Engineering Lead

Caspian One; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Caspian One is seeking an Engineering Practice Lead in Kraków to drive large-scale engineering transformation initiatives across software, data, operations, and infrastructure. You will partner with senior leaders to shape engineering standards, communities of practice, and talent development.

You will work in a hybrid setup, coordinating with HR and development teams to design training programmes and career frameworks while measuring progress with data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering organisational or technology transformation programmes.
• Background in engineering, software, infrastructure, or digital organisations.
• Experience supporting learning, capability, talent, or workforce initiatives across a community.

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering capability and talent development initiatives across multiple technology functions.
• Partner with engineering leaders to assess skills gaps and define capability uplift strategies.
• Collaborate with HR and Learning & Development to design and enhance training programmes.
• Support development of engineering career frameworks, progression models and learning pathways.
• Improve engineering hiring quality through workforce planning and assessment frameworks.
• Help shape graduate, early careers, and leadership development programmes.
• Use data and insights to measure capability improvement and transformation progress.
• Contribute to engineering communities and initiatives that strengthen culture and engagement.
• Influence senior stakeholders and promote best practice across engineering organisations.

Skills

Engineering mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Capability development

Data-informed decision making

Job description

B2B| | Hybrid - 6 days per month onsite in Krakow |

A leading global organisation is seeking an Engineering Practice Lead to support large-scale engineering transformation initiatives across multiple technology domains. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex environments, enjoys driving and shaping engineering capability, culture and talent development.

This is a unique opportunity for someone who is passionate about the human side of engineering transformation and enjoys driving improvements in learning, capability building, hiring quality, career development and workforce planning.

The Role

As an Engineering Practice Lead, you will play a key role in shaping and uplifting engineering practices across software, data, operations, and infrastructure teams. You'll partner with Senior Engineering Leaders, HR/L&D, and workforce teams to influence hiring quality, strengthen communities of practice, and embed best-in-class engineering standards.

What You’ll Do

• Drive engineering capability and talent development initiatives across multiple technology functions.
• Partner with engineering leaders to assess skills gaps and define capability uplift strategies.
• Collaborate with HR and Learning & Development teams to design and enhance training programmes.
• Support the development of engineering career frameworks, progression models, and learning pathways.
• Improve engineering hiring quality through workforce planning and assessment frameworks.
• Help shape graduate, early careers, and leadership development programmes.
• Use data and insights to measure capability improvement and transformation progress.
• Contribute to engineering communities and initiatives that strengthen engineering culture and engagement.
• Influence senior stakeholders and promote best practice across engineering organisations.

What You’ll Bring

• An engineering mindset with exposure to multiple technology stacks and experience in at least one discipline.
• Experience delivering organisational, engineering, or technology transformation programmes.
• Background working within engineering, technology, software, infrastructure, or digital organisations.
• Experience supporting learning, capability, talent, workforce, or people-focused initiatives across a wider engineering community.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to coordinate activities across multiple teams and business areas.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills