Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — AI & Technology

P49 — a strategic hybrid-AI hub based in Padova — builds human-centric AI products across multiple verticals: Miky, Call P49, Giurify, Music Republic, Nova Astra and the ecosystem's future projects. We are appointing our Chief Technology Officer: a leadership figure with a proven track record in growing technology organisations, entrusted with defining the technology vision, product architecture and AI strategy, with direct accountability to the founders. Learn more at p49.ai .

THE MANDATE

• Define and own P49's technology vision and technical roadmap, with full accountability to the founders.


• Build and lead the engineering organisation: talent selection, team structure, technical culture and professional development.


• Govern the architecture, resilience, security and scalability of the ecosystem's growing AI-native products.


• Set the AI strategy across products — LLMs, multi-provider orchestration, agentic AI — with a medium-term outlook.


• Exercise decision leadership on technology choices, build-vs-buy decisions and technical investments, balancing execution speed with sustainability.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leadership of the engineering organisation: priorities, delivery capacity and people development, on-site and remote.


• End-to-end architecture ownership: frontend, backend, microservices and Azure infrastructure.


• Governance of AI integrations and the internal multi-provider orchestrator.


• Technical roadmap, capacity planning, estimations and continuous alignment with founders and product.


• Definition of engineering standards: code quality and security, strategic reviews and release processes.


• Management of Azure infrastructure (Container Apps, managed PostgreSQL with pgvector, Blob Storage) and CI/CD pipelines.


• Daily collaboration with the founders at the Padova office, with an active role in strategic product decisions.

THE PROFILE

• Established track record as CTO or Head of Engineering in scaling start-ups or scale-ups.


• Proven experience building and leading engineering organisations, on-site and remote.


• Deep command of the TypeScript/Node.js/React stack and PostgreSQL.


• Hands-on experience in the AI domain: Anthropic, OpenAI, orchestrators, agentic AI.


• Experience with B2B AI-native products or regulated environments.


• Excellent command of the English language.


• Availability to work on-site at P49's Padova office, in close contact with the founders.


• Distinguishing assets: Python/FastAPI, pgvector, Microsoft Azure, prior experience with B2B SaaS products.

TECH STACK

• Frontend: React 18, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui, TanStack Query, React Router, React Hook Form + Zod, i18next, TipTap, Recharts.


• Backend: Node.js 20, strict-mode TypeScript, Hono, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL, Zod, JWT (jose), WebSocket, Stripe, SSE.


• Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (Container Apps, managed PostgreSQL with pgvector, Blob Storage), multi-stage Docker, GitHub Actions.


• AI: direct integration with Anthropic (Claude) through an internal multi-provider orchestrator, ready for additional providers.


• Python microservices (adjacent area): FastAPI, Docling for OCR, Presidio + spaCy for PII anonymization, local embeddings with pgvector.


• Quality: Vitest, ESLint, Prettier, automated architectural rules on layer boundaries.

CONTRACT

Permanent, full-time contract, on-site at P49's Padova office. Compensation commensurate with the candidate's level of experience, defined at the end of the selection process. The offer includes a milestone-based stock option plan with vesting, consistent with a leadership role. The selection process includes interviews with the founders and a technical-strategic deep dive.