Senior AI Agent Engineer

About the Company

Openprovider, founded in 2004 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar and technology company. With a team of 110+ people globally, we operate on a fully remote basis, offering employees the flexibility to work from anywhere without commutes. We prioritize a healthy work/life balance, flexible schedules, and are 100% performance and result-oriented, leveraging experience and expertise for data-driven decision-making.

About the Role

You will join the Technology department to work on our core products: RCP (Reseller Control Panel), Domains & DNS (registration, transfers, APIs), and integrations with third-party platforms like WHMCS. We are seeking a strong, hands-on Senior AI Agent Engineer with deep experience in PHP, Go, and React. This role involves navigating large legacy systems, generating structured context from existing codebases, and responsibly leveraging AI tools for refactoring and modernization. You will enable the engineering team to adopt AI-driven workflows to improve agility and robustness. Beyond writing code, you will design and implement AI Agents to assist, audit, and automate the software engineering process.

Key Responsibilities

• Codebase Modernization & Refactoring: Analyze and understand existing PHP and Go services. Identify technical debt, architectural bottlenecks, and performance risks. Design and implement structured refactors to improve scalability, maintainability, and security. Leverage AI tools to accelerate refactoring and system redesign responsibly.
• AI-Enabled Engineering Workflows: Build structured context pipelines to help AI understand systems. Develop internal workflows for safer refactors, improved unit testing, and debugging acceleration. Establish guardrails to ensure AI-generated code meets quality and security standards.
• Enterprise System Design: Design APIs and services in PHP (Symfony) and Go. Maintain architectural standards (SOLID, clean architecture). Improve observability and operational stability. Ensure alignment with ISO 27001 and security best practices.
• Team Enablement: Mentor engineers in AI-assisted coding practices. Define practical AI usage guidelines. Drive measurable productivity improvements without compromising quality.

What We Are Looking For

Competencies:

• 5+ years of strong backend engineering experience.
• 1+ years of AI agent based software development experience.
• Deep hands-on experience in PHP (Symfony) and/or Go.
• Strong API design experience (REST, gRPC exposure preferred).
• Solid database knowledge (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Experience with Redis, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch.
• Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• GCP or AWS deployment experience.
• Practical experience using LLM tools in engineering workflows.
• Strong understanding of SOLID, design patterns, and refactoring strategies.

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Experience building developer tooling (CLI tools, IDE extensions).
• Experience with AST parsing or static analysis tools.
• Experience implementing automated test generation.
• Experience building guardrails for AI-generated code.
• Exposure to orchestration frameworks like LangChain or LangGraph.

Our Stack

• Backend: PHP 7+, Symfony, Go
• Frontend: React
• Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Messaging & Cache: RabbitMQ, Redis, Elasticsearch
• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), GCP, AWS
• Tooling: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jira, Confluence, Prometheus, Grafana

What We Offer

What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months):

• Legacy modules safely refactored or re-architected.
• Improved test coverage across critical systems.
• Clear AI usage guidelines adopted across teams.
• Reduced debugging and refactoring cycles.
• Measurable improvement in engineering agility.

Perks:

• 100% remote work (you can work from any location).
• Paid time off and sick leave.
• International team and regular online and offline events to stay connected.
• Internal workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Quarterly review and annual salary review.
• Flexible working hours.
• ISO 27001-certified remote workplace.

About Us

Openprovider helps resellers save money and time on domains through our Membership program, enabling them to buy, renew, and transfer domains at cost price. Founded in 2004 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, we are a rapidly-growing, ICANN-accredited domain registrar and technology scale-up. We've built a platform to easily manage operations for over 1,900 domain extensions and were the first to offer a Membership Program for cost-price domains. Fully remote since 2020, our team has expanded to 110+ employees across 25+ countries and 4 continents. We pride ourselves on our fun, diverse team and connect regularly through online and offline events.

Key skills/competency

• AI Agent Development
• Backend Engineering
• PHP (Symfony)
• Go Programming
• API Design (REST, gRPC)
• Database Management (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Cloud Infrastructure (GCP, AWS)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Large Language Models (LLM)
• Code Refactoring