Software Engineer, Backend (.NET) with AI skills

Software Engineer, Backend (.NET) With Ai Skills Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric brand in the secure business collaboration market. Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 300,000 companies globally, we help people run high-stakes processes and make important decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours.Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR): Secure document sharing and collaboration for due diligence, fundraising, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other complex transactions.Ideals Board: Board and leadership collaboration platform for faster, safer, and more compliant decision-making.The Role We are looking for a Software Engineer, Backend (.NET) with AI skills who will play a key role in building and scaling secure, high-load VDR services, with the additional opportunity to apply AI patterns to product features.Your success in this role will be measured first by strong backend fundamentals: reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability, and second by your ability to enable AI features safely and efficiently, using reusable and well-architected components.This is a hands-on engineering role within a mature product environment, where engineering quality, observability, and long-term architecture matter.What You Will Do BE Engineering:Design, develop, and operate production-grade.NET servicesWork with .NET Framework 4.7,.NET 8, ASP.NET, Web API, Entity FrameworkDesign and optimize data models using MS SQL Server / PostgreSQLBuild and run services in AWS, using Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCDEnsure service reliability and performance through:Clear SLIs/SLOs and capacity planningCaching, retries, backoff strategies, circuit breakersSecure multi-tenant access controlOwn services end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and supportContribute to architecture and design reviewsImprove code quality through code reviews, refactoring, and best practicesAI Enablement:Integrate AI/LLM providers behind clean, provider-agnostic abstractionsImplement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG): chunking, embeddings, vector searchBuild safe AI flows with: Context scoping and validation, "Cannot answer" scenarios, Prompt-injection defensesAdd evaluation and observability: Offline and online quality metrics, Monitoring tied to product KPIsCreate reusable AI components (libraries, middleware, templates) adopted by other teamsShare knowledge on safe and scalable AI usageWhat You Bring Strong experience with C# / .NET in production environmentsSolid knowledge of ASP.NET, Web API, Entity FrameworkExperience with relational databases (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL)Hands-on experience with AWSExperience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelinesUnderstanding of distributed systems, performance tuning, and reliability patternsExperience working in cross-functional product teamsStrong written and spoken English (B2 level or above)AI Skills (strong advantage)Experience with retrieval & vector search (embeddings, chunking, hybrid search)Integration with LLM providers (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, or open-source models)Experience with: structured outputs, streaming responses, provider-agnostic AI abstractionsKnowledge of AI guardrails & evaluation: output validation, quality metrics, safe usage patternsAbility and willingness to mentor peers in applied AI practicesWhat We Offer We highly value our people, so we will empower you with all the resources and support to help you reach your full potential.For Your Best Work Remote-first flexibility to shape your ideal workdayHome workplace budgetResilient home budget for Ukraine-based teammatesResilient office in Kyiv & co-working expense coverageIndividual IT budget for extra equipmentTop-tier tech and AI-powered toolsFor Your Growth Access to Ideals Academy with numerous coursesInvestment in external learning and development activitiesGuidance in Personal Development Plan creationProfessional literature and subscriptions coverageSupport of your passion as a speaker or writerInternal talent mobility opportunitiesFor Your Well-Being Medical insurance and Wellness Package for sports activitiesFull coverage of mental health sessions for Ukrainian teammatesFunding for sports competitions20 business days of paid time off per yearUnlimited health-related time-offExtra Perks Budget for meetups with your local teamGenerous internal referral programOur Culture Commitment, Excellence, Collaboration, Trust and Care are core values to the Ideals team. For us, these are the principles that every Idealer lives and breathes. We are on the lookout for like-minded individuals who share our values. By doing so, we create a team where talents feel at ease and work to the best of their abilities.Ideals is an equal opportunity employerIdeals is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people from all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, or citizenship.