Senior Software Engineer - AI-Focused Backend & Frontend

About the role

Clarivate is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join its new AI-focused engineering team within A&G Content Solutions in Belgrade. You will build new AI-focused capabilities and features, using AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle, from architecture and implementation to testing and code review. The team works in an Agile/Scrum environment and collaborates closely with product, engineering and business stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality software solutions across backend and frontend applications.
• Use AI tools daily for implementation, architecture and design, code review and testing.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code in line with coding standards.
• Contribute to software architecture and system design, and to technical documentation and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, product teams and internal stakeholders across multiple projects.
• Participate actively in Scrum ceremonies and stay current with advances in AI-assisted software engineering.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of software engineering experience, including at least 1 year of hands-on use of AI tools across the development lifecycle.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• Proficiency in English.

Required skills

• Microservices and enterprise backend systems with Java and Spring Boot.
• AWS cloud infrastructure design, deployment and management.
• PostgreSQL: database design, query optimization and data modeling.
• Frontend with Angular or other modern frameworks such as React or Vue.
• AI-assisted development and Spec-Driven Development (SDD) with tools such as Spec Kit or OpenSpec.
• Data pipelines, modern data architectures or analytical platforms with Databricks.
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or Jenkins) with automated testing and quality gates.

What we offer

• Permanent full-time position with core hours in CET, hybrid: office 3 days every other week.
• 25 days paid leave per year.
• Private health insurance, life and accident insurance.
• Yearly bonus and merit plan.
• Paid lunch, Fit Pass and My Learning Platform.
• Free rental bicycles.