Experienced AI Product Engineer

Who we are?
Silverfin is a cutting-edge cloud software solution built by accountants, for accountants. 
Founded in 2013, Silverfin was created to solve the frustrations of manual, error-prone processes in analysing financial data and compliance. From day one, we’ve been a cloud-first platform with an open API architecture, leveraging structured data to transform how accountants work.
Our mission is simple: to enhance and support the accountancy profession through AI and automation, ensuring accountants remain relevant and respected in the future of finance.
In 2023, Silverfin became part of the Visma Group, joining one of Europe’s leading providers of cloud software. This partnership strengthens our ability to innovate and expand our impact within the accountancy industry.
Today, Silverfin is trusted by over 930 firms across 16 countries. Our clients include all of the Big 4 accounting firms, as well as leading global networks like BDO, PKF, Baker Tilly, Grant Thornton, and Moore.
Headquartered in Ghent, with offices in London, Luxembourg, and Gouda (NL), we’re a team of over 180 people - including a diverse remote engineering team working across multiple time zones - all working together to drive innovation in accounting.
How would you support our success?
We are looking for an Experienced AI Product Engineer to join the AI team at our Headquarters in Ghent. The AI team currently has 7 other people in it: 4 data scientists, 2 software engineers, and a team lead. As our new AI Product Engineer, you’ll be tasked with creating and maintaining the AI technology behind multiple distinct products on the Silverfin Platform, all of which help accountants be more efficient and effective through the application of AI and machine learning.
Your responsibilities:- Build and maintain AI applications that help accountants work more effectively and efficiently- Figure out the best way to solve a customer or business problem in close collaboration with data scientists, a product manager, and other engineers - Help shape the architecture of the AI stack in the Silverfin ecosystem
What would success look like?
The main goal is for you to independently complete a successful AI project: joining discovery with our product managers, designers, and UX engineers to find out what problems our customers are facing. Next, joining a delivery team to bring the AI side of the solution to production. And finally, ensuring the right monitors are in place so you and your peers in the AI team are all capable of maintaining the delivered solution.
Next to that, you’ll have to gain understanding of the existing ecosystem (the Silverfin main app is a Ruby-on-Rails monolith) and especially the AI side (multiple Python microservices), so that you can efficiently and effectively help monitor the production quality of our apps. You won’t be expected to acquire in-depth knowledge of the Rails-side, but all of the Python-based AI apps will eventually be part of your scope.
Finally, you’ll be expected to actively participate in our agile processes: from proposing improvements to our ways of working during retrospectives, to championing projects and tickets you are convinced will help us move forwards - your ownership mentality and growth mindset should help us not just do CI/CD on our releases, but also Continuous Improvement on our way of working.

Experience and Qualifications

• You have at least 4 years experience in professional Python development
• You’re willing to work from our Ghent headquarters about 3 days a week
• You have experience delivering product value to clients
• You have experience with microservices and RESTful web services

Skills and knowledge

• You can communicate clearly in English, both written and verbally
• You code with reason and can justify the important decisions you made during development
• You can give in-depth, productive feedback during code reviews. While you appreciate the small stuff, you recognize bikeshedding and can avoid its pitfalls
• You have a strong interest in applying AI and machine learning applications
• You’re a champion of clean coding
• Knowledge of things like Fastapi, Poetry, Pandas, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform will come in handy
• Knowledge of the accounting or fintech sector could give you a headstart

Attitude and personality-related traits

• You can work independently
• You enjoy working in pairs or teams to produce quality solutions through coaching, clean coding and guarding application architecture
• You want to keep improving

We Care For You

• Be part of something bigger – Join a growing SaaS company that’s now proudly part of Visma, Europe’s leader in mission-critical cloud software.
• A connected team, wherever you are – Take part in regular team activities, retreats, and offsites to keep our culture thriving.
• Grow with us – Take advantage of career development opportunities and a personal training allowance to support your growth.
• Time to recharge – Enjoy our company-wide Wellbeing Days off each month (reviewed annually).
• Fair compensation – Receive a competitive rewards package with benefits tailored to your role.
• Flexibility with connection – We have a hybrid setup, with a minimum of two days a week in the office. However, we understand that life can be unpredictable, so we offer flexibility to accommodate unexpected events. Our offices in Belgium (Ghent), the UK (London – Old Street / Shoreditch), the Netherlands (Gouda), and Luxembourg provide great spaces to collaborate and connect.

How we work
At Silverfin, we're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We're committed to elevating talent by creating an environment where we can all thrive together.
We have a unique culture with our values ​​as the backbone:Who we are - Authentically humanHow we think - With a growth mindsetHow we act - Bravely,  side by sideHow we win - By doing what we love
At Silverfin we make our own way. We are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to move forward. Continuous learning and development is encouraged to support your personal and professional growth. At the same time, this opens up many new opportunities that allow our people to grow with Silverfin, and often faster than with other companies. So many ambitious team members have already found their way to a new challenge within Silverfin.
We want you to reach your full potential. To get you there, we don't want to think in boxes and over-structure things. So your options are not limited to 1 team or 1 career track. Your talent, motivation and potential play a crucial role in evolving across the teams into new roles.