Capco

Lead AI Engineer

Capco · Italy

Posted 14 days ago

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This role has been open
14 days
Capco's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Capco's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Capco
low
0 stale, 19 reposted of 746 open
Hiring momentum
1111 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Lead AI Engineer at Capco, you will design and build production-grade AI solutions, focusing on Generative and Agentic AI. Your role involves making architectural decisions, mentoring other engineers, and engaging directly with clients to translate business needs into technical solutions. You will remain hands-on in software development, working on complex AI systems and ensuring best practices in engineering are upheld.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 8+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering, Backend Engineering, or similar engineering roles
  • Strong hands-on software engineering skills and experience writing high-quality production code, with Python or an equivalent programming language
  • Demonstrable experience designing and developing LLM and Agentic AI applications, including AI agents, LLM orchestration and tool/function calling
  • Strong understanding of RAG architectures, retrieval approaches and vector-based search
  • Experience with agentic frameworks and integration approaches such as LangChain, LangGraph, MCP or comparable technologies
  • Understanding of how to test and evaluate non-deterministic AI systems, including LLM/agent evaluation, monitoring and observability

Nice to have

  • Experience with multi-agent architectures, advanced RAG, AI evaluation frameworks or LLMOps
  • Experience with NLP and production applications based on Large Language Models
  • Experience taking AI prototypes through to secure, scalable and production-grade applications
  • Experience with AI governance, risk or assurance frameworks, such as the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001 or NIST AI RMF
  • Experience working in Financial Services or Energy

What you get

  • Comprehensive health benefit coverage
  • Meal Vouchers
  • Welfare allowance
  • Access to internal and Tier 1 learning platforms

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Python and AI-related technologies
  • Role involves significant client interaction, which may require strong interpersonal skills
  • The position is hybrid, which may affect work-life balance depending on personal preferences

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Listed by Capco on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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