deliver the best customer journey and consumer finance products in the industry. Through our well known brands such as Sambla, Advisa, Rahalaitos, Omalaina, Rahoitu and DigiFinans we support customers in consolidating and getting the best terms on their loans.
Right now we are looking for backend engineers who want to be part of this journey, who care about impact, not just output. With a product mindset, you will help shape the next phase of our growth.
What you will do
Design and develop backend services powering our new products and ventures
Actively take part in product discovery and influence what we build.
Collaborate with frontend, design, and business colleagues to deliver end-to-end value.
Write clean, reliable, and scalable code with ownership from idea to production.
Contribute to defining our ways of working and technical patterns as we grow.
What we are looking for
5+ years of backend or fullstack experience with frequent product shipping.
Strong understanding of modern software engineering principles and architectures.
Experience with or curiosity for our stack: Node.js, React, TypeScript/JavaScript, Next.js, and AWS (including CDK and CloudFormation)
Solid experience with APIs, testing, analytics, feature flags, and CI/CD pipelines.
Bonus: App-first products, React Native or AI-driven workflows.
Above all: a product mindset, you want to understand why we build things and you see impact as important as delivery.
Why this role?
Shape the foundations: Help set patterns and practices in teams where ways of working are still evolving.
Build for scale: Work on customer-facing features that reach thousands, while also designing systems that support Sambla’s growth.
Grow and explore: Join at a stage where team missions and ventures expand, giving you the chance to explore different problem spaces over time.
Work with purpose: What you build helps everyday people take control of their finances and create lasting impact in their lives.
What we offer
Business in mind & people at heart – we deliver results together and celebrate achievements.
A varied and challenging role in a multinational and highly innovative company, where we value the development of our employees.
A workplace where people genuinely enjoy coming to work.
A friendly culture with openness and respect for one another, with the possibility to influence and make a difference on society and people’s everyday lives.
Please note
As part of our efforts to foster an unbiased recruitment process, we kindly encourage you not to include picture, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age in your CV.
- Locations
- Stockholm Office

Stockholm Office
About Sambla Group
Sambla Group is the new generation of brokers. Our ambition has always been the same - to challenge the banks’ offers so that our customers, regardless of the conditions, should always have the same opportunity to obtain the best possible loan solution. Sambla Group has grown to over 400 employees, established itself in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark with offices in all markets.