Senior SW Designer - Cloud Native

Join a cross-functional team in Pagani, Italy, working on cloud-native telecom products. As a Senior Software Designer, you will play a leading role in designing and developing the software that powers Ericsson’s licensing and entitlement capabilities. You will work in an international environment, collaborating closely with a cross-functional-agile team to build scalable, secure and robust services that enable efficient license management and usage control across Ericsson products. Beyond hands-on design, you will act as a technical reference representing a small team of engineers, guiding day-to-day work, ensuring technical alignment and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaborative problem solving. The team works according to Lean and Agile principles and values knowledge sharing at every stage.

Responsibilities

Define complete end-to-end cloud-native architectures that meet functional, performance and scalability requirements; Analyze application footprint and assess resource consumption, infrastructure requirements and capacity sizing; Determine scalability constraints and define appropriate sizing strategies for compute, storage and networking; Design and document comprehensive cloud-native solutions, ensuring alignment with product and engineering standards; Analyze requirements and identify practical opportunities for software features and intelligent automation; Design, implement and test cloud-native components, services and data pipelines; Build and maintain containerized applications and CI/CD pipelines; Integrate modern software capabilities — including data processing, monitoring and automation tooling — where relevant to product needs; Troubleshoot complex issues, support integration activities and produce clear, maintainable product documentation; Contribute to product lifecycle activities and to the evolution of standards, guidelines and best practices; Stay current with emerging technologies and proactively propose improvements to products and processes; Coordinate and provide technical direction to a small team of software engineers supporting planning, prioritization and workload distribution across team members; Act as a mentor and technical escalation point, promoting quality, consistency and growth within the team; Collaborate closely with product owners, SW designers and cross-functional stakeholders

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; A minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud-native software engineering or design roles; A minimum of 2 years of experience in team coordination or technical leadership; Strong, proven experience in end-to-end cloud-native software design and architecture; Demonstrated ability to evaluate performance, scalability and capacity sizing for distributed systems; Proficiency in performing footprint analysis to estimate compute, storage and networking needs; Strong programming skills in Python, Go or Java, with familiarity in scripting languages such as Bash; Solid hands-on experience with cloud-native platforms and container technologies, including Kubernetes and Docker; Deep understanding of software design principles, distributed architecture patterns and object-oriented design; Experience with CI/CD tooling, automation frameworks and agile product development practices; Practical knowledge of AI/ML concepts; Strong analytical, planning and structured problem-solving skills; Ability to communicate technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences; Collaborative approach with a continuous learning mindset; Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional and geographically diverse environment; Fluent English and Italian

Nice to have

Experience with model development, LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation or vector databases

Benefits

Benefits and employment conditions in accordance with the Telecomunications National Collective Labour Agreement and Company-Union Agreements