Engineering Manager, Ingestion Platforms

Samba; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Samba is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Core ingestion systems. You will manage a distributed team of 3–10 engineers, balancing hands-on coding with strategic leadership to deliver reliable data pipelines at scale.

You’ll mentor engineers, review designs and PRs, resolve conflicts, and drive cross‑team collaboration with product and data science partners. This is an office-first hybrid role based in Warsaw.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team of 3–10 engineers
• Designing, optimizing, and maintaining scalable distributed systems
• Ability to review designs and unblock decisions
• Mentor engineers and resolve technical conflicts without impacting people

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of remote engineers, provide hands-on technical guidance and plan growth
• Mentor engineers, unblock design decisions, and represent the team cross‑functionally
• Balance 60% hands-on work with 40% management, reviewing designs and PRs
• Establish clear goals, rituals, and execution cadences for alignment and delivery

Skills

Hands-on mgmt

Distributed systems

Code review

Mentorship

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Python

React

Job description

Samba is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Core ingestion systems. You will manage a distributed team of 3–10 engineers, balancing hands-on coding with strategic leadership to deliver reliable data pipelines at scale.

You’ll mentor engineers, review designs and PRs, resolve conflicts, and drive cross‑team collaboration with product and data science partners. This is an office-first hybrid role based in Warsaw.