Senior Backend Engineer – Distributed Systems & AI Platform

Senior Backend Engineer – Distributed Systems & AI Platform (m/f/d)

Why SOFICO?

Now we're expanding our Data & AI organisation and building the SOFICO AI Cloud, the platform underpinning the Miles Enterprise Agentic Platform.

From our office in Ghent, we're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build the distributed workflow platform connecting our enterprise software with the next generation of AI-powered capabilities.

You'll solve a particularly interesting engineering challenge: how do you make complex, long-running business processes continue reliably when services fail, networks go down or individual steps need to be retried?

You'll use technologies such as Temporal, Java/Quarkus and Python to make these processes reliable, observable and scalable.

• Build reliable distributed workflows that coordinate business-critical processes across Miles and the SOFICO AI Cloud.
• Design systems that remain reliable when things go wrong, using techniques such as retries, idempotency, failure recovery and compensating actions.
• Develop integrations between our workflow platform, Java/Quarkus services, AI components and enterprise systems.
• Build strong testing, monitoring and observability around long-running business processes.
• Help shape the engineering standards and architecture of a new platform at the intersection of backend engineering, distributed systems and Agentic AI.

• Strong professional experience in backend software engineering, ideally with Java or another modern backend language.
• Experience building distributed, asynchronous or event-driven systems in production.
• A good understanding of how to design reliable systems around failures, retries, state and transactions.
• Experience with microservices, APIs and automated testing.
• Experience or genuine interest in AI-assisted software engineering: at SOFICO, we actively encourage engineers to bring AI tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) into every step of the product and software development lifecycle, from specification and planning through implementation and testing, and you should be eager to grow that practice with us

Earn bonus points for...

• Experience with Temporal, Camunda, Conductor, Azure Durable Functions or another workflow/orchestration technology.
• Experience with Java/Quarkus, Kafka, RabbitMQ or similar event-driven technologies.
• Experience with AI platforms, LangGraph, cloud platforms or enterprise/on-premise environments.

• Competitive salary package;
• Meal allowance provided per working day;
• Company car or mobility budget
• Hospitalisation and group insurance;
• Hybrid working and flexible hours, giving you the freedom to shape your workday;
• A modern co-working space offering a comfortable working environment;
• From day one, you’ll be supported through a structured onboarding program, with guidance from a dedicated coach to help you get up to speed and grow in your role;
• And because strong teams go beyond day-to-day work, we regularly create opportunities to connect — from casual drinks to team activities and company-wide events.

Ready to build the reliable workflow foundation behind the next generation of mobility software? Join SOFICO and let’s shape what’s next together!