Are you passionate about working with the most cutting-edge technologies, including AI, big data analytics, LLMs, data mining, and business intelligence (BI)? Are you looking to become part of a world-class engineering team? Do you aspire to contribute to a globally recognized, pre-IPO leader in technology?

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute to the design and development of AI-driven architectures that power our next-generation intelligent customer engagement platforms. Your contributions will help shape AI-powered customer experiences, enhancing the intelligence and efficiency of our service platforms.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and enhance a cloud-based data foundation system and AI agent platform. This involves leveraging AI/ML models, applying prompt engineering techniques, and conducting data analysis across structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Utilize technologies such as data and pattern mining, business intelligence (BI), and data transformation and processing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, software engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders, to deliver a high-performance, reliable, scalable service with assured AI quality.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, providing technical design input and ensuring alignment with the overall technology roadmap while adopting best practices effectively and independently.
• Participate in shaping the engineering roadmap, ensuring solutions are scalable and extensible while meeting business needs.
• Support and mentor junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative development culture.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and advancements in AI and data engineering.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in backend development for cloud-based services, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, C++, C#, Kotlin, Scala, or similar languages.
• Experience building and optimizing data-intensive services, including data processing, transformation, storage, and retrieval at scale.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to design scalable solutions for AI-driven services.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Prior experience with data platforms and/or AI services is highly desirable.
• Experience working with distributed data platforms and modern data architectures, such as Apache Spark, Databricks, Kafka, Delta Lake, or similar is a desirable.
• Experience in data science and practical experience applying AI/ML models is a plus.

Additional Notes:
This position will follow a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

We're looking for a hands-on Platform/Observability Engineer to join our infrastructure team. You'll own and evolve our observability stack - from logging pipelines and tracing to metrics and alerting - across a multi-datacenter, Kubernetes-based environment. This is a production-first role: you'll be expected to ship, iterate, and improve systems under real delivery pressure, not just design them on paper.
You'll work closely with other infra and product engineering teams to improve observability coverage, reduce operational toil, and help the broader organization adopt better practices.
Tech Stack Highlights: OpenTelemetry · Kafka · Vector · VictoriaMetrics · EKS · Kubernetes · Logging pipelines · Distributed tracing · SPM· AWS

• Designing, deploying, and maintaining production observability stacks (logs, metrics, traces)

• Scaling observability infrastructure across multiple data centers and Kubernetes clusters

• Owning logging pipeline architecture and refactoring efforts

• Improving distributed tracing coverage and driving adoption across engineering teams

• Managing EKS upgrades, node exporters, agents, and collectors

• Automating operational tasks to reduce toil and improve system stability

• Contributing to compliance and audit readiness (access controls, data handling, pipeline integrity)

• Evaluating and adopting new observability tooling - knowing what's worth pursuing and what isn't

Requirements

Core technical experience:

• 8+ years of industry experience

• Solid hands-on production experience with observability systems

• Strong plus - familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Kafka, Vector, and VictoriaMetrics (vmagent, alerting rules)

• Experience with logging pipelines: design, deployment, and refactoring

• Understanding of distributed tracing and SPM (Service Performance Monitoring) built on top of tracing

• Experience with Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management (EKS preferred)

• Practical knowledge of storage trade-offs for observability data at scale

Nice to have  

• Experience using AI to automate infrastructure or observability tasks (e.g., automated RCA, PR generation, deployment workflows)

• Familiarity with AI-assisted tooling selection and workflow integration

• Experience with MCP (custom or open-source implementations)

• Background in cloud account or environment migrations

• Experience preparing infrastructure for compliance/audit processes

• Understanding network architecture, troubleshooting and incident resolution skills in Production environment, writing Post-mortems.

• Experience with containers and Kubernetes (installation and configuration of operators). 

• Basic knowledge of one or more high-level programming languages, such as Python, Golang, Java

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

• Good communication and collaboration skills in international technological companies.

• Interest in modern big distributed storage technologies, architectures.

• Good Spoken English to participate in product-related, architectural and technical discussions.

• Proper balance between being hands-on and deeper analytical approaches

(REQ ID: 2640)

Cloud Platform Engineer needed to design, build and maintain our cloud infrastructure and platform services on Google Cloud Platform, with a strong focus on event-driven architectures.

