Junior Software Engineer (AI)

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania; hybrid work with at least 3 days per week in-office

Annual gross base pay: €35,000–€61,000

Company

hirify.global operates in global financial markets and is building a new R&D team focused on responsible AI.

What you will do

• Build and maintain Java and Spring backend services and React/TypeScript user-facing applications, owning capabilities end to end.
• Design and implement secure REST and agent-to-agent integrations.
• Ensure quality through unit testing, manual validation, and test automation.
• Contribute to requirements analysis and architecture discussions.
• Collaborate with DevOps on deployment automation, observability, and portfolio security across environments.
• Use AI-assisted tooling and hirify.global's GenAI Platform to optimize the development process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience in full-stack software engineering, including production-level Java, object-oriented design, design patterns, and SOLID principles.
• Experience building component-based web applications; React and TypeScript experience is strongly valued.
• Solid SQL skills covering CRUD operations, schema design, and database-backed services, plus strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Proficiency with Git workflows and Linux command-line usage.
• Understanding of containerization with Docker or Podman.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted tools in a real development workflow.
• No previous unspent convictions for criminal offences under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, except offences solely related to minor road traffic violations.

Nice to have

• Exposure to LLM or agent development, including function calling, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering, or agent-tool protocols.
• Basic familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu, Python or another scripting language, or Kubernetes.
• Background in fintech, capital markets, or a regulated industry environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work setup with a modern office environment.
• Competitive base salary, annual bonus, annual equity grant, and employee stock purchase plan.
• Voluntary III Pillar Pension Plan with company contributions.
• 20 vacation days plus additional days based on tenure, six flex days, and paid volunteer leave of up to two days per year.
• Flexible health insurance, group life assurance, 24/7 accident insurance, sports and wellness activities, and mental health support.
• Work from almost anywhere for up to 20 days per year, plus mentoring and unlimited access to e-learning platforms.