Senior Software Engineering & Tech Lead

Scale

Embedded senior engineering inside an existing team: owning features end to end, raising code quality, and leading the technical side of a squad when needed.

Recent contracts include Elevate A/B Testing (a Shopify A/B-testing SaaS used by 1,200+ brands), Art of Mondays (a founder community of 5,000+ members in 80+ cities) and Iluy.ai.

What it includes

Scope

  1. 01

    Feature delivery across front end, back end and infrastructure.

  2. 02

    Technical design documents and code reviews.

  3. 03

    Mentoring and pairing with other engineers.

  4. 04

    Leading a squad's sprint planning and releases when needed.

  5. 05

    Integration work: payments, Shopify, messaging and third-party APIs.

Best fit

Who it is for

  1. 01

    Product teams that need a senior engineer who works independently

    Proof: ElevateAB.com, Art of Mondays FSC

  2. 02

    Squads that need a hands-on tech lead for a product line

    Proof: Faculdade Rebouças, Climate4Buildings

  3. 03

    Integration-heavy products: payments, Shopify, messaging, AI providers

    Proof: ElevateAB.com, Art of Mondays FSC, Iluy.ai

  4. 04

    Not a fit

    On-site-only roles (works fully remote).

  5. 05

    Not a fit

    Short tickets with no ownership of an outcome.

Case studies

Evidence

  1. 01

    Shopify A/B testing SaaS

    ElevateAB.com

    Worked on a Shopify experimentation platform used by 1,200+ brands to test prices, pages, themes, shipping, and split URLs.

    Role: Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Contract)

    Read the ElevateAB.com case study
  2. 02

    Founder community SaaS and mobile app

    Art of Mondays FSC

    Built and scaled the FSC app and operations systems for founder matching and meetups.

    Role: Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

    Read the Art of Mondays FSC case study
  3. 03

    Controlled AI assistant platform

    Iluy.ai

    Built a controlled AI assistant with model routing, content filters, and multi-channel access.

    Role: Senior Full-Stack & AI Engineer (Contract)

    Read the Iluy.ai case study

Senior Software Engineering & Tech Lead: FAQ

FAQ

  1. 01

    Is Pablo Italo available as a full-time contractor?

    Yes. He works as a contractor (B2B), full-time or part-time, fully remote, and replies to new briefs within one business day.

  2. 02

    Which time zones does he cover?

    He is based in Barcelona and works European hours, with overlap for US and Canada teams and scheduled coverage for Australia and Asia.

  3. 03

    What is his main stack?

    TypeScript with Next.js, React and NestJS; Python with Django; PostgreSQL; AWS, Vercel and Cloudflare Workers; and LLM integrations with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models.

  4. 04

    Can he lead other engineers while coding?

    Yes. At AorForms, Climate4Buildings and Faculdade Rebouças he led teams of 3 while doing hands-on full-stack development.

Services

  1. 01

    Lead

    Fractional CTO

    Ongoing technical leadership without a full-time CTO hire.

    About Fractional CTO
  2. 02

    Lead

    Technical Strategy, Architecture & Audits

    Discovery, architecture, planning, risk analysis, and focused audits.

    About Technical Strategy, Architecture & Audits
  3. 03

    Build

    AI Product Engineering

    AI adoption and production-ready AI features or products.

    About AI Product Engineering
  4. 04

    Build

    MVP & Software Development

    Fixed-scope product design, engineering, and launch.

    About MVP & Software Development
  5. 05

    Scale

    Software Rescue, Modernization & Scaling

    Stabilization, performance, reliability, migration, and growth constraints.

    About Software Rescue, Modernization & Scaling

Next step

Share the context, timeline and goals in a short brief. Pablo Italo replies within one business day.

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