What you’ll get to do:

You will leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, design and manage our event-driven API gateway using Apigee X, and ensure robust observability with New Relic. This role involves enhancing platform reliability, scalability, and performance for critical, real-time event-driven systems.

What you should have:

• Proven experience as a Cloud Platform Engineer or DevOps Engineer.
• Extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and architecture.
• Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing event-driven architectures.
• Proficiency with Apigee X for API management, specifically in developing and securing event-driven API ecosystems.
• Expertise in setting up and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability tools, particularly New Relic, for complex distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation best practices for cloud deployments.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes in event-driven contexts.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex platform issues and optimize cloud resource utilization.

Bonus points if you have:

• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or DevOps Engineer certification.
• Experience with other cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Scripting skills in languages like Python or Go.
• Knowledge of serverless architectures (e.g., Cloud Functions, Cloud Run) for event processing.
• Experience with message brokers and streaming platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Kafka).
• Experience with advanced security practices in cloud environments.

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Permanent only:
We offer a great benefits package including  training opportunities, medical insurance, Dental insurance, Meal cards, social events, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

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Job Summary:

• At Talkdesk, our Engineering team follows a micro-service architecture approach to build the next generation of Talkdesk, with vertical teams responsible for all the decisions under their services. Through our Agile Coaches, we promote agile and collaborative practices and pair programming and we won’t let a single line of code reach production without peer code reviews. We strongly believe that the only true authority stems from knowledge, not from the position and we always treat others with respect, deference, and patience.
• Do you love APIs, databases, messaging, and open source? Do you crave great challenges that will make you feel awesome once you solve them? We're looking for software engineers like you to join a team of amazing developers that is completely disrupting an industry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work independently as well as in small teams to develop the best product on the market
• Implement a scalable, stable, and user-friendly product that can handle our current capacity and handle future growth
• Work in a modern agile software engineering environment (with source code control GIT, dev/stage/prod release cycle, extensive testing, and continuous deployment)
• Solve challenging technical problems and put your skills to the test every day
• Develop and maintain microservices and APIs
• Engage with the Product team and other engineering teams across clusters and Business Units  to help to ensure the solutions the team is building are fulfilling all the requirements

• Influence a growing team while acting as a technical guide—speaking conceptually, documenting architecturally, and being hands-on with code
• Design scalable solutions using code to support business functions and product goals, navigating platform limitations effectively
• Design and implement integrations between Talkdesk and external systems using APIs, middleware, and custom development, ensuring data integrity and security

Qualifications:

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, or an Engineering area
• 5+ years of experience in Software Development, especially in cloud-based applications
• Strong experience with the design and development of web applications
• Strong object-oriented programming skills and experience with cloud databases
• Proficiency with Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot
• Deep understanding of the design and development of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA, API) and Event driven Architectures
• Experience with microservices architecture, APIs, message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with one or more storage technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch)
• Experience scaling global web applications
• Advocate for automated testing, continuous integration
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and Product development
• Passion for producing clean, standards-compliant, secure code
• Be fearless about learning new technologies and technical approaches to application development
• Good written and spoken English

Cloud Platform Engineer with GCP experience needed to design, build and maintain our cloud infrastructure and platform services on Google Cloud Platform, with a strong focus on event-driven architectures. 

Please send over your CV in English

What you’ll get to do:

In our Lisbon or Porto office, you’ll join a team of other specialists who are always ready to help each other. The team is part of our VML Enterprise Solutions network and works in coordination with our Local and EMEA client leads.   

You will leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, design and manage our event-driven API gateway using Apigee X, and ensure robust observability with New Relic. This role involves enhancing platform reliability, scalability, and performance for critical, real-time event-driven systems. 

What you should have:

• Proven experience as a Cloud Platform Engineer or DevOps Engineer. 
• Extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and architecture. 
•  Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform. 
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing event-driven architectures. 
• Proficiency with Apigee X for API management, specifically in developing and securing event-driven API ecosystems. 
• Expertise in setting up and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability tools, particularly New Relic, for complex distributed systems. 
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation best practices for cloud deployments. 
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes in event-driven contexts. 
• Ability to troubleshoot complex platform issues and optimize cloud resource utilization. 

