Senior AI Engineer

BackbaseKraków, Lesser PolandHybridFull-timeSenior, 5–8 yearsListed 8 hours ago

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About the Role

As a Senior Applied AI Engineer (iOS) within our central Engineering Ops organization, you will lead the evolution of modern iOS development practices. You will bridge high-level architectural strategy with practical implementation, establishing golden standards and streamlining tooling across R&D.

In this role, you will modernize delivery workflows by bringing iOS onto shared automated release chains and leveraging AI tooling to accelerate framework and app generation.

Role Responsibilities

- Unify Mobile SDLC Pipelines: Spearhead the transition of iOS release workflows to GitHub Actions, aligning mobile deployments directly with frontend and backend release chains.

- Architect Mobile Standards: Define scalable iOS architecture using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit components. Establish firm guidelines around API/ABI stability, framework distribution, security, and accessibility (a11y).

- Apply AI to iOS Delivery: Integrate AI coding assistants, automated tooling, and custom prompt workflows into the development lifecycle to accelerate client-side engineering.

- Guide & Scale R&D Teams: Collaborate with pilot teams and Engineering Ops leads to mentor engineers, demonstrate new practices, and ensure smooth organizational adoption.

Required Qualifications

- iOS Expertise & Concurrency: Deep technical mastery of Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Swift concurrency (async/await), and modular dependency management (Swift Package Manager / CocoaPods). Experience designing stable Framework APIs/ABIs.

- Production Testing & CI/CD: Demonstrated experience configuring CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or Xcode Cloud. Strong focus on testable software design, unit testing, and UI test suites.

- Applied AI Capabilities: Demonstrated skill in using LLM workflows, prompt optimization, and AI tooling to accelerate mobile delivery tasks.

- Strategic & Collaborative Approach: Proactive mindset with a big-picture understanding of how mobile infrastructure impacts multi-team ecosystems. Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.

Why Join Us?

- R&D-Wide Visibility: Build core standards, release pipelines, and frameworks that support approximately 600 R&D engineers worldwide.

- Comprehensive Benefits Package: €1,000 annual learning budget, competitive compensation with annual performance bonuses, and structured progression paths. Includes Luxmed private medical coverage and Headspace.

- Kraków Office & Culture: Flexible hybrid work, premium MacBook hardware, team integration events, daily lunches, and Wednesday breakfasts.