Senior Software Engineer

Barden | B Corp; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Cork (3 days)

Job summary

Barden | B Corp in Cork is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale the backend services that power our products. You will work on reliable APIs, production systems, and integrate AI capabilities across the suite in a fast-growing engineering team.

The role requires 7–10+ years of experience, strong Python and C#/.NET backgrounds, and a hands-on approach to shipping features from development through production.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong background in backend services and production systems.
• Experience with Python and C#/.NET in production environments.
• Experience embedding AI in software development and systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale the backend services that products run on.
• Design reliable, well-structured APIs and integrations.
• Help embed AI capabilities across the product suite.
• Own what you ship, from build through to production.
• Join a collaborative engineering team that is still growing.

Skills

Backend engineering

Production systems

AI integration

Team collaboration

Tools

Python

C#/.NET

Job description

Barden is delighted to partner with a fast-growing software company in Cork as they look to hire a Senior Software Engineer.

They have a strong engineering team in Cork and are continuing to build it out as the business scales. AI capabilities are being embedded across their products, so this is a very exciting stage to join.

“What we build over the next couple of years becomes the foundation for every product we have. We want an engineer who has run services in production and fixes problems at the source rather than working around them.” – Director of Software Engineering

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Build and scale the backend services that products run on.
• Design reliable, well-structured APIs and integrations.
• Help embed AI capabilities across the product suite.
• Own what you ship, from build through to production.
• Join a collaborative engineering team that is still growing.

ABOUT THE PERSON

• 7-10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Strong background in backend services and production systems.
• Their environment is mainly Python and C#/.NET, but they are flexible on programming background for strong backend engineers.
• Actively using AI in your day-to-day engineering work, with tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Notion, and able to speak comfortably about your experience.

OTHER DETAILS

• Hybrid working: 3 days per week in the Cork office.
• AI-first engineering culture, with the latest tools part of the daily toolkit.