Senior / Principal Backend Software Engineer (EU-based)

Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK) is a global leader in digital & biometric identity authentication, fraud prevention, and mobile deposit solutions. Our verified identity platform and advanced image capture solutions are built on the latest advancements in biometric recognition, artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning, and trusted by over 7,500 organizations worldwide. We are headquartered in San Diego, California, with operations in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Mexico, and the Netherlands. Visit us at www.miteksystems.com.

At Mitek, we believe that teams are more resilient, effective, and innovative when they benefit from a wide range of ideas, lived experiences, and perspectives. The strength of our organization is deeply rooted in the people who power it.​
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We know that a workforce reflecting the richness of our communities and customers helps us better serve their needs. These lived experiences influence our decisions, shape our products, services, and help us grow with intention. When it comes to talent, our goal is clear: to discover exceptional individuals and to ensure they discover us. We prioritize drive, skill, experience, and ambition in everything we do for our clients.

We are Virtual 1st! Whether you choose to work remotely from your home office or in-person from one of Mitek’s offices, our practices, processes and tools are designed to enable your success. At Mitek, the Future of Work is about flexibility and preference wherever and whenever we are working.

We are looking for a Senior (or Principal) Engineer to help automate and streamline the process of bringing new documents and machine learning models into our document verification and identity platform. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with a high level of ownership and impact.

What You Will Do (Essential Responsibilities)::
• Replacing manual, slow onboarding processes with automated, reliable pipelines using modern CI/CD and cloud technologies.
• Design, build, and deploy production-grade APIs and services within a microservices/serverless architecture.
• Own your code from design to deployment, ensuring scalability, security, and performance at every step.
• Automate testing and delivery through robust unit, integration, and performance tests.
• Document your work clearly for internal stakeholders and external developers consuming our public APIs.
• Work closely with ML Teams and engineering teams to integrate existing ML models and services into the onboarding process, improve release quality through automation and testing, and enable faster, more scalable deployments.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, researchers, and operations teams to translate ideas into production-ready features.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and help drive continuous improvement.

Who You Are (Soft Skills/Attributes)::
• Data-driven and innovative mindset.
• Logical and creative problem-solver, with the ability to summarize issues effectively.
• Highly autonomous, able to independently drive a complex, ambiguous end-to-end initiative. Comfortable being the single owner of a high-impact initiative.
• Comfortable working across organizational boundaries and proactively engaging research, engineering, and platform teams.
• Clear and concise communication. You effectively set expectations and raise issues as needed.
• Comfortable operating with incomplete requirements and imperfect data, making progress through iterative refinement.
• An engineer who lives our core values of Delivering, Learning, and Caring.

What You Bring (Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)::
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated senior-level experience building and operating production-grade backends.
• Senior-level proficiency in Python, particularly for machine learning pipelines, automation, and data processing.
• Proven experience designing CI/CD-driven, fully automated release pipelines with integrated testing and quality gates.
• Experience defining automated decision logic based on metrics or KPIs to enable fully automated onboarding or release flows.
• Practical experience integrating ML workflows into existing production systems.
• Experience working with existing machine learning models for document analysis, computer vision, or similar unstructured data problems, including evaluation, configuration, and adaptation.
• Hands-on experience with AWS-based environments, including scalability, reliability, and cost considerations.
• Proficiency with Git.
• Proficiency with spoken and written English.

What Would be Nice (Preferred Skills & Experience)::
• Experience improving or automating data labeling strategies, including semi-supervised or active learning approaches.
• Exposure to MLOps practices, including experiment tracking, model versioning, ML-specific CI/CD patterns, and optimization of model training performance for concurrency, resource utilization, or cost efficiency.
• Familiarity working with C++-based core systems and/or Go-based production services.
• Experience delivering features from user stories through to deployment in Agile environments.

What We Offer You: :
• Work with a global leader in Digital Identity and Fraud prevention.
• Build products that power secure, seamless digital experiences.
• High-impact role in a fast-growing market.
• Excellent working atmosphere and great culture.
• 100% remote-friendly in any country in the EU region (with optional work from our Barcelona office if you live nearby).
• Work with a diverse global team passionate about technology and impact.
• Continuous learning and growth opportunities.
• Competitive compensation, perks and benefits.

We take pride in enabling career growth in an environment of innovation and teamwork. Our commitment to all Mitekians is to do meaningful work that matters. Our culture is defined by delivering our best to our customers by providing high value solutions and impactful outcomes, by continuously challenging convention, and by caring for each other through collaboration and celebrating our successes. We are committed to creating competitive, equitable compensation & benefits programs and career development opportunities.

Benefit offerings – may vary based on geographic location

Wellness: Universal, supplemental, and private healthcare plan choices based on country specifics
Financial future: retirement/pension plan contributions, MTK stock plan participation
Income protection: life event & disability coverage
Paid time off: generous annual leave, company holidays, volunteer time off
Learning: e-learning license, tuition reimbursement, hackathons
Home office setup allowance
Additional/optional benefits: pet insurance, identity theft protection, legal assistance

We sincerely appreciate your interest in Mitek. We know your time is valuable and look forward to the potential of speaking with you further!