Staff Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technical strategy and roadmap for the integration of AI within Valsea's products, platform, and internal tools.

• Design and oversee the implementation of AI-driven functionalities into the Scala/Go/Kafka backend.

• Create capabilities for recommendations, personalization, support, fraud detection, risk management, agentic automation, and internal developer tools.

• Define the roadmap for agentic QA automation and AI-enhanced support and incident management.

• Incorporate AI tools into the software development lifecycle pipelines of GitHub/GitLab, covering code reviews, testing, and deployment checkpoints.

• Assess and integrate both self-hosted and API-based LLM/ML infrastructures.

• Set standards for the design, testing, monitoring, and rollback of AI features.

• Collaborate with Engineering leadership, Product, and Data teams to pinpoint AI opportunities and formulate delivery strategies.

• Provide mentorship to senior and mid-level engineers and managers.

• Conduct design reviews and elevate the technical standards for AI-assisted and AI-driven systems.

• Rapidly prototype, engage directly with the codebase, and resolve complex integration and performance challenges.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering.

• Extensive experience within the JVM/Scala ecosystem or a similarly robust background in a statically typed, distributed-systems-oriented language.

• Demonstrated capability at the Staff/Principal level, including the ability to set technical direction.

• Practical experience in deploying AI/ML-driven features into production at considerable scale.

• Familiarity with LLM integration, recommendation systems, applied ML, or agentic infrastructures.

• Profound knowledge of event-driven, distributed architectures, including Akka/Pekko and Kafka or equivalent technologies.

• Strong practical experience with distributed systems and container orchestration, such as Kubernetes and Docker.

• Experience in making build-vs-buy decisions and evaluating platform options considering cost, latency, data privacy, and vendor risk for AI systems.

• A product-oriented mindset focused on user impact and business results.

• Excellent communication skills suitable for both technical and leadership audiences.

• Ability to thrive in uncertain situations and help articulate the scope of the role.

• Professional-level proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

• Eligibility to reside/work in the EU; Valsea is unable to sponsor work visas outside of the EU.

🏝️ Benefits

• Hybrid working model based in the Marbella office (3 days/week) or fully remote within the EU.

• Innovative international company utilizing state-of-the-art technology.

• Provision of a company laptop and necessary equipment for a comfortable work environment.

• Flexible working hours.

• 23 paid vacation days plus public holidays.

• Private health insurance coverage for you and your family.

• Complimentary online English/Spanish lessons.

• Corporate events held throughout the year.

• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.

• Daily breakfast and freshly prepared lunch three days a week.

• 50% discount on personal training and physiotherapy sessions.

• Amenities including a games room, full kitchen with hot drinks, fruits, soft drinks, gym, massage room, and more.

• Annual company trip and additional team events for remote employees.