Lead AI Engineer
Pubblicato il 08-09-2026 - Capco in Prato
Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you’re encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It’s important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can and we believe that everyone brings something different to the table – so we’d love to know what makes you different. Such differences may mean we need to make changes to our process to allow you the best possible platform to succeed, and we are happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. You will find the section to let us know of these at the bottom of your application form or you can mention it directly to your recruiter at any stage and they will be happy to help.
About Capco
Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are growing at fast pace in our Italian office, the opportunity for growth is large, accessible, and immediate.
We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry. Capco is going through a significant growth journey, now is a very good time to join us as we expand our consulting team in Italy.
Role Description
We are looking for a Lead AI Engineer to join our Capco AI Lab and help design and build production-grade AI solutions for our clients.
This is a senior, hands-on engineering role for someone with a strong software engineering background who has developed deep expertise in Generative and Agentic AI. You will make technical and architectural decisions, guide other engineers and, importantly, continue to write and review production code yourself.
You will work on complex AI systems covering LLM orchestration, AI agents, RAG, tool and function calling, evaluation and observability, taking solutions from early prototypes through to scalable production environments.
The role also involves working directly