Senior Backend Engineering Manager – Java, Cloud & Scale

Tesco Technology; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Permanent contract

Private healthcare

Udemy learning platform

MacBook as work tool

Job summary

Tesco Technology is seeking a Software Development Manager in Kraków to lead a software engineering team delivering high-quality solutions for a fast-paced, startup-like environment within Tesco’s global retail ecosystem.

You’ll collaborate with Product Managers to translate business needs into technical outcomes, champion continuous improvement, and drive end-to-end project ownership while building strong relationships with customers and partners.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams (around 8 people).
• 6+ years hands-on software development experience.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban).
• Fluent English with excellent communication skills.
• Experience in high-scale environments (e-commerce, millions of API calls).
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (Azure or similar).
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Track record of owning projects end-to-end and providing technical leadership.
• Experience mentoring and developing engineers.
• Proactive, value-driven mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working directly with customers and external partners to understand needs.
• Thrives in fast-moving, startup-like environments where speed matters.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Design secure, performant, and maintainable architectures and APIs.
• Guide the team in writing clean, efficient, and testable code.
• Oversee testing and QA to ensure reliability and performance.
• Manage deployments, monitor system health, and optimize performance.
• Provide production support and participate in on-call rotations.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, coach team members, and support career development.
• Build high-performing teams that deliver value within tight timeframes.
• Represent the team in cross-functional technical discussions.
• Define and prioritize features for services owned by the team.
• Continuously improve engineering practices and processes.
• Act as a bridge between engineering and external stakeholders to align solutions with business goals.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Agile methodologies

English fluency

High-scale systems

Customer engagement

Problem solving

Startup environment

Stakeholder management

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Couchbase

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Docker

Azure

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

SonarQube

Selenium

Prometheus

Grafana

Git

Job description

Tesco Technology is seeking a Software Development Manager in Kraków to lead a software engineering team delivering high-quality solutions for a fast-paced, startup-like environment within Tesco’s global retail ecosystem.

You’ll collaborate with Product Managers to translate business needs into technical outcomes, champion continuous improvement, and drive end-to-end project ownership while building strong relationships with customers and partners.