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title: 'Backend Engineer at Vic.ai'
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# Backend Engineer at Vic.ai

- **Company:** Vic.ai
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vic.ai/dd90e14e-01b4-455c-aab4-7ee314ecfa72

## Job description

## BACKEND ENGINEER – AI INTEGRATIONS

Location: Madrid, Spain Department: Engineering

ABOUT VIC.AI http://Vic.ai

Vic.ai http://Vic.ai is building the future of autonomous accounting using AI. We help finance teams eliminate manual invoice processing and unlock real-time financial intelligence by combining advanced machine learning, OCR, and scalable backend systems. Our platform processes hundreds of millions of invoices with exceptional accuracy, and we’re just getting started.

We’re a venture-backed, product-driven company solving deeply technical problems at scale, and we’re looking for engineers who want to build real AI systems that run in production for real customers.

## THE ROLE

We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the team behind our AI-first, in-house iPaaS: the integration platform that connects our customers' ERP and financial systems to Vic.ai http://Vic.ai. It reliably syncs data into Vic and pushes results back out at scale, with AI used to accelerate how quickly we onboard new customers.

You'll spend the majority of your time building and operating this platform, and you'll also contribute across our broader backend surface (Public API and core services) as priorities demand.

This is a hands-on, senior-level role for an engineer who thrives in complex, high-scale environments and takes pride in building reliable, performant systems. This role is based in Madrid, Spain with 1-2 days per week in office.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Build and operate integrations that move data bidirectionally between customers' ERP systems and Vic.ai http://Vic.ai.
- Develop backend services in TypeScript/Node.js (HTTP APIs, queue-based workers, PostgreSQL).
- Design integrations against third-party APIs (REST, SOAP, OData, OAuth2) with explicit, typed contracts.
- Make jobs idempotent and replay-safe, including retries, rate limiting, dead-lettering, and correlation/audit logging.
- Own services from development through production, including deployment on AWS, monitoring, and issue resolution within defined SLAs.
- Contribute to the AI-assisted tooling that speeds up customer onboarding.
- Support adjacent backend domains as needed (Public API and core services in Elixir/Phoenix, plus Python services).
- Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term platform scalability.
- Identify, troubleshoot, escalate, and resolve issues related to performance, accuracy, and system stability.

## OUR STACK

- Backend: Elixir/Phoenix and TypeScript/Node.js, plus Python for our AI and ML services
- Frontend: React + TypeScript
- Data & processing: PostgreSQL with queue-based, distributed processing (RabbitMQ, Oban, BullMQ)
- Infrastructure: AWS, containerized deployment (Docker/Kubernetes), with first-class observability and structured logging
- Tooling & delivery: GitHub, GitHub Actions CI/CD

## WHAT YOU’LL BRING

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (preferred).
- 2+ years building and operating production backend systems, primarily in TypeScript/Node.js, Elixir/Phoenix, Python. Strong backend engineers from other stacks who are eager to work in TypeScript are welcome.
- Experience building on top of LLMs.
- Experience integrating with third-party APIs (REST, SOAP, OData, OAuth2, webhooks).
- Solid grasp of queue-based and distributed systems: idempotency, retries, dead-lettering, and backpressure.
- Proven experience taking systems from development to production and operating them using best practices.
- Strong understanding of performance monitoring, logging, observability, and operational reliability.
- Experience scaling and optimizing relational databases.
- Exposure to IT security principles and demonstrated adherence to secure development practices.
- Ability to work independently, take ownership, and operate effectively in a fast-moving environment.

WHY WORK AT VIC.AI http://Vic.ai

- Build real AI systems that operate at scale in production.
- Own critical backend infrastructure that directly impacts customers.
- Work alongside experienced engineers, data scientists, and product leaders.
- Tackle complex technical challenges with autonomy and accountability.
- Be part of a company redefining how finance teams operate, using AI that actually works.

If you’re excited about building intelligent backend systems, owning production-grade AI pipelines, and pushing the boundaries of applied machine learning in real-world environments, we’d love to meet you.

