Engineering Team Lead

Backbase; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth budget

Luxmed Gold

In-office meals

Physiotherapy access

Life insurance

Job summary

Backbase Kraków is seeking a Senior+ Engineer who will lead a squad of 6–9 engineers while still actively contributing to design and code reviews. You will balance delivery accountability with people leadership, driving a reliable software lifecycle and shaping the team’s technical direction.

Expect hands-on work on architecture, mentoring, and coaching, with emphasis on rapid incident resolution and maintaining high team morale under pressure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience and recent production code delivery.
• Experience leading a squad of engineers with hands-on contribution.
• Strong communication and conflict resolution skills.

Responsibilities

• Delivery mastery: optimize Idea-to-Production cycle time.
• Talent density: own 1:1s, performance calibration, hiring decisions, succession planning for 6–9 engineers.
• Hands-on leadership: ~50% time on system design, ~20% on code reviews and unblock technical issues.
• Conflict resolution: mediate cross-team conflicts to protect delivery.
• BS detector: spot unrealistic estimates or fragile designs.

Skills

People leadership

System design

Code reviews

Production code

Emotional intelligence

Job description

The ETL is the \"Captain\" of a single squad. This is a \"player-coach\" role focused on delivery predictability, people leadership, and day-to-day execution. You are a Senior+ Engineer who manages people, not a manager who used to code; if you cannot open the IDE and debug a production issue, you cannot perform this role.

Meet the Job

• Delivery Mastery: Optimize the team’s \"Idea to Production\" cycle time and strengthen delivery predictability.
• Talent Density: Own 1:1s, performance calibration, hiring decisions, and succession planning for your squad of 6–9 engineers.
• Hands-on Leadership: Spend ~50% of your time on system design and ~20% on hands-on development like code reviews and unblocking technical issues.
• Conflict Resolution: Mediate interpersonal or cross-team conflicts early to protect team cohesion and delivery.
• BS Detector: Use your technical depth to spot unrealistic estimates, fragile designs, or risk blind spots.
• Emergency Response: During critical incidents, jump in technically or coordinate the response effectively.
• AI-Native Engineering: Lead the adoption of agentic tooling, LLM workflows, and AI automation within your team to accelerate the development lifecycle.

How About You?

• You have 5+ years of experience and have shipped production code recently.
• You have an explicit desire to lead people but remain an active technical contributor.
• You possess high emotional intelligence and resilience under pressure.
• You are a strong unblocker who translates and synthesizes rather than just relaying messages.

What we offer:

• Professional Growth: We commit to your development with a generous €1000 EUR annual budget.
• Well-being: Comprehensive health support with the Luxmed Comprehensive Gold package.
• Office Perks (2 days/week): When in the Kraków office, enjoy complimentary lunch, breakfast, and access to physiotherapy services.
• My Benefit platform & more (life insurance, holidays subsidy, creative rights).