Required:

• 3+ in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML — and ideally additional experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM).
• Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and native code.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or similar), and a dedication to building accessible and inclusive software.
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant).
• Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.
• Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.
• A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users.

Preferred / Bonus:

• Experience with writing automated tests for UI — unit tests, integration tests, UI automation tests; familiarity with relevant testing frameworks.
• Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness under load).
• Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, accessibility for multiple regions.
• Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.
• Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.

What we offer

• A high-impact role: you will define architecture, shape the future of our Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience.
• A collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture — you are not just a coder, but a builder and a decision-maker.
• Opportunities to lead — mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership (e.g. Tech Lead, Architect).
• Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: you define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product vision.
• A purpose-driven mission: building software that’s reliable, accessible, and user-centered — making a real difference for people.                  

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🤩 Would you like to play with us?

Whatwapp is one of Italy's leading mobile gaming companies, known for our top casual titles loved by millions of players. We're a diverse team of around fifty people, working in English and embracing a hybrid setup (4 days per month in Milan).

We're growing fast, moving from a startup to a scale-up, and looking for passionate teammates ready to help us shape the future of gaming!

We value a flat hierarchy where ideas move quickly, learning is constant, and everyone contributes to building great games. We're also an AI-forward company: we encourage everyone to use AI tools in their daily work, and we'll make sure you have access to whatever you need. If you're curious, motivated, and ready to learn from experienced mentors, this is the place for you.

📖 Your quest will be to:

• Support senior product managers in defining and executing the product vision and roadmap
• Collaborate with design, development, and data teams throughout the product lifecycle
• Support live operations by planning, scheduling, and coordinating engaging in-game events to keep players excited and active
• Help manage production tasks, ensuring priorities are clear, deadlines are met, and the team stays aligned
• Monitor game performance and player metrics, helping to identify opportunities for improvement — using AI tools to speed up analysis and surface insights
• Assist in planning and running A/B tests to validate new ideas and optimize gameplay
• Help coordinate cross-functional tasks across departments such as customer support, data, monetization, QA, and live ops
• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate progress and insights to the wider team
• Use AI tools daily to work faster and smarter — whether that's drafting specs, analysing data, generating ideas, or automating repetitive tasks

🎮 To start playing, you will need:

• 1+ year of experience in product management, data analysis, or project coordination (internships welcome!)
• AI fluency - you're not just prompting AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude, you're building things with them: automating workflows, prototyping features, generating assets, or integrating AI into real products. You can show tangible output from projects where AI was a core part of how you built, not just how you researched.
• Experience with no-code/low-code or automation tools (e.g. Zapier, Make, n8n, Notion)
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Basic understanding of agile workflows and project management principles
• Great communication and teamwork skills
• Fluent English

👍 To boost your game, it's nice to have:

• A habit of experimenting with new AI tools and finding ways to apply them to your work
• Passion for F2P mobile games and understanding of what makes players tick

👤 The type of player we're looking for:

• A true game lover 🎯
• Curious and eager to learn - especially when it comes to new tools and technology
• Data-driven and detail-oriented
• Enjoys solving problems and finding creative solutions - and reaches for AI to help
• Takes initiative and ownership of their work
• A team player with a positive attitude

👑 Our company values:

• Use critical thinking: Don't assume - validate your gut feeling!
• Take ownership: Make it happen!
• Love what you do: Have fun while doing it!
• Focus on the real problem: Not just the symptoms.
• Keep it simple: Simplicity is the ultimate efficiency.
• Share ideas: Collaboration reduces bias and boosts creativity.

🌈 Power-ups to have more fun

🏡 Hybrid Working policy — live anywhere in Europe or nearby with 4 consecutive days per month in Milan with expenses support

🥳 An innovative, high-ownership, and friendly work environment where you have the opportunity to grow and try new approaches

🌆 An amazing office in the centre of Milan (Stazione Garibaldi), with a social area with a football table, board games, beer and coffee

🤸‍♀️ Flexible employment options and working hours

🤝 Quarterly development talks and career coaching from a professional coach

🇬🇧 English and Italian courses provided by native teachers

🚅 Learning budget to spend on anything for professional growth

🍎 The latest MacBook

🏝️ Offsite team building events

Don't live in Milan? Check out our work model

Building community and having a place to connect with each other is very important for us. We like not only to work together, but to have time to get to know each other, to celebrate and have fun. We also value people's choice to work from anywhere, that's why we have a very flexible hybrid model.

Our policy is 4 days per month at the office, and we decide however we're gonna go. There are people who like to go once every week, or two days every two weeks, four days straight, or even combining the last 4 days of one month with the first 4 days of the next month and only go 8 days straight every two months. Whatever works best for you!

If you don't live in Italy, we have two options: if you would like to relocate, our company offers a relocation package to help you move to Milan; if you want to stay where you are, we offer a benefit to help you with travel expenses and flexible working hours around your journey time.

Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you’re encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It’s important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can and we believe that everyone brings something different to the table – so we’d love to know what makes you different. Such differences may mean we need to make changes to our process to allow you the best possible platform to succeed, and we are happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. You will find the section to let us know of these at the bottom of your application form or you can mention it directly to your recruiter at any stage and they will be happy to help.

About Capco

Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are growing at fast pace in our Italian office, the opportunity for growth is large, accessible, and immediate. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry. Capco is going through a significant growth journey, now is a very good time to join us as we expand our consulting team in Italy.

Role Description:

We are looking for engineers who want to play a key part in supporting the evolution of the Financial Services industry one project at a time. You will be expected to be a strong team player who prides themselves on delivering modern, first-class cloud based platforms through practicing best in class Agile ways of working at all times.

Skills and Experience

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Excellent knowledge of Java 8+, Spring Boot, Gradle, Maven, Mockito, Microservice architecture
• Excellent knowledge of Object-oriented programming and familiarity with functional programming languages
• Excellent understanding of collections and concurrency in Java
• Experience in working with restful APIs
• Good understanding of different databases (Relational and NoSQL)
• Expert knowledge in the unit test, static code analysis and BDD/TDD
• Experience in continuous integration with Git, Jenkins, Nexus
• Practices Agile methodologies
• Able to do code reviews/ mentor and train junior developers
• Write highly available, maintainable, and secure code
• Good understanding of Web and Architectural design patterns
• Stakeholder Management and able to communicate well to all the team members
• Experience with container technologies including Docker / Kubernetes

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of Terraform and Event-driven architecture
• Golang
• Participated in redesigning a monolith system to a set of microservices
• Knowledge of serverless functions like AWS Lambda/Azure Functions/GCP functions
• Have experience in Messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ etc.)
• Good understanding of Service Security Protocols (OAuth2, SAML etc.)
• Practical experience on at least one cloud
• Experience in integration with 3rd party applications and vendors
• Experience in integration of QA automation tools
• Great understanding of the Solid Principles, OWASP, CAP Theorem and Distributed Systems Design

Why join Capco?

You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry.

We offer:

• A work culture focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients and employees
• Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise
• A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients
• A diverse, inclusive, meritocratic culture

Location: Piazza Gae Aulenti 1, Milano (Garibaldi FS/MM Garibaldi) 

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