Software Engineer Core Engineering / Platform Core
RPS Soft · Sweden
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September 10, 2026 Full Time, Hybrid Sweden Posted 3 hours ago We are hiring Senior Software Engineer for Sweden.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead across these capabilities, you will establish the technical direction, drive the platform agenda, and lead two engineering squads day-to-day. Platform Core provides the core engineering platform used by all development teams, managing how code and artifacts move from idea to production.
Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science and related engineering field.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as technical lead and architecture authority across Platform Core capabilities: source control, artifact management, software supply chain security, secrets management, keyless identity, and CI/CD.
- Drive the technical platform agenda: define, approve and document standards, reference architectures and golden paths that engineering teams build on.
- Own architecture and security decisions for the area, and move capabilities from “in place” to governed and measurable.
- Lead on software supply chain security and secrets, including ongoing tooling transitions.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership to the engineering teams (leading two squads day-to-day): set direction, review design, unblock delivery, and raise the technical bar.
- Partner with security, architecture and product stakeholders to align the platform roadmap.
Required Qualifications:
- 7-8+ of experience with SDLC platform tooling: GitHub, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD), artifact management (Artifactory), secrets management (Vault / Infisical), supply chain security (scanning and curation).
- Strong security engineering background: identity, secrets, keyless / token authentication, and supply chain.
- Experience defining standards, reference architectures, and governance for a large engineering organisation.
- Infrastructure as Code and cloud platform experience.
- Mandatory proficiency in English.
Soft Skills:
- Ability to drive a complex technical agenda and influence decisions across multiple teams without direct authority.
- Skillful at collaborating and aligning platform roadmaps with security, architecture, and product stakeholders.
- Excellent capability to guide engineering teams, conduct design reviews, unblock technical delivery, and raise standard performance.
- Strong capacity to establish golden paths, define reference architectures, and translate platform goals into measurable standards.
Job Features
Job Category Software Development
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