AI Backend Engineer
BT Group is hiring an AI Backend Engineer in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on BT Group.
Level's read on this job
- Builds AI ●●●● is how Level rates this software engineer role: the job is building AI systems.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include backend, artificial intelligence and software engineering.
- Level lists 196 other open roles at BT Group.
- The role was posted within the past two weeks.
AI in this role
Develop backend systems leveraging AI and technology to improve network and customer experiences at BT.
Job Req ID: 61981
Posting Date: 03 Sep 2026
Location: Bengaluru
Salary: Competitive
BT is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.
Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably.
We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.
How we rate this
AI Backend Engineer at BT Group rates 80 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Pay
- Typical software engineer job
- $168k
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Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where backend was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where artificial intelligence was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- How would you decide a model or AI system is ready to ship?
- Tell me about a time a model underperformed in production. How did you find out, and what did you change?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Backend, Artificial Intelligence, and Software Engineering. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
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