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With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.\nWe work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.\n#VOIS #BeUnrivalled #CreateTheFuture\nAbout this Role\nWe are seeking a Generative AI Backend Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team in Romania. You will design and build modern, scalable back-end applications and services using Python and Django, developing RESTful APIs and data-access layers within a microservices architecture.\nA key part of the role is integrating Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities into back-end services, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, agentic workflows and AI agent tooling through APIs and MCP servers.\nAlongside hands-on engineering, you will provide technical consultancy to clients, advise on suitable AI use cases and engineering best practices, and help stakeholders make informed technical decisions.\nWhat you will do\nDesign, develop and maintain high-quality, well-tested back-end services and RESTful APIs using Python and Django.\nBuild and maintain scalable microservices and integrations with databases, search and logging infrastructure.\nDevelop and maintain AI-enabled software capabilities, including integrations with LLM providers.\nBuild and integrate RAG pipelines that connect back-end applications, data sources and LLM-based functionality.\nDevelop agentic workflows and expose or consume tools for AI agents through APIs and MCP servers.\nApply responsible AI and security practices to LLM-based functionality, including PII controls and safeguards against data leakage and prompt injection.\nCollaborate with front-end developers to define and integrate API contracts.\nWork with product managers and other stakeholders to deliver project objectives and features on schedule.\nContribute throughout the engineering lifecycle, including planning, solution design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance.\nReview peer code for quality, performance and adherence to agreed coding standards.\nDebug and troubleshoot technical issues and implement appropriate solutions.\nImprove back-end performance through caching, query optimisation and efficient data-access techniques.\nFollow and promote established engineering practices, including version control, code reviews and continuous integration.\nCreate and maintain technical documentation, operating procedures and solution or architecture designs to support effective knowledge sharing.\nPrepare and deliver knowledge-transfer sessions and contribute actively to the onboarding of new colleagues.\nProvide technical support, mentoring and guidance to colleagues across different levels of experience.\nContribute to relevant team, departmental and organisational initiatives, including technical investigations, analysis, process documentation and knowledge transfer.\nWho you are\nYou have 5+ years of back-end development experience, with a strong focus on Python and Django.\nYou have strong practical proficiency in Python and the Django framework.\nYou have experience integrating LLM provider APIs, such as OpenAI, Anthropic or Azure OpenAI.\nYou have experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.\nYou have experience working with relational databases and SQL.\nYou have a strong understanding of microservices architecture and integration patterns.\nYou understand prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, agentic patterns and LLM output evaluation.\nYou understand Agile/Scrum ways of working and are comfortable contributing within collaborative, fast-paced environments.\nYou bring effective problem-solving skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.\nYou can communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nYou continuously develop your technical knowledge and skills.\nNice to have:\nUnderstanding of containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.\nExperience with message brokers and asynchronous or background processing.\nFamiliarity with observability practices, including logging, metrics and tracing.\nExperience with testing frameworks.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines.\nExperience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.\nNot a Perfect Fit?\nConcerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.\nWhat’s in it for you\nHybrid way of working\nMedical and dental services\nLife and hospitalization insurance\nDedicated employee phone subscription\nTake control of your benefits and choose any of the below options: MEAL TICKETS/ PRIVATE PENSION/ VACATION VOUCHERS/ CULTURAL VOUCHERS within the budget.\nSpecial discounts for gyms and retailers\nAnnual Company Bonus\nLoyalty Programme\nOngoing Education - we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills\nYou get to work with tried and trusted web-technology\nGetting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company\nWe let you write your own story by planning vacations: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 days off.\nSpecial Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave\nWhat skills you will learn\nThis role provides opportunities to deepen and broaden your capabilities in:\nDeveloping scalable back-end applications with Python and Django.\nRESTful API and microservices design.\nIntegrating LLM providers with production back-end systems.\nDesigning and implementing RAG architectures and pipelines.\nApplying prompt engineering techniques within software products.\nWorking with vector databases and retrieval approaches.\nDeveloping agentic workflows and AI agent tools.\nDesigning integrations through APIs and MCP servers.\nEvaluating LLM outputs and AI-enabled functionality.\nApplying responsible AI and security practices, including PII controls and mitigations for data leakage and prompt injection.\nBack-end performance optimisation, caching and efficient database access.\nTechnical consultancy and communicating AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders.\nDepending on project exposure, containerisation, observability, CI/CD and cloud technologies.\nVOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment\nVodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. 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