Engineering Lead
About The Position
The Engineering Lead will establish and lead the Warsaw engineering hub for an AI-native platform serving aerospace, defense, and industrial supply-chain operations. The role involves building and managing a full-stack engineering team, setting technical direction, maintaining delivery standards, and staying sufficiently hands-on with code and architecture to make high-quality engineering decisions. This is a full-time, on-site role in Warsaw, with five days per week on-site and occasional international travel, including up to one week per quarter. The Engineering Lead will work with founders and product stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical plans and delivered outcomes, while supporting internationally deployed SaaS products for operationally complex workflows.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience.
- 5+ years of engineering people-management experience.
- Experience directly leading an engineering team of approximately 10 people.
- Proven ownership of internationally deployed SaaS products in production.
- Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript and modern full-stack web development.
- Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, and production API development.
- Experience setting engineering standards across architecture, testing, code review, deployment, and operational reliability.
- Professional fluency in English.
- Willingness to work on-site in Warsaw five days per week.
- Willingness to relocate to Warsaw if not already based there.
Responsibilities
- Build, manage, and develop a Warsaw-based engineering team of approximately 10 engineers.
- Own hiring plans, technical interviews, onboarding, performance management, and team development.
- Lead delivery of full-stack SaaS products used internationally across operationally complex supply-chain workflows.
- Define and maintain engineering standards for architecture, code quality, testing, observability, security, and deployment.
- Work hands-on with TypeScript, Svelte, PostgreSQL, APIs, and distributed SaaS systems when technical decisions or delivery risks require direct intervention.
- Partner with founders and product stakeholders to convert business requirements into sequenced technical plans and shipped outcomes.
- Establish delivery processes that provide clear ownership, predictable execution, and early visibility into technical risks.
- Review system designs and major pull requests to ensure solutions are maintainable, secure, testable, and appropriate for production scale.
- Drive effective use of AI coding tools across the team, including setting practical standards for adoption, review, testing, and responsible use.
- Coordinate with international teams and stakeholders, including up to one week of international travel per quarter.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
