Senior Backend Engineer
About us
Kaiko is actively developing a next-generation autonomous clinical AI assistant that aids clinicians in reasoning across patient data, guidelines, and diagnostics. The company works closely with leading hospitals and research centers, including the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), to create specialized diagnostic agents in fields such as oncology, radiology, and pathology.
Job description
As a senior backend engineer, you will take ownership of shipping features and play an active role in shaping technical requirements while ensuring that quality standards and product stability are maintained. You will collaborate closely with the Frontend, Infrastructure, ML, and Data teams to develop and maintain backend services, ensuring the best possible experience for users while adhering to regulatory requirements.
- You will develop and maintain backend services using Python (FastAPI), Helm, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and Postgres
- You will own the delivery of backend work as part of focused, interdisciplinary, feature-driven squads
- You will take an active role in offering support to other internal teams
- You will leverage your experience in shaping and refining our development practices
Relevant work experience
- You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in delivering high-quality software and maintaining it in production
- You have experience working with Python (FastAPI), Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and Postgres, or with similar technologies
- You have strong understanding of cloud-native principles and best practices, with experience delivering scalable and resilient solutions on at least one major public cloud platform
Benefits
An attractive and competitive salary, a good pension plan, and 25 vacation days per year
A EUR 1000 learning and development budget to help you grow
Autonomy to do your work the way that works best for you, whether you have a kid or prefer early mornings
An annual commuting subsidy
Great offsites and team events to strengthen the team and celebrate successes together
Skills required for the job