Engineering Manager

KMD; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

KMD in Warszawa is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead and grow engineering teams, balance leadership with technical proficiency, and drive product-focused delivery aligned with the company strategy.

You will collaborate closely with developers, testers, DevOps, and product stakeholders, ensuring high engineering standards while maintaining a nearshore organizational view and occasional travel to Denmark.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on Engineering Manager with strong people leadership.
• Minimum 5 years of software development experience.
• Experience managing engineering teams in a product-driven environment.
• Able to inspire, motivate and align teams toward common goals.
• Excellent interpersonal, proactive and diplomatic skills.
• Deep understanding of agile practices and challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow engineering teams through hiring and performance management.
• Align engineering efforts with business goals.
• Foster high-performing, agile, quality-oriented environment.
• Establish and evolve technologies, practices, and ways of working.
• Remove impediments and support delivery.
• Act as technical sparring partner for Developers and Architects.
• Engage in technical discussions and guide engineering direction.
• Drive collaboration across teams and business areas.
• Coach teams and individuals to grow technically and professionally.

Skills

Hands-on Engineering Manager

Strong technical background

Software development experience

People management

Agile experience

Leadership

Job description

At KMD, we build digital solutions used by millions of people around the world. These solutions are the digital foundations of our most important institutions, from governments and public services to financial industries and private companies. Our mission is to ensure that they are reliable, accessible, and efficient.

We believe that the future is what you make it. So a career at KMD is a career with purpose and freedom. One where you’ll have a direct hand in improving the lives of people, while being empowered with the resources and autonomy to shape the course of your own professional journey.

In KMD we believe that great products require great teams and inspiring leaders. Acting as an Engineering Manager you will lead your teams to utilize their full potential. You will also shape the organization around you to create a thriving environment in which your team can grow and perform at their best.

We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager who brings strong experience working directly with developers and understands their day-to-day challenges. We highly value technical expertise and solid engineering judgment, as we believe that strong substantive (merit-based) and technical knowledge is crucial for effective leadership.

Since we believe that technical background is essential, on a daily basis you are going to balance leadership skills, people management, and technical proficiency - actively engaging in discussions, supporting architectural decisions, and acting as a true partner for your engineering teams.

Working as an Engineering Manager you are going to grow your team and evolve the organization (hiring, performance management, salary talks), develop required competencies (skills and personal development), motivate and energize, and help us improve as an organization. You will be responsible for supporting teams in reaching product goals and executing on the product roadmap as defined in the business strategy.

You will pay special attention to driving improvements within your team in the area of development processes and craftsmanship, while always balancing the tech agenda with product goals and business value. You will act as a sparring partner for developers, testers, DevOps engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders, ensuring strong collaboration.

We also expect you to actively collaborate with engineers on technical topics, support decision-making, and contribute with your own experience to maintain high engineering standards.

You are going to focus on Poland-based teams, so you need to have a thorough understanding of a nearshore organizational setup and be ready to travel from time to time (app. 10% of your time) to Denmark.

More about the product:

KMD Elements is acloud-based platformoffering a highly efficient solution to handlecomplex data validationand advanced formula-based settlements on time series, billing, and payments, automated grid inventory management processes handling, and market communication with other roles inthe energy market. It is dedicated to companies and institutions operating in different roles in the energy market and designed for the international market.

KMD Elements is a leading offering on the market that helps energy companiesaccelerate the transition towards sustainable energy generation, more efficient energy consumption, and flexible balancing of demand and production.

Tech Stack in the project: How do we work?

• We follow Scrum principles in our work - we work in biweekly iterations and produce production-ready functionalities at the end of each iteration - every 4 iterations we plan the next product release and update the product roadmap
• We have end-to-end responsibility for the features we develop - from business requirements, through design and implementation up to running features on production
• More than 75% of our work is spent on new product features
• Our teams are cross-functional (6-7 persons) - they develop, test, build infrastructure and pipelines, and maintain features they have built
• Teams’ own domains in the solution and the corresponding system components
• We value feedback and continuously seek improvements
• We value software best practices and craftsmanship

Your responsibilities:

• Leading and growing engineering teams, including hiring, development, and performance management
• Ensuring strong alignment between engineering efforts and business goals
• Building a high-performing, agile, product- and quality-oriented team environment
• Establishing and evolving technologies, engineering practices, and ways of working
• Removing impediments and supporting teams in effective delivery
• Acting as a technical sparring partner for Developers and Architects
• Actively engaging in technical discussions, supporting architectural decisions, and guiding engineering direction
• Driving collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams and business areas
• Coaching teams and individuals, helping them grow both technically and professionally

Personal Requirements:

• Proven hands-on experience as an Engineering Manager working closely with development teams
• Strong technical background and the ability to engage in meaningful discussions with engineers
• Solid experience in software development (minimum 5 years)
• Previous experience in managing engineering teams in a product-oriented environment
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and align teams toward common goals
• Strong interpersonal skills - proactive, patient, and diplomatic
• Experience working in agile environments, with a deep understanding of both the benefits and challenges