AI Backend Engineer
HiBob is hiring an AI Backend Engineer in Israel to design, build, and maintain backend microservices and infrastructure powering AI-driven features of its HR platform. Day-to-day work spans APIs, data pipelines, LLM integration in production, PostgreSQL, and AWS, with multiple daily production deployments in a continuous delivery environment.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- IL, Israel
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with strong emphasis on backend development
- Excellent knowledge of software design, clean architecture, and scalable distributed systems
- Proven experience leading end-to-end feature development from design through implementation, testing, and deployment
- Solid experience with testing methodologies (unit testing, TDD, mocking)
- Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)
- Independent, fast learner, passionate about exploring new technologies
- Proactive team player with a desire to impact team, product, and customers
- Research-based master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or related field
- Previous professional experience in Data Science and hands-on data analysis of complex datasets, testing hypotheses, translating findings into engineering decisions
- Ability to independently research and evaluate new tools and technologies, build proofs of concept, and drive their integration into production systems
Nice to have
- Experience with LLMs in production
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or equivalent)
Full description
About Us
HiBob helps modern, mid-size businesses transform the way they manage people, giving HR and managers all they need to connect, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Since 2015, we’ve achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, all backed by our amazing team of Bobbers from across the globe, making us the choice HRIS of over 5500 midsize and multinational companies.Our HR platform is intuitive, data-driven, and built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Fast-growing companies such as Gong, Fiverr, and VaynerMedia rely on Bob to help them create the best work experiences for their people.
Come and be you with us
Being a Bobber is all about being you. We want you to bring all parts of yourself to work. giving you the freedom and confidence to be the best you and do your best work.
we’re waiting with open arms. Come join us.
About the Team
The AI Teams is shaping the future of how AI is built, integrated, and experienced across our platform. We develop the foundations, tools, and capabilities that enable intelligent experiences for customers, partners, and internal teams alike. From powering AI-driven product experiences to building the infrastructure and platforms that make them possible, we operate at the intersection of innovation, scale, and engineering excellence.
We work in a true continuous delivery environment, with fully automated QA processes and a modern microservices architecture, deploying to production multiple times a day.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend infrastructure and microservices supporting AI-driven features.
- Collaborate closely with the infra and data groups to ensure smooth integration of AI models and services into Bob’s core systems.
- Develop and optimize APIs, data pipelines, and background processing workflows.
- Ensure performance, scalability, and resilience of production systems handling real-time AI interactions.
- Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, architecture discussions, and automation.
- Mentor other backend developers and promote best practices in software design, testing, and deployment.
Requirements
Requirements are often considered a measure of how equipped you are to do the job, but sometimes they aren’t the only factor.
If you don’t have every skill listed here but believe you’d be a great fit, we’d still love to hear from you!
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a strong emphasis on backend development.
- Excellent knowledge of .