This is a hands-on engineering role for someone with a strong software engineering background and expertise in Generative and Agentic AI. You will contribute to technical and architectural decisions and, importantly, write and review production code.
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 collaborating directly with clients, translating business requirements into robust technical solutions and contributing to discussions on AI architecture, platforms and technology choices.
Responsibilities
Design and contribute to the end-to-end architecture of Generative and Agentic AI solutions, including orchestration, AI agents, tool/function calling, RAG, memory and state management.
Remain hands-on with software development, building complex components and taking prototypes through to production-grade solutions.
Apply engineering standards and best practices for AI applications, including reference architectures, testing and evaluation strategies, guardrails, observability and CI/CD.
Design scalable, secure and reliable AI systems, considering performance, latency, cost, monitoring and production requirements.
Evaluate and recommend appropriate LLMs, frameworks, platforms and tools based on technical and business requirements.
Participate in technical design and code reviews, collaborate with other engineers and contribute to maintaining high engineering standards across the team.
Work directly with clients and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and clearly communicate technical decisions and trade-offs.
Contribute to technical documentation, reference architectures and knowledge sharing around Generative and Agentic AI.
Skills and Experience
Essential skills to succeed
Professional experience in Software Engineering/Backend Engineering, including experience designing and building enterprise-grade systems.
Strong hands-on software engineering skills and experience writing high-quality production code with Python.
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.
Strong software architecture and engineering fundamentals, including APIs, distributed systems, integration patterns and production reliability.
Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP) and cloud-native engineering practices.
Experience with modern software engineering and DevOps practices, including containers and CI/CD. Experience with Infrastructure as Code and observability is highly valued.
Experience contributing to architecture/design reviews and code reviews, while remaining actively involved in engineering and development.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Solid professional English.
Bonus points
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.
Previous consulting or client-facing delivery experience.
Open-source contributions, technical publications, conference speaking or other contributions to the engineering community.
Why join Capco?
You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry.
We offer a competitive, people-first benefits package designed to support every aspect of your life:
Comprehensive health benefit coverage
Meal Vouchers
Welfare allowance
Access to internal and Tier 1 learning platforms
In Capco you will find
A work culture focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients and employees
Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise
A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients
A diverse, inclusive, meritocratic culture
Pay Transparency
Capco is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to our people. Our compensation policies are designed to allow our people to progress through our defined salary range over time as they progress in their role.
The minimum gross annual base salary for this position is from €43.000. The final offer could be higher to reflect the candidate’s experience, skills, and overall fit for the role. Additionally, this position may also be eligible to receive a discretionary/variable bonus payment.
Location
Piazza Gae Aulenti 1, Milano (Garibaldi FS - Garibaldi M2 M5)
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