(Senior or Staff) Backend Engineer, AI tooling

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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer, AI Tooling based in Italy.

This is a high-impact engineering role focused on building the platforms, tooling, and AI-powered capabilities that help engineering teams move faster without compromising quality.
You’ll own complex technical initiatives end to end, from architecture and implementation through production operations and long-term evolution.
Your work will shape developer productivity, CI/CD, testing, observability, engineering insights, and AI-assisted development practices across the organization.
You’ll operate with significant autonomy, leading multi-quarter projects and turning complex technical challenges into measurable outcomes.
You’ll work closely with engineering leadership to influence technical strategy, challenge assumptions, and define the roadmap for your area.
The role combines hands-on backend engineering with technical leadership, mentorship, and ownership of systems used by other engineers every day.




It’s an opportunity to have a broad technical footprint while helping define how modern, AI-enabled software engineering teams operate.

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Accountabilities

• Own the architecture, development, deployment, and long-term evolution of developer platform and AI tooling capabilities.

• Lead multi-quarter technical projects, breaking complex initiatives into clear milestones and delivering measurable improvements iteratively.

• Build and operate systems covering developer productivity, CI/CD, observability and engineering metrics, code quality automation, testing infrastructure, and AI-assisted development.

• Lead the adoption and effective use of AI-powered developer tools and capabilities across engineering teams.

• Define technical direction for your area, anticipating longer-term challenges and developing scalable solutions and engineering capabilities.

• Partner with engineering lead

Vedi l’offerta su Go Lavoro: golavoro.it/annuncio-lavoro/86hndj