Principal Engineer
Pubblicato il 22-09-2026 - Motork in Milano
MotorK sits at the intersection of deep vertical complexity - automotive SaaS, 10,000+ dealerships, enterprise-grade requirements - and a company that has gone all-in on AI as its primary engine of scale.Se desidera saperne di più su questa occasione o sta pensando di candidarsi, la preghiamo di leggere le seguenti informazioni.We believe vertical SaaS captures the most value from AI, and none of that value is reachable unless the data underneath it is modeled, governed and engineered right.A senior, deeply technical leader who owns both the direction and the execution of a core area of the SparK platform.This is not a role that manages managers. You lead a very small, high-calibre team whose capacity is multiplied by AI agents, and you stay hands‑on: designing, coding, and reviewing on the critical path. At the same time you carry full leadership accountability for those engineers - their growth, their delivery, and their alignment with the rest of R&D.You are accountable for the architecture, the delivery, the quality, and for turning AI into measurable engineering leverage rather than experimentation.MotorK sits at the intersection of deep vertical complexity - automotive SaaS, 10,000+ dealerships, enterprise-grade requirements - and a company that has gone all-in on AI as its primary engine of scale.We believe vertical SaaS captures the most value from AI, and none of that value is reachable unless the data underneath it is modeled, governed and engineered right.A senior, deeply technical leader who owns both the direction and the execution of a core area of the SparK platform.This is not a role that manages managers. You lead a very small, high-calibre team whose capacity is multiplied by AI agents, and you stay hands‑on: designing, coding, and reviewing on the critical path. At the same time you carry full leadership accountability for those engineers - their growth, their delivery,
and their alignment with the rest of R&D.You are accountable for the architecture, the delivery, the quality, and for turning AI into measurable engineering leverage rather than experimentation.RequirementsExpert-level command of API design (REST/GraphQL), event-driven architecture, data pipelines, and cloud-native engineering on AWSProven, hands‑on application of AI/LLMs and agentic workflows to real production engineering problems - including designing the guardrails, evaluation, and review process around themStrong reliability and observability practice in high-volume, multi-tenant B2B SaaSProven people management of a small senior team: objectives, feedback, performance, and career progression - while still contributing technicallyEffective communication with all stakeholders to keep the team's goals and contribution aligned within the tribe and with external partiesLeads cross-tribe initiatives and proactively aligns others on relevant topicsLeads by business value and constraints; identifies risk before it materialises; stays sharp on target through vague situations and decides independentlySharp issue analysis: fast triage, continuous filtering of noise vs. signal, effective communication of issuesCoacher and enabler - grows people without compromising execution and qualityWhat you will do:Own the target architecture. Take a clear-eyed view of the existing stack and make the hard calls on what to rebuild, retire, or scaleStay hands‑on. Review and support the AI Agents work at all levels needed,
from Code review to test definition and any other tasks required to complete the SDLCBuild and run the team's AI layer. Put agents to work on code generation, data and schema work, testing, documentation, and self‑healing operations — and hold their output to the same review discipline as human output - AI Everything you canLead the team. Own design decisions, technical refinement, development, testing for a 2-3 person squad; run 1:1s, set objectives, give feedback, and drive the career growth of senior engineersCoordinate beyond the team. Align peers, product, and stakeholders across tribes on goals, dependencies, and trade-offs; represent the area in cross‑R&D initiatives and lead them when the topic is yoursAttack manual, repetitive engineering. Replace bespoke, case‑by‑case work with agentic solutionsTreat the area as a product. Documented interfaces, self‑serve tooling, sandbox, automated certificationUnblock and report. Remove impediments for the team and provide insights supported by Agile/Lean metricsBenefitsSalary from €80,000/year with the final offer adjusted based on experience and skill setMeal vouchers26 days holiday + national holidays30 days a year to work from wherever you wantA flexible hybrid setupGenuine room to grow - nationally and internationally. We move fast, and so do careers hereMotorK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any kind. Our company is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. xysqume All employment decisions at MotorK are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, colour, religion or belief, age, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.#J-18808-Ljbffr