Lead Product Software Engineer
Pubblicato il 12-08-2026 - Wolters Kluwer in Milano
We are looking for a Lead Product Software Engineer to drive the design, development and evolution of data-centric applications and platform services within Wolters Kluwer Italia. The role combines strong software engineering leadership with a deep understanding of data-intensive products, enabling analytics, benchmarking, reporting and reusable data services across multiple business domains. The person will actively contribute to implementation while setting technical direction, engineering standards and delivery practices. A key expectation is the adoption of modern AI-assisted software development practices, including specification-driven approaches such as OpenSpec or equivalent methodologies, to improve quality, productivity, maintainability and clarity of delivery. Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development and technical evolution of data-centric applications and platform services.
- Define and maintain engineering standards, integration patterns, APIs and reusable technical capabilities.
- Design and implement ingestion, processing, storage, serving,
monitoring and integration components supporting analytics and reporting use cases.
- Translate business and product needs into scalable, maintainable and secure technical solutions.
- Contribute to the definition of data models, semantic layers and shared services supporting benchmarks, dashboards and data products.
- Leverage AI-assisted development practices to improve software quality, productivity, maintainability and engineering flow.
- Contribute to adoption of specification-driven engineering, including OpenSpec or equivalent methodologies, as part of the software delivery lifecycle.
- Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, where they create measurable business value.
- Ensure scalability, reliability, performance, security, observability and cost efficiency of implemented solutions.
- Mentor developers and contribute to a culture of engineering excelle