Senior Backend Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (AI): Developing and maintaining core services for an agentic clinical AI assistant with an accent on regulatory compliance, scalability, and system reliability. Focus on building robust backend infrastructure using Python and Kubernetes to support complex diagnostic workflows in a clinical environment.

Location: Must be based in The Netherlands or Switzerland, with an expectation of at least 50% time in the office.

Company

hirify.global is building a next-generation agentic clinical AI assistant designed to help clinicians reason across patient data, guidelines, and diagnostics in real clinical environments.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain backend services using Python, FastAPI, and Postgres.
• Own the delivery of backend features within interdisciplinary, feature-driven squads.
• Manage infrastructure components including Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD.
• Collaborate closely with frontend, infrastructure, ML, and data teams to ensure product stability.
• Shape technical requirements and refine development practices.
• Provide support and mentorship to internal team members.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in delivering and maintaining high-quality software in production.
• Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals and cloud-native architecture.
• Proficiency with Python (FastAPI), Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and Postgres.
• Experience delivering scalable and resilient solutions on major public cloud platforms.
• Must be based in The Netherlands or Switzerland and able to work in a hybrid model.
• Proactive communication skills and a pragmatic, fact-driven approach to problem-solving.

Nice to have

• Experience in a fast-growth scale-up environment.
• Background in highly regulated fields, particularly medical or healthcare.
• Experience working on AI-adjacent products.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary, pension plan, and 25 vacation days per year.
• EUR 1000 annual learning and development budget.
• Regular offsites and team events.
• Annual commuting subsidy.
• Flexible work environment with a focus on ownership and collaboration.

Hiring process

• Screening call to align on motivation and professional goals.
• Technical interview involving a challenge, case study, or scenario.
• Onsite meeting to explore team fit and collaboration dynamics.
• Final executive conversation regarding long-term alignment.