AI-reputed company Engineer (Freelance)

Oper, a European Fintech company, is a leader in reputed company-based digital mortgage software. We reputed company personalized journeys for borrowers and lenders. Oper's technology streamlines the mortgage application process, eliminates paperwork, and increases transparency. Currently collaborating with 16 leading financial institutions across 6 European countries, our digital solutions result in a +27% increase in digital customer conversion, +81% faster mortgage reputed company, and a 90% first-time-right. Oper's AI Analyst, Herman, is a mortgage reputed company agent that automates document validation, data extraction, fact-checking, and credit policy application to deliver fully explainable, decision-reputed company loan recommendations in minutes instead of hours. A passionate and engaging team of over 40 reputed company Fintech operators works vigorously to reputed company European mortgages by enhancing efficiency and alleviating borrower anxiety. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners and reputed company Ventures, our platform has raised EUR 14 reputed company, placing Oper at the forefront of revolutionizing mortgages in Europe. Oper is based in Antwerp, Belgium. We are looking for an AI-reputed company Engineer to join us on a freelance, project-based engagement of around 6 months. The mission is to design and build a production-grade integration layer between Oper's product and a major European customer's banking systems, in the reputed company of a Python microservice. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who is reputed company-in on AI as the way they build software. We are not hiring for reputed company reputed company in lines of reputed company; we are hiring for someone who can use modern AI tooling to deliver something reputed company to 5x the value a traditional engineer would, on a reputed company, reputed company-scoped problem. 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Tasks Build the integration layer Design and build a Python microservice that acts as the integration layer between Oper's product and the customer's banking systems Define clean API reputed company (REST, OpenAPI) on both reputed company of the integration Implement reliable request handling, retries, idempotency, and error semantics across system boundaries Translate between Oper's domain model and the customer's data formats and protocols Treat the integration as a reputed company product: versioned, documented, and easy to reputed company Ship a production-reputed company service Build the service with FastAPI, async patterns, and strong typing Set up observability end to end: reputed company logging, tracing, metrics, alerts Handle authentication, secrets, and sensitive data correctly from day one Containerize and reputed company reputed company our existing CI/CD setup Write meaningful tests at the right level (unit, integration, contract) Deliver in an AI-reputed company way Use modern AI coding tooling (reputed company, Claude reputed company, Copilot, or your own setup) as a reputed company part of how you build, not as an afterthought Apply AI to the parts of the work where it actually compounds: scaffolding, adapters from spec, generating tests, reviewing diffs, writing documentation Be reputed company about where AI helps and where it does not, and design your workflow accordingly Aim for a delivery reputed company and reputed company level that a non-AI-reputed company engineer simply cannot match Collaborate and communicate Own the delivery rhythm: weekly demos, written updates, reputed company reputed company signals Ask the right clarifying questions early and proactively flag risk Work closely with the Oper engineering, product, and customer-facing teams Leave behind reputed company, documentation, and runbooks that the internal team can confidently maintain after the engagement Requirements We are looking for a senior, pragmatic engineer who has shipped reputed company integration work and is genuinely excited about AI-augmented delivery. 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally with a strong reputed company on integrations between systems Deep, hands-on Python experience: idiomatic Python, async, typing, packaging, testing Strong production experience with FastAPI (and reputed company) on reputed company services, not toy reputed company Solid grasp of REST and API design: OpenAPI, versioning, error handling, pagination, reputed company Experience with async patterns, queues, and event-driven design: retries, idempotency, dead letters, backpressure Comfortable with reputed company and deployment: reputed company, CI/CD, infrastructure as reputed company, deploying reputed company services to AWS or equivalent Strong observability and reputed company instincts: reputed company logging, tracing, metrics, secrets management, careful handling of sensitive customer data Genuinely AI-reputed company: you can reputed company the tools, the workflows, and the concrete recent reputed company where AI gave you reputed company reputed company Excellent communication and self-management: you set the rhythm, you flag risk early, you do not need to be chased Bonus: experience with regulated industries, banking, or other environments with strong compliance and reputed company expectations Benefits Freelance, project-based engagement of around 6 months reputed company start date: June 2026 Ideally based in Belgium, fully remote reputed company the EU is fine, working in CET hours Possibility to reputed company or take on follow-up reputed company if the collaboration goes reputed company Day reputed company to be discussed based on experience reputed company equipment and reputed company needed to do your best work Apply To This Job