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.

📌 Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — AI & Technology (Padova)
🏢 P49 Benefit Corporation
📍 Padova