Senior Backend Engineer

Job description

Location: Lisbon,Lisbon,Portugal Overview: We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build and evolve the backend and platform services that power an AI-driven automotive platform. This role focuses on backend-heavy, cloud-native development, with exposure to AI-enabled systems, APIs, and data flows. You will work across multiple services and languages, collaborating closely with AI/ML, Android, QA, DevOps, and Product teams. While primarily backend-focused, the role requires full-stack awareness and a strong systems mindset. What will you do?: - Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs supporting AI-driven features - Work with cloud-based architectures and distributed systems - Implement reliable, scalable, and secure data and service integrations - Collaborate with AI/ML teams to support model integration and inference workflows - Work with relational databases and SQL for data persistence and analytics needs - Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture alignment - Contribute to observability, performance tuning, and operational stability - Support CI/CD, testing, and deployment processes in collaboration with DevOps What are we l...