Mid-level Software engineer
Alva Labs
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Information Technology
About Us
At Alva Labs, we’re redefining how companies hire — replacing gut feeling with science. We’re building an AI-first Hiring System — the only platform companies need to define roles, assess candidates, make confident decisions, and continuously improve their hiring. Leading companies across Europe trust us to make hiring more accurate, inclusive, and scalable.
We’re a small, ambitious team based in Stockholm, Sweden. We value ownership, velocity, and low-ego collaboration. We care deeply about our craft and each other — and we’re driven to build something that lasts. Joining now means being part of the growth journey as we scale our product, explore new AI-powered capabilities, and bring fair hiring to millions more people.
About The Role
We’re looking for Software Engineers to help shape the future of hiring. You’ll work across our stack to build products that make hiring fair, predictive, and delightful — for everyone. As a Software Engineer at Alva Labs, you'll have a direct impact on our mission to revolutionize hiring. This hybrid role is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
What You'll Work On
At Alva Labs, we’re redefining how companies hire — replacing gut feeling with science. We’re building an AI-first Hiring System — the only platform companies need to define roles, assess candidates, make confident decisions, and continuously improve their hiring. Leading companies across Europe trust us to make hiring more accurate, inclusive, and scalable.
We’re a small, ambitious team based in Stockholm, Sweden. We value ownership, velocity, and low-ego collaboration. We care deeply about our craft and each other — and we’re driven to build something that lasts. Joining now means being part of the growth journey as we scale our product, explore new AI-powered capabilities, and bring fair hiring to millions more people.
About The Role
We’re looking for Software Engineers to help shape the future of hiring. You’ll work across our stack to build products that make hiring fair, predictive, and delightful — for everyone. As a Software Engineer at Alva Labs, you'll have a direct impact on our mission to revolutionize hiring. This hybrid role is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
What You'll Work On
- Design, build, and maintain features across the stack — frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
- Take ownership of features end-to-end, from technical design to implementation, deployment, and iteration.
- Collaborate closely with data scientists, designers, ML engineers, and product managers to turn ideas into intuitive experiences.
- Drive projects through the full lifecycle: planning, shipping, learning, and improving.
- Solid experience building and shipping products end-to-end.
- Strong skills in modern frontend (React/TypeScript) and backend development (Python/Node.js).
- Solid understanding of software design principles and writing scalable, performant code.
- A product mindset – you can balance speed with long-term thinking and make well-reasoned decisions.
- A collaborative spirit – you thrive in cross-functional teams with product, design, data, and ML.
- Fluent English is a requirement for this role.
- Fill out a short application.
- Complete objective screening with Alva’s own tests.
- Have a quick intro call with our Talent team.
- Complete a practical coding exercise at home, followed by a collaborative session to walk through your solution and extend it live.
- Participate in a combined session to dive into product thinking and collaboration, followed by a close-out chat to discuss Alva’s vision and culture.
- Complete a background & ID check.
About the company
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Evaluating a candidate in a recruitment process is difficult. Even more so, when you have 200 candidates for one position.
At Alva, we are committed to making candidate assessment better for everyone. By combining AI and machine learning with established science and research, we have created a platform for psychometric testing that all recruiters can use.
Save time in the screening process, while also ensuring all candidates get a fair chance. Remove bias, open up for diversity and most importantly - base your hiring decisions on objective data that actually predict success on the job.