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Our software, Miles, is a leading platform that enables companies worldwide to manage their leasing, fleet and mobility operations in one integrated system.\nNow we're expanding our Data & AI organisation and building the SOFICO AI Cloud, the platform underpinning the Miles Enterprise Agentic Platform.\nFrom our office in Ghent, we're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build the distributed workflow platform connecting our enterprise software with the next generation of AI-powered capabilities.\nYou'll solve a particularly interesting engineering challenge: how do you make complex, long-running business processes continue reliably when services fail, networks go down or individual steps need to be retried?\nYou'll use technologies such as Temporal, Java/Quarkus and Python to make these processes reliable, observable and scalable.\nWhat you'll do...\nBuild reliable distributed workflows that coordinate business-critical processes across Miles and the SOFICO AI Cloud.\nDesign systems that remain reliable when things go wrong, using techniques such as retries, idempotency, failure recovery and compensating actions.\nDevelop integrations between our workflow platform, Java/Quarkus services, AI components and enterprise systems.\nBuild strong testing, monitoring and observability around long-running business processes.\nHelp shape the engineering standards and architecture of a new platform at the intersection of backend engineering, distributed systems and Agentic AI.\nWhat you bring...\nStrong professional experience in backend software engineering, ideally with Java or another modern backend language.\nExperience building distributed, asynchronous or event-driven systems in production.\nA good understanding of how to design reliable systems around failures, retries, state and transactions.\nExperience with microservices, APIs and automated testing.\nExperience or genuine interest in AI-assisted software engineering: at SOFICO, we actively encourage engineers to bring AI tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) into every step of the product and software development lifecycle, from specification and planning through implementation and testing, and you should be eager to grow that practice with us\nEarn bonus points for...\nExperience with Temporal, Camunda, Conductor, Azure Durable Functions or another workflow/orchestration technology.\nExperience with Java/Quarkus, Kafka, RabbitMQ or similar event-driven technologies.\nExperience with AI platforms, LangGraph, cloud platforms or enterprise/on-premise environments.\n\nWhat’s in it for you...\nCompetitive salary package;\nMeal allowance provided per working day;\nCompany car or mobility budget\nHospitalisation and group insurance;\nHybrid working and flexible hours, giving you the freedom to shape your workday;\nA modern co-working space offering a comfortable working environment;\nFrom day one, you’ll be supported through a structured onboarding program, with guidance from a dedicated coach to help you get up to speed and grow in your role;\nAnd because strong teams go beyond day-to-day work, we regularly create opportunities to connect - from casual drinks to team activities and company-wide events.\nReady to build the reliable workflow foundation behind the next generation of mobility software? 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