Senior Software Engineer - AI-Driven Backend, Ownership

Zego; Portugal; Remote; EUR 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Share options

Private medical insurance

Pension

Generous holiday

£1,000 yearly travel/learning budget

Job summary

Zego is hiring in Portugal to build real-time, AI-driven insurance infrastructure. You will own backend microservices, drive architectural decisions and ship valuable features with a cross-functional team.

The role emphasizes speed, ownership and high-quality code, with a strong climate for experimentation and ownership of impact. The position offers remote work with quarterly visits to London, a market-competitive salary, annual bonus, share options, private medical insurance, pension, generous

Qualifications

• Backend and cloud microservices – proven track record building and maintaining backend systems and cloud microservices.
• Stack is Python, but strong experience in another language is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex problems with reliable, well-tested, observable software.
• Develop, test, deploy and own Python microservices delivering real value.
• Shape architectural decisions for scalable systems.
• Improve code quality through reviews and clear documentation.
• Ship outcomes as part of a product team with engineers and PMs.
• Influence team direction and strategy.

Skills

Python

Backend development

Cloud microservices

CI/CD pipelines

SQL

Document databases

Testing

Code reviews

Job description

Zego is hiring in Portugal to build real-time, AI-driven insurance infrastructure. You will own backend microservices, drive architectural decisions and ship valuable features with a cross-functional team.

The role emphasizes speed, ownership and high-quality code, with a strong climate for experimentation and ownership of impact. The position offers remote work with quarterly visits to London, a market-competitive salary, annual bonus, share options, private medical insurance, pension, generous