Swedish tax agency building secure digital public services
Skatteverket is Sweden's tax authority, running a large in-house IT organization on Java/Spring Boot and .NET with Vue, Angular and React front ends, deployed on OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Accelerating, engineering-heavy and largely senior hiring lines up with recurring job-post themes of legacy system renewal, technical-debt reduction and OpenShift platform architecture, which points to a sustained modernization program rather than incremental maintenance.
Notable leadership hires: Section Chief
Skatteverket is the Swedish government agency responsible for taxation, headquartered in Sundbyberg with 10,001+ employees. Its remit spans collecting revenue that funds public services, countering organized crime, maintaining fair rules for businesses and delivering secure digital services to citizens and companies. The agency operates a broad on-premises and private-cloud estate including Oracle, SQL Server, VMware Cloud Foundation and NetApp, with integration via MuleSoft and analytics through Cognos, Qlik and Informatica PowerCenter. Hiring is concentrated in Sweden across engineering, finance, data and tax functions.
Skatteverket uses Java, Spring Boot, .NET, TypeScript, Vue, Angular and React, running on OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with Oracle and SQL Server databases, Azure DevOps, Ansible, MuleSoft, UiPath and Qlik.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and engineering is the dominant department, skewed toward senior and mid-level roles, with additional openings in finance, data and tax. All hiring is in Sweden.
Job posts point to system renewal, architecture modernization, OpenShift platform design, automation for self-service and monitoring, an automated SOC, and work on the Swedish voting system.
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