Senior Data Platform Engineering Lead

State Street; Województwo pomorskie; On-site; PLN 254,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

Birthday/anniversary days off

Gold Medical Package

Life insurance & private pension

Job summary

State Street seeks an experienced engineering leader to shape and scale the Alpha Data Platform, a strategic data platform for enterprise clients and internal teams. You will lead a team of about 10 engineers in Poland, owning significant platform areas and guiding architecture, delivery, and operations.

Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Client Delivery and Support to build scalable, resilient systems that deliver trusted data for faster decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 15+ years of software-engineering experience, including leading teams for enterprise-scale production systems.
• Strong technical expertise in Java, distributed systems, and database design.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, event-driven systems, and modern software-engineering practices.
• Proven ability to hire, mentor, develop, and lead strong technical teams.
• Strong communication, collaboration, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to balance strategic technical direction with pragmatic delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction and delivery of significant Alpha Data Platform capabilities.
• Lead the complete software development lifecycle from architecture to production support.
• Translate business and client priorities into a clear engineering roadmap.
• Design scalable, maintainable solutions for complex enterprise data and platform needs.
• Guide architectural decisions to improve scalability, performance, resilience, and security.
• Provide technical leadership on complex system-design challenges.
• Build and develop a high-performing engineering team by hiring and mentoring.
• Promote engineering excellence through modern practices, automation, testing, and observability.
• Collaborate across engineering, architecture, client delivery, and support on strategic initiatives.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Database design

Cloud-native

Hiring & mentoring

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

State Street seeks an experienced engineering leader to shape and scale the Alpha Data Platform, a strategic data platform for enterprise clients and internal teams. You will lead a team of about 10 engineers in Poland, owning significant platform areas and guiding architecture, delivery, and operations.

Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Client Delivery and Support to build scalable, resilient systems that deliver trusted data for faster decisions.