Senior AI Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior AI Engineer (AI): Building and evolving an AI-powered customer engagement platform with an accent on agentic AI and rapid, AI-driven delivery. Focus on transitioning a PHP monolith into scalable event-driven microservices and designing autonomous AI agents with specialized connectors.

Location: Hybrid (Utrecht, Netherlands)

Company

hirify.global is a Dutch scale-up providing an AI-powered customer engagement platform that unifies communication channels for thousands of businesses worldwide.

What you will do

• Translate product requirements into functional production code using high-speed execution cycles.
• Leverage AI-native workflows with tools like Cursor and Claude to accelerate implementation and refactoring.
• Lead the incremental migration of a PHP monolith into a scalable, event-driven microservices architecture.
• Develop AI Agents with specialized skills and connectors to solve customer problems autonomously.
• Act as the final gatekeeper for security, performance, and architectural integrity of AI-generated code.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Proficiency in PHP, Node.js, Python, and Vue.js.
• Expertise in utilizing latest AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor) to navigate and refactor complex codebases.
• Ability to design agentic logic and resilient systems beyond basic RAG implementations.
• Must be based in or able to work from the Utrecht office in a hybrid capacity.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with the flexibility to work abroad for 2 months per year.
• 28 vacation days and a sabbatical option (up to 3 months unpaid) after two years of service.
• Learning budget, dedicated onboarding program, and mental health support via OpenUp.
• Travel reimbursement to Utrecht HQ and monthly internet/phone allowances.
• Daily warm lunches provided at the Utrecht office and pension contributions.

Hiring process

• Introductory call with the Talent team.
• Manager interview to dive deep into experience and expectations.
• Practical real-world technical assignment.
• Team connection to ensure mutual cultural and technical fit.