Staff Platform Engineer

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

• This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on raising the standard for how software is built, tested, delivered, and operated.
• You will shape the platform foundations that product teams and AI coding agents rely on to move quickly and reliably.
• The role spans developer experience, CI/CD, infrastructure, automated testing, observability, security, and secure software delivery.
• You will establish engineering standards, build reusable tooling and golden paths, and help teams adopt workflows that create measurable leverage.
• A key focus will be AI harness engineering: designing development environments and engineering systems where AI agents can work effectively and safely.
• You will operate as a builder and technical leader, staying close to code, infrastructure, pipelines, and the evolving needs of engineering teams.
• This is an opportunity to have organization-wide impact while helping define how modern software teams collaborate with increasingly capable AI agents.