At Veriff, we are exploring the next frontier of identity verification: agentic AI systems that can reason, act, and operate safely in high-trust environments.
We are forming a small, high-leverage team to explore and productionize agentic capabilities across identity, KYA, risk assessment, and automation workflows.
We are looking for a Founding Engineer to help build this from the ground up.
You’ll help us protect honest people online by:
- Design and build agentic systems that can:
- Use tools;
- Reason across multi-step workflows;
- Operate under strict compliance and safety constraints.
- Prototype and productionize LLM-powered workflows;
- Build internal evaluation frameworks for agent reliability;
- Define system architecture for scalable, secure AI services;
- Work closely with product, risk, and compliance teams;
- Turn ambiguous ideas into working systems.
You are the right future Veriffian for the job if you have:
Strong Systems Engineer- 6+ years building backend systems in production
- Strong Python experience (FastAPI or similar)
- Experience with distributed systems and async workflows
- Deep understanding of system design and reliability
Hands on experience building:
- Tool using agents
- Multi step reasoning workflows
- Retrieval Augmented systems (RAG)
- Multi agent or orchestration systems
- LangChain / LangGraph
- OpenAI Assistants or Responses API
- AutoGen
- CrewAI
- Semantic Kernel
You have shipped LLM-powered systems beyond experimentation.
Elements of Our Tech Stack
- Backend: Node.js (TypeScript), Python, Golang
- Frontend: React (TypeScript)
- Mobile: Kotlin (Android), Swift (iOS), Dart (Flutter), TypeScript (React Native)
- Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Data & ML: PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Python-based ML models
- Experience in fraud, risk, compliance, or identity systems
- Experience building internal AI evaluation pipelines
- Familiarity with vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone, etc)
- Experience operating in regulated environments
- Reliable agentic workflows running in production
- Clear evaluation metrics for AI quality and safety
- Strong architectural foundations for scaling AI capabilities
- High quality technical documentation and system clarity
- Flexibility to work from home
- Stock options that ensure your share in our success
- Extra recharge days on top of your annual vacation
- Comprehensive relocation support to Estonia or Spain
- Extensive medical, dental, and vision insurance to ensure you’re feeling great physically and mentally
- Learning and Development & Health and Sports budget that you are free to tailor to your own needs
- Four weeks of fully paid sabbatical leave after reaching your 5th work anniversary
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Skills Required
- 6+ years building backend systems in production
- Strong Python experience (FastAPI or similar)
- Experience with distributed systems and async workflows
- Deep understanding of system design and reliability
- Hands on experience building tool using agents
- Experience with one or more of LangChain, OpenAI Assistants, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel
What We Do
Veriff is the preferred identity verification partner for the world’s biggest and best digital companies, including pioneers in fintech, crypto, gaming and the mobility sectors. We provide advanced technology, deep insights and expertise from our foundation in digital-first Estonia and honed over decades in leading the digital identity revolution.The partner of choice for businesses who need to rapidly and effortlessly verify online users from anywhere in the world, Veriff delivers the widest possible identity document coverage. By supporting government issued IDs from more than 230 countries and territories and with our intelligent decision engine which analyzes thousands of technological and behavioral variables Veriff enables trust from the first hello. With offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, and Estonia, and robust backing and funding from investors including Accel, Alkeon, IVP, Tiger Capital and Y Combinator, we’re dedicated to helping businesses and individuals build a safer and more secure world. To learn more, visit veriff.com.
