Engineering Functional Lead, Innovation Studio

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture Celebration Day

Private medical care

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Professional trainings and qualific. 支

Wellbeing Program

Onboarding Program

Job summary

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is seeking an Engineering Functional Lead to shape early-stage technical strategy and architecture for new product concepts within Cable 5. The role spans idea to product launch, guiding cross-disciplinary teams and validating technical feasibility.

You will develop architecture strategies, assess risks, and present clear recommendations to senior stakeholders while partnering with internal teams and external partners to ensure a differentiated, technology-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10-15 years experience leading technical design and architecture for complex, greenfield products
• Experience delivering cloud-based and/or enterprise-grade B2B solutions
• Strong experience with modern application architectures (cloud-native, APIs, SaaS, AI/ML)
• Ability to estimate complex, multi-layered projects and navigate ambiguity
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to simplify complex systems
• Ability to communicate complex topics to non-technical and senior audiences
• Experience working in cross-functional environments with designers, researchers, and engineers
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
• Background in financial modeling for technology investments or product unit economics
• Industry experience in digital product innovation

Responsibilities

• Provide a strong engineering point of view during early-stage product design and iteration
• Translate ambiguous product ideas into concrete technical approaches and align market intent with feasible tech
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to keep technical direction aligned
• Guide concept teams through ambiguity, priorities, sequencing, and execution strategy
• Assess technical implications of concept tests and translate them into architecture strategies
• Lead feasibility assessments to uncover risks, constraints, and dependencies
• Explain technical choices to non-technical peers and senior leaders
• Develop financial models for technical aspects of a product’s business plan
• Collaborate with internal and external groups to assess technical capabilities across sectors
• Partner with BBH enterprise architecture to align with IT and security standards
• Support development of prototypes, interfaces, and lightweight implementations
• Provide oversight of external development partners and ensure alignment with BBH standards
• Collaborate with Design, Research Product, and other leads to ensure technical alignment

Skills

Cloud architectures

APIs

SaaS platforms

AI/ML

Generative AI

Project estimation

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity navigation

Agile methods (Scrum Kanban SAFe)

Financial modeling

Digital product innovation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is seeking an Engineering Functional Lead to shape early-stage technical strategy and architecture for new product concepts within Cable 5. The role spans idea to product launch, guiding cross-disciplinary teams and validating technical feasibility.

You will develop architecture strategies, assess risks, and present clear recommendations to senior stakeholders while partnering with internal teams and external partners to ensure a differentiated, technology-driven