Bonus points if you have:

• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or DevOps Engineer certification.
• Experience with other cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Scripting skills in languages like Python or Go.
• Knowledge of serverless architectures (e.g., Cloud Functions, Cloud Run) for event processing.
• Experience with message brokers and streaming platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Kafka).
• Experience with advanced security practices in cloud environments.  

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

We offer a great benefits package including hybrid working that works for everyone, social events, training opportunities, medical and dental insurance, life assurance, meal cards and much more. 

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

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As an Experienced Full Stack Developer, you will play an integral role on building custom solutions, product extensions and integrations. Your primary focus will be active development, contributing to projects that build custom applications to enhance our platform. You’ll leverage your technical expertise while demonstrating strong collaboration and communication skills to achieve team and organizational goals.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the development of web services, user interfaces, and backend processes that integrate with various APIs and data stores.
• Solve technical challenges and research innovative solutions to meet project requirements.
• Collaborate closely with teammates to design and implement scalable, efficient, and maintainable solutions.
• Participate in design sessions, asking insightful questions to understand and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Ensure code quality by adhering to software design principles and contributing to code reviews.
• Learn and adapt quickly to new frameworks, languages, and technologies to address evolving business needs.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3+ years of hands-on experience in software development with proficiency in JavaScript and Node.js.
• Experience with front-end development (React preferred) and expertise in AWS as the primary cloud platform.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, API development, and cloud-based service architectures.
• Proven experience working within agile development methodologies.
• Nice-to-have experience with MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Bonus skills: Experience with Salesforce and related tools.
• Passion for building innovative solutions with a focus on enterprise durability and scalability.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate complex technical challenges.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work seamlessly within a team.

Soft Skills & Organizational Impact:

• Demonstrate maturity, a positive attitude, and discretion when handling sensitive client and team matters.
• Exhibit strong strategic thinking to align technical development with business goals.
• Work cross-functionally with other teams to improve processes and deliver superior customer solutions.
• Serve as a role model of integrity, ethical behavior, and professionalism within the team.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a team that values innovation, creativity, and collaboration.
• Work on challenging, impactful projects that shape the future of customer interactions.
• Enjoy a fast-paced environment that fosters professional growth and development.

If you are a passionate developer who thrives in a dynamic environment and loves building innovative solutions, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today to be a part of our journey!

Additional Notes:
This position will follow a hybrid work model.

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The Role

We are an IoT startup turning massive-scale, low-power device data into real-world impact. With a fleet of more than one million connected devices, we generate high-volume telemetry every day. We are looking for a passionate Backend Developer to help enrich, transform and distribute this data in a flexible hybrid setup combining remote and in-office work from our new office in Portugal.

You will join an interdisciplinary agile product team and contribute to the design, implementation and operation of distributed backend services. Together with your team, you will build reliable, scalable systems that process large volumes of device data and power customer-facing products.

We are looking for someone curious, pragmatic and collaborative who enjoys solving complex problems, automating repetitive tasks, and continuously improving how the team works.

Your responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services, including tests and  technical documentation
• Deploy and operate services using CI/CD best practices
• Take end-to-end ownership across the full lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment and operations
• Monitor services and data streams and respond to anomalies
• Provide 3rd-level support and ensure service availability during business hours
• Review merge requests and design documents from teammates
• Participate in agile software development activities (e.g. planning meetings, reviews, retrospectives…)

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong experience with Kotlin or Java
• Solid knowledge of backend architecture, distributed systems and API design
• Experience with SQL (PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL (DynamoDB)
• Familiarity with messaging systems (Kafka, SQS, SNS)
• Experience building and operating containerized services (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS or Fargate)
• Solid understanding of software testing (TDD is encouraged but not mandatory)
• Curious and never afraid of learning to master new tools, technologies, and methodologies
• Fluent in English

Nice to have:

• Geospatial data experience
• Gradle knowledge
• Linux / Unix shell skills

Work authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Portugal. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas for this role.

Our Backend Stack

• Kotlin / Java 
• Apache Kafka 
• SQS 
• DynamoDB 
• CockroachDB
• Gradle
• Docker
• Kubernetes