Backend Software Engineer - AI

Department: Dev & Engineering Location: Portugal Description About Intermedia Are you looking for a company where YOUR VOICE is heard? Where can you MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Do you THRIVE in a FAST-PACED work environment? Do you wake every morning EXCITED to work with GREAT PEOPLE and create SUCCESS TOGETHER? Then Intermedia is the place for you. Intermedia has established itself as a leading provider of cloud communications and collaboration tech that allows companies to connect better. We have a strong track record of growth, profitability, and creating an environment where everyone matters. Everyone. While we are fast-paced and admittedly a bit intense, we promise that you won’t be bored. You will find Intermedia is a place where you can indulge your passion for creating and supporting great cloud technology. What’s more, we always look to promote from within and have many employees who have been with us 10, 15, and 20+ years! Culture at Intermedia is built on teamwork and transparency. We hold each other accountable and always have each other’s back! Are you ready to make your mark? About The Role In this role, you will design and build the backend services and capabilities that enable users to create, configure, test, deploy, and manage AI agents. You will help turn sophisticated AI and agentic technologies into reliable, scalable product capabilities that make it easier for users to build AI-powered experiences. You will work closely with frontend engineers, AI/ML engineers, product managers, UX designers, and platform teams to bring Agent Studio capabilities from concept through production. You will develop the services behind agent configuration, orchestration, integrations, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management while ensuring the platform meets enterprise expectations for performance, reliability, security, and scalability. This is a great opportunity for an experienced backend engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, building extensible products, and creating intuitive ways for users to harness rapidly evolving AI technologies. What You Will Be Doing Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs Build capabilities that enable users to create, configure, test, deploy, monitor, and manage AI agents throughout their lifecycle. Develop backend services supporting agent configuration, orchestration, workflow execution, tools, prompts, knowledge sources, integrations, and runtime behavior. Build APIs and service interfaces that enable intuitive user experiences and reliable interaction between frontend and backend services. Develop mechanisms for managing agent configurations, versions, state, context, tools, permissions, and other runtime components. Build services that enable agents to securely interact with Intermedia products, enterprise applications, APIs, data sources, and external services. Partner with AI/ML engineers to integrate large language models (LLMs) and other AI capabilities Collaborate closely with frontend engineers and UX teams to translate complex agentic AI capabilities into intuitive product experiences. Work with product managers to translate customer needs and requirements into scalable technical solutions. Contribute to technical design decisions for agent orchestration, configuration management, workflow execution, integrations, and supporting backend services. Build capabilities that allow users to test, evaluate, troubleshoot, and refine agent behavior before and after deployment. Develop reliable mechanisms for handling agent execution, errors, retries, timeouts, and other runtime conditions. Design appropriate controls for authentication, authorization, permissions, and secure access to agent tools, models, services, and data. Design for scalability, reliability, performance, observability, and fault tolerance across services. Write high-quality, readable, testable code that follows established engineering standards and best practices. Participate in code and design reviews and contribute to strong engineering and quality practices across the team. Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across backend services, agent workflows, integrations, and AI-enabled functionality. Build monitoring, logging, testing, and observability into production services to support reliable agent execution and product operations. Collaborate with AI Platform, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to support reliable deployment and operation. Stay current with emerging technologies and engineering approaches related to AI agents, generative AI, backend engineering, and distributed systems. Participate in continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, developer productivity, and engineering efficiency. What You Will Bring To The Role Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 4–7 years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated experience developing backend applications and services. Strong proficiency in one or more backend programming languages and associated frameworks. Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs, microservices, or other serviceoriented applications. Solid understanding of software design principles, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems concepts. Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases. Experience building and supporting scalable, reliable production applications. Experience integrating applications with internal and external APIs, services, and data sources. Experience designing backend services that support complex, interactive product experiences. Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure and cloud-native application architectures. Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD, source control, and modern software development practices. Understanding of monitoring, logging, observability, and production support practices. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to independently investigate and resolve complex technical issues. Ability to work effectively in an environment where technologies, product requirements, and technical approaches are evolving rapidly. Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across backend, frontend, AI/ML, Product, UX, and platform teams. Working understanding of Agile development methodologies and frameworks. Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity We hire, promote, and compensate employees based on their ability to perform their job responsibilities, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, citizenship, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable law (collectively referred to in our Code of Conduct as “Protected Classes”). We do not tolerate employment discrimination in the workplace, and we are committed to making reasonable accommodations for identified disabilities or other limitations as required by all applicable laws. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.