Senior Software Engineer (AI)

Location: Hybrid in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Company

CI&T Philippines delivers technology solutions for international clients through global, cross-functional teams.

What you will do

• Lead technical direction, architecture, planning, estimation, and delivery across full-stack projects.
• Build serverless backend services and REST APIs with TypeScript, Node.js, AWS Lambda, and API Gateway.
• Develop responsive React and Next.js applications and support Drupal 10 and PHP integrations.
• Design and orchestrate AI agents for development, testing, support, and operational workflows.
• Own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployments, monitoring, incident response, and reliability improvements.
• Mentor engineers, lead technical discussions, collaborate with stakeholders, and act as the primary technical contact for clients.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, AWS serverless technologies, REST APIs, and modern full-stack development.
• Experience building, orchestrating, or integrating AI agents into software solutions or engineering workflows.
• Experience with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, SQS, IAM, WAF, Secrets Manager, SSM, and CloudWatch.
• Experience with API security, infrastructure as code, automated testing, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, GitHub Actions, and Turborepo.
• Strong software architecture, system design, troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Excellent English communication and documentation skills required.

Nice to have

• Experience with Amazon OpenSearch or OpenSearch Serverless.
• Experience with PHP 8.x, Drupal 10, SAML SSO, PHPUnit, PHPStan, and PHPCS.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Storybook, Artillery, LaunchDarkly, FullStory, New Relic, or Pantheon.
• Experience with cloud-native and serverless architecture, distributed systems, and AI-assisted development.
• Experience working with international clients in distributed or remote teams.

Culture & Benefits

• ₱5,000 monthly allowance combining taxable and non-taxable allowances.
• 12 vacation days and 10 sick days during the first year, increasing to 20 vacation days and 10 sick days from the second year.
• HMO coverage of up to ₱250,000 per illness per year, including two free dependents from day one.
• Leave conversion or carry-over of up to five unused vacation days, subject to company policy.
• Weekly onsite meal, office pantry supplies, birthday gift, quarterly company-sponsored activities, and referral incentives.
• Access to more than 20,000 online learning courses and opportunities to work with global teams and international clients.