Founding engineer
Pubblicato il 19-08-2026 - VitaAvanza in Trento
Company Description Vita Avanza S.r.l. is an Italian AI company developing Vita, a life-navigation platform that supports international students and immigrants in managing complex administrative, academic, and social processes. The platform helps individuals understand required steps, documents, locations, and when to seek human assistance. Vita Avanza collaborates with institutions, universities, associations, and local organizations to build more accessible support systems for people adapting to life in a new country.
The company is driven by the belief that technology should enhance, not replace, human care, making it easier for people to access meaningful support. Its work is guided by a vision of helping people move their lives forward in a connected, rather than fragmented, way.
Role Description The Founding Engineer will play a key role in designing, building, and iterating on Vita's core platform as part of a small, early‐stage team. This is a full‐time, on‐site role based in Trento, where the engineer will work closely with the founders to shape product architecture, implement new features, and ensure scalability and reliability of AI‐driven services. Day‐to‐day responsibilities include developing backend and frontend components, integrating AI models and APIs, setting up and maintaining infrastructure, and establishing engineering best practices and workflows.
The Founding
Engineer will collaborate with product, design, and partner organizations to translate user needs into robust technical solutions,
and will contribute to technical roadmapping, experimentation, and rapid prototyping. The role also involves code reviews, documentation, and mentoring future engineering hires as the team grows.
Qualifications Strong software engineering skills in areas such as backend development, frontend development, and API design, with experience building production‐ready web applications.
Experience with AI‐ and data‐driven products, including integrating machine learning models, working with data pipelines, and leveraging cloud‐based AI services. Proficiency with modern development tools and practices, such as version control (e.g., Git), test automation, continuous integration/deployment, and monitoring. Ability to design and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure, ideally with experience in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization.
Comfort working in an early‐stage environment, including rapid prototyping, iterating based on user feedback, and contributing to product and technical strategy. Excellent problem‐solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross‐functionally and take ownership of end‐to‐end solutions. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Interest in or experience with international student or immigrant support systems, and alignment with Vita Avanza's mission to make