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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - Backend & Platform | AI-First Engineering - **Company:** Zvoove Group Gmbh - **Location:** Remote, Germany (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Business Logic, Automation of Tests, C Sharp (Programming Language), Software Quality, Code Review, Machine Learning, Software Architecture, Webui, Software Engineering, Backend, Build Management, Programming Languages - **Published:** September 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5898983818 ## About the Role * Several years of professional software engineering experience with strong backend development skills in a modern programming language and ecosystem * Experience designing APIs, services and integration-oriented systems, with a solid understanding of software architecture, clean boundaries and maintainable system design * Comfortable working with existing or complex systems - not only greenfield products - and taking ownership from technical problem through implementation and production * Strong automated-testing mindset and excellent communication skills, with a willingness to work closely with product and domain experts * Practical experience using modern AI coding tools or engineering agents as part of day-to-day development, combined with the ability to judge AI-generated output critically Particularly valuable Experience in one or more of the following is a plus: modernization of large or long-lived software products, strangler/incremental migration approaches, cloud and container-based environments, asynchronous processing, high-compliance or business-critical software (e.g. Payroll, HR or financial), legacy integration, or developer platforms and internal tooling. Experience with C#/.NET, especially for backend services, APIs or modernization of established applications. We are not looking for someone whose primary skill is a specific legacy technology, we are looking for engineers who can help us progressively move beyond it.Your benefits ## Description We are modernizing a business-critical Payroll platform and building the foundation for a more scalable, service-oriented and AI-enabled product. This is a software engineering role, not an AI/ML engineering role. We are looking for experienced engineers who are strong in backend and platform development and who already work, or want to work, in an AI-first engineering environment. AI-assisted development is part of the normal engineering workflow: understanding existing systems, exploring solutions, writing and reviewing code, creating tests, documenting decisions and accelerating delivery. You will work on gradually transforming an established, business-critical product without disrupting the proven Payroll logic behind it. Your tasks * Design and build modern backend services and platform capabilities around an established Payroll product * Build APIs and integration points that allow Payroll capabilities to be used by modern applications and workflows * Modernize the product incrementally rather than through a big-bang rewrite * Work closely with existing engineers and Payroll domain experts to understand and safely evolve proven business logic * Establish strong engineering practices around automated testing, observability, code quality and maintainability * Use AI throughout the software development lifecycle to: + understand unfamiliar and complex codebases + analyse dependencies and behaviour + explore solution options + accelerate implementation + generate and improve tests + review code and documentation * Help define how AI-first software engineering should work in practice across the team * Collaborate with external Web/UI engineers while ensuring that core product architecture and engineering quality remain owned internally * Contribute to technical architecture and modernization decisions ## Related Videos - [Are Code Reviews Worth It? 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