## About Vic.ai

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Vic.ai provides an AI-first autonomous accounts payable and finance automation platform that processes invoices and manages payments with minimal manual intervention.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C – $52M round co-led by ICONIQ Growth and Notable, preceded by $50M Series B and $11M Series A)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (also maintains a major office in Oslo, Norway)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Alexander Hagerup (CEO) and Kristoffer Roil (COO)

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Accounts payable automation / AI-powered finance software (Fintech)
- **Target Customers**: B2B – finance teams, AP managers, and CFOs in enterprises and mid-market companies
- **Mission**: “Revolutionize finance departments through cutting-edge AI, enabling teams to focus on high-impact, strategic work that drives positive outcomes for businesses, society, and the environment.”

## Products & Services
- **Vic.ai Platform (Autonomous Finance)**: Core SaaS platform that uses AI to autonomously process invoices, approve payments, and provide analytics. It eliminates rules and templates by learning from historical data.
- **Victoria™**: Agentic AI assistant that powers the autonomous platform and enables chat-based interactions for finance tasks.
- **Bill Pay**: Integrated payment module for automated vendor payments.
- **Expense Management**: AI-driven expense categorization and approvals.
- **Analytics & Insights**: Real-time dashboards and reporting for AP and financial performance.
- **Corporate Card**: Chat-based corporate card product launched in 2024.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**: $5.0M estimated annual revenue (LinkedIn, may be outdated); Total funding $114.7M across 4 rounds. Processed over half a billion invoices with up to 99% accuracy; served 10,000+ customers; generated $188M in cost savings and 6 million hours in time savings.
- **Notable Investors**: ICONIQ Growth, GGV Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Notable (seed and Series investors).
- **Growth Signals**: Triple-digit growth; recognition on Inc. 5000, Deloitte Technology Fast 500, CBInsights Fintech 100, CNBC World's Top Fintech Companies 2023; global expansion into 8 countries (Norway, Poland, New Zealand, Canada, France, etc.); launched agentic AI assistant Victoria in 2024.

## Competitive Advantages
- **No Rules/Templates**: Unlike legacy AP automation, Vic.ai’s AI learns from raw invoice data without predefined rules, achieving high accuracy (99%) out of the box.
- **True Autonomy**: The platform can handle the entire invoice-to-pay cycle autonomously (approval flows, coding, payment) with minimal human touch.
- **Deep ERP Integrations**: Connects seamlessly with all major ERP and accounting systems through an open API.
- **Proven Scale**: Has processed over 500 million invoices, giving it a massive training dataset that continuously improves model accuracy.

## Strategic Focus
- **Agentic AI Expansion**: Continued development of autonomous agent capabilities (Victoria) to handle more complex finance workflows.
- **Global Growth**: Expanding footprint beyond the US and Norway, with a presence in Europe and Asia.
- **Product Breadth**: Adding features like corporate cards and expense management to create an end-to-end finance automation suite.
- **Enterprise Adoption**: Targeting larger enterprises with complex, multi-ERP environments.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Remote-first” with a focus on trust, collaboration, and innovation. Employees describe a supportive environment that encourages creative problem-solving and personal growth.
- **Team**: 90+ employees (LinkedIn reports 64, but careers page states 90+ and 15+ nationalities) representing diverse backgrounds.
- **Benefits**:
  - 401(k) with 50% match on first 4%, immediate vesting
  - Employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance
  - Generous PTO and holiday calendar
  - Home office setup budget and coworking space stipend
  - Monthly wellness stipend
  - Quarterly volunteer day
  - Regular team and company meetups (in-person)
- **Engineering Culture**: AI-first product development; engineers work on cutting-edge machine learning models for finance; autonomy and ownership encouraged.

## Sources
1. [vic.ai (Company Website)](https://www.vic.ai/)
2. [vic.ai/about-us](https://www.vic.ai/about-us)
3. [vic.ai/careers](https://www.vic.ai/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/vic.ai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vic.ai)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/vic.ai](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vic.ai)

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