AI SERVICES-Senior Software Engineer AI applications - KE

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help us design, build, and operate modern backend systems for data- and AI-driven products. In this role, you will work closely with engineers, product owners, architects, and other stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into reliable, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.

You should bring strong backend engineering experience, a pragmatic mindset, and the ability to communicate technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Beyond technical implementation, we are looking for someone who thinks like an IT consultant: someone who understands stakeholder needs, asks the right questions, challenges assumptions constructively, and helps identify the best possible solution for the given business and technical context.

You enjoy collaborating with colleagues, discussing solution options, explaining trade-offs, and creating alignment across different perspectives. You are comfortable taking ownership from concept to production and care about delivering solutions that are not only technically sound, but also practical, sustainable, and valuable for the people who use them.

We work in a HYBRID STYLE of working with an unlimited home office, but twice a week we meet in the office (Bratislava or Košice) for meetings.

The published salary is the minimum possible offer.
The starting salary may be higher depending on the extent of fulfillment of the employee's requirements (education, language skills, required practice, personality assumptions and skills).

You should bring:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on backend development and Python for production grade systems
• Solid experience building backend services, APIs, and distributed systems
• Experience with containers and deployment technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or serverless platforms
• Good understanding of software architecture, clean code principles, and engineering best practices
• Experience working with Git, pull requests, code reviews, and collaborative development workflows
• Practical experience with CI/CD and GitOps concepts and tools
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and drive topics forward
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts in clear, simple, and stakeholder-appropriate language
• An outgoing, collaborative personality and a genuine interest in working with colleagues to find good solutions

Nice to Have
• Knowledge of data engineering concepts, such as ETL/ELT pipelines, data transformation, batch processing, data quality, or orchestration tools
• Experience with deployments on hyperscaler platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with AI-enabled backend applications, especially RAG-based systems, semantic search, document Q&A, internal knowledge assistants, or agentic workflows using tools such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar technologies
• Familiarity with typical RAG stack components, such as embeddings, chunking, vector databases/search engines like pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or Azure AI Search, as well as observability/evaluation tools such as LangSmith, Langfuse, OpenTelemetry, or Arize Phoenix
• Experience with monitoring, logging, tracing, and observability tools
• Full-stack capabilities and experience in building frontends are a big plus
• Familiarity with security, authentication, authorization, and secure API design[LP1.1][FV1.2][FV1.3]
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives

• Annual Bonus (Variable Pay): In accordance with the employer’s compensation Remuneration policy, employees are eligible for an annual bonus of up to 5% of their annual base salary total cash, subject to achieving 100% of the performance criteria defined by the employer.* 
• Meal Allowance: Meal contribution of EUR 7.50 per working day, of which EUR 6.50 is paid by the employer, provided in advance via a Ticket Restaurant card or as a financial allowance. 
• Cafeteria Benefits: Monthly contribution of EUR 25 to the Cafeteria benefits system or a MultiSport card.* 
• Company Mobile Phone: Company mobile phone for both business and personal use, including unlimited calls, SMS/MMS, and 15 GB of EU roaming data at 4G speed. After the data allowance is consumed, the speed is reduced to 128 kbps. 
• Flexible Working Hours: Employees can organize their working day according to their preferences, while respecting the core working hours from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. 
• My Days: Entitlement to one or more paid leave days without the need to provide a medical certificate.  Additional paid leave is provided to parents of first-grade schoolchildren on their child’s first school day.* 
• Employee Referral Bonus: Reward of up to EUR 1,700 for the successful referral of a candidate hired on a permanent employment contract. 
• Telekom Product Discounts: Discounts of up to 50% on Telekom products, including internet, fixed-line, and mobile services. 
• Partner Discounts: Discounts with dozens of partners in the areas of health, sports, fashion, culture, travel, housing, and education.* 
• Supplementary Pension Contribution: Employer contribution to the employee’s selected supplementary pension scheme in the amount of 1.5% of gross salary.* 
• Learning & Development: Career development and training opportunities focused on both soft and hard skills. Employees receive a EUR 180 contribution towards language courses on each employment anniversary with DTSE Slovakia. 
• Corporate Events: Summer and Christmas parties, St. Nicholas Day events, Health Days, blood donation campaigns, team-building activities, and more. 
• Mojra.sk Psychological Counselling: Access to psychological counselling services through Cafeteria benefit points.* 
• Benefits for Future Parents: Employees receive a EUR 100 contribution upon the birth of a child. Fathers receive one additional week of paid leave on top of the statutory two-week paternity leave. Employees going on parental leave may retain their company mobile phone for up to one year. 
• Relocation Bonus: Employees relocating from another country to Slovakia based on an employment contract with DTSE Slovakia are eligible for a EUR 1,500 relocation allowance, paid during the first three months of employment (EUR 500 per month).

* Available after successful completion of the probation period as defined in the employment contract.