Engineering Manager
Sonalake
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Poznań • 🇵🇱 Poland
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SeniorLead
Tech Stack
CloudJavaJavaScriptKotlinTypeScript
About the role
- Play a central role in shaping engineering practice across technology, process and culture
- Lead teams responsible for delivering and operating a critical telecom product, ensuring quality, reliability and predictable delivery
- Work closely with product managers, architects and client stakeholders to drive priorities and long-term roadmap direction
- Support engineers and team leads through coaching, feedback and career development
- Make sound technical decisions, guide architectural trade-offs and uphold strong engineering standards
- Drive continuous improvement in how teams build, deliver and operate the product
- Hire and onboard talented engineers who raise the bar
- Contribute to company-wide engineering initiatives as part of the wider engineering management team
Requirements
- Have managed teams that have shipped and operated complex, integration-heavy software systems in production
- Enjoy understanding how things work end-to-end and can move comfortably between architecture discussions and delivery decisions
- Work well cross-functionally and can balance competing priorities with clear judgement
- Build healthy, high-performing teams by combining clear expectations with a coaching-led approach
- Thrive on autonomy, accountability and a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
- Have at least seven years of experience as a software engineer with hands-on development in languages such as Java/Kotlin or JavaScript/TypeScript, and strong experience with cloud platforms
- Have at least four years of experience managing engineers
- Communicate clearly and confidently in English, both written and spoken
- Are willing to come to our office in Poznań 1–2 times per week
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
JavaKotlinJavaScriptTypeScriptcloud platformssoftware developmentintegration-heavy software systemsarchitectural trade-offsengineering standardscontinuous improvement
Soft skills
coachingfeedbackcareer developmentcross-functional collaborationclear judgementteam buildingautonomyaccountabilityknowledge sharingcommunication