Senior Back-End Engineer (AI)

Ardoq LLC; Oslo; On-site; NOK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardoq LLC is seeking an AI Backend Engineer to enhance their cloud-native platform with intelligent services integrating LLMs. You'll design robust systems and collaborate with AI experts to shape the future of enterprise architecture. Join a diverse team focused on innovation in a growing SaaS company.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Retirement and insurance benefits

Parental leave scheme

Centrally located office

Employee stock option program

Professional growth budget

Qualifications

• Strong experience in backend systems and APIs.
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs like OpenAI or Hugging Face.
• Experience with SQL databases and understanding data performance.

Responsibilities

• Build backend systems for AI-driven features.
• Design and manage backend services interacting with LLMs.
• Collaborate with AI engineers on powerful model implementation.

Skills

Building scalable backend systems

Experience with LLM APIs

Functional programming

SQL databases

Machine Learning concepts

Curiosity and passion for AI

Job description

Join Ardoq: Where Innovation Meets Impact

At Ardoq, we’re not just building software, we’re shaping the future of enterprise architecture. As one of Europe’s fastest-growing SaaS companies, we’re backed by top-tier investors like EQT and One Peak. In 2022, we secured $125M in Series D funding, and in 2024, we were named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools, for the fourth year in a row.

Our cutting-edge, cloud-native platform empowers organizations to navigate change with confidence, helping them connect people, processes, and technology to drive strategic transformation.

But what truly sets us apart? Our people.

Ardoqians are bold, caring, and driven. With teammates from over 30 countries, we embrace diversity and thrive on collaboration. Whether you’re in Oslo (our HQ), Copenhagen, London or New York, you’ll be part of a culture that values innovation, inclusion, and making an impact.

If you’re looking for a place where your work matters and your ideas shape the future, Ardoq is the place for you.

Overview of the role

We’re looking for an AI Backend Engineer to join our team in Oslo and help us build the intelligent services that power the Ardoq platform. You’ll work at the intersection of backend engineering and AI, integrating cutting-edge technologies like LLMs to unlock new capabilities for our users; from intelligent search and smart content generation to automated decision support.

Reports to: Engineering Manager

On a typical day, you will:

• Build robust, efficient, and high-performance backend systems that support our AI-driven features

• Design and maintain backend services that interact with LLMs and machine learning models

• Enable intelligent capabilities like natural language search, automated content creation, and advanced data analysis

• Collaborate with AI engineers to bring powerful models to life in our production platform

• Manage data pipelines and implement best practices for performance, storage, and retrieval in AI-centric workflows

• Help shape the evolution of our backend architecture to support new AI innovations

• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code following modern software engineering practices

We imagine you will bring:

• Strong experience building scalable backend systems, APIs, and services

• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (like OpenAI or Hugging Face) and an understanding of how to apply them effectively

• Familiarity with functional programming;bonus points for experience in Clojure, Scala, or similar languages

• Exposure to Machine Learning concepts and how they’re used in backend environments

• Experience working with SQL databases and a solid grasp of data performance and integrity

• A curious mindset and a passion for learning and experimenting with new tools and technologies, especially in AI

The benefits you'll love:

• Be a part of one of the fastest-growing B2B SaaS companies from the Nordics
• Peak Performance Driven Flexibility – Embracing hybrid and flexible work wherever possible to empower high-impact results
• Retirement and insurance benefits program include Travel, Health, Disability, and Life insurance to secure your future
• Parental leave scheme that covers regular pay above 6G (G = the National Insurance Scheme basic amount)
• Centrally located office set up for all Ardoqians to succeed
• Employee stock option program
• Personal learning budget for professional growth after six months of employment

At Ardoq, you will work with bold, caring, and driven people, bridging business and IT. So come build the future with us!