Senior Backend Engineer AI & Conversational Banking (Hybrid)

Rabobank; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 56,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thirteenth month

8% holiday allowance

10% Employee Benefit Budget

Development budget EUR 1,400 per year

Hybrid working

Personal contribution to pension

Job summary

Rabobank in the Netherlands is seeking a Senior Back-end Engineer Conversational AI to design scalable backend services that power AI-driven customer interactions for millions of clients. The role is 36 hours per week with at least one fixed on-site collaboration day in Utrecht, in a hybrid work setup.

You will integrate AI agents with core banking systems, ensure secure, explainable conversations, and collaborate with engineers, analysts, designers, and data specialists to deliver end-to-end AI

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering within complex, production-grade environments.
• Proven experience integrating AI or LLM-based components into backend systems, including context management and orchestration.
• Strong experience with Python and Java in enterprise-scale applications.
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with AI-agent architectures such as tool invocation and conversation state management.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to make architectural trade-offs.
• Customer-focused attitude with understanding of explainability and trust in financial services.
• Analytical thinking combined with problem-solving skills.
• Proactive collaboration skills in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend architectures that support AI-driven conversational workflows across multiple banking domains.
• Integrate AI agents with internal services using secure APIs, event-driven patterns, and reliable context propagation mechanisms.
• Safeguard performance, security, and observability of backend systems supporting customer-facing conversational solutions.

Skills

Backend software engineering

AI integration

Python

Java

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Event-driven

AI-agent architectures

Ownership mindset

Customer focus

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Tools

Python

Java

Job description

Rabobank in the Netherlands is seeking a Senior Back-end Engineer Conversational AI to design scalable backend services that power AI-driven customer interactions for millions of clients. The role is 36 hours per week with at least one fixed on-site collaboration day in Utrecht, in a hybrid work setup.

You will integrate AI agents with core banking systems, ensure secure, explainable conversations, and collaborate with engineers, analysts, designers, and data specialists to deliver end-to-end AI