Staff Applied AI Engineer
Pubblicato il 08-10-2026 - Qonto in Palermo
Overview
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Qonto, you will build AI-integrated backend systems that connect models to compliance workflows in a regulated environment. You'll own the end-to-end service architecture and help automate AML/AFC operations to accelerate onboarding and agent responses. You'll shape the technical direction in a small team and contribute to the broader FCC domain as Qonto scales toward a full banking licence. This role combines AI delivery with robust backend engineering in a fast, autonomous setting.
Retribuzione / Benefits
- remote-friendly / full remote
- cross-country work locations
- participation in AI tooling access for all employees
Responsabilità
- Build production-grade services that integrate AI models (Claude/OpenAI or open-source) with compliance workflows
- Own end-to-end service architecture and drive reliability and scalability without a PM layer
- Automate AML/AFC compliance operations (EDD automation and onboarding acceleration) with input from ops teams
- Monitor production,
run post-mortems, track impact, and implement improvements
- Lead design discussions and contribute to the platform's architectural direction
- Operate with direct roadmap ownership and prioritize work in a lean, fast-paced process
Requisiti fondamentali
- Strong backend foundation with experience in large-scale web applications and production constraints
- Experience shipping AI-integrated production systems
- Proficiency in Python (ideally)
- Solid ability to design and articulate architectural trade-offs
- Comfort owning the full product cycle from scoping to shipping without a dedicated PM
- ownership and accountability
- strong architectural judgment
- ability to work autonomously in a small team
- Python (ideally)
- large-scale web application architecture
- AI model integration (Claude/OpenAI or open-source)