Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead

NFQ Group; Kraków; On-site; PLN 195,000 - 326,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible hours

Team events

Job summary

NFQ is expanding HomeToGo’s technology team in Kraków and seeks a Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead to manage one of our Consumer Product teams. You\'ll lead engineers, drive delivery processes, and shape technical strategy across Symfony, MariaDB, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and more.

You will partner with product, own roadmap alignment, ensure scalability and reliability, mentor engineers, and champion AI-assisted development tools.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams.
• Proficiency in PHP and/or JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with relevant frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to keep the team focused on key initiatives while maintaining operational excellence.
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MariaDB, PostgreSQL).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive technical solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in working with agile projects, setting KPIs, defining and executing OKRs.
• Understanding the fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers to high performance.
• Drive improvements to product delivery processes and roadmaps.
• Shape technical strategies to improve product quality.
• Partner with Product to align engineering decisions with user needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of features.
• Address technical challenges to ensure scalability, reliability, and usability of Marketplace products.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Promote adoption of AI-assisted development tools.
• Manage project timelines, resources, and priorities to meet business goals.

Skills

Team leadership

PHP

JavaScript/TypeScript

English proficiency

Agile / project management

KPIs / OKRs

Problem solving

Relational databases

Tools

MariaDB

PostgreSQL

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

ElasticSearch

Snowflake

Redis

Aerospike

Job description

NFQ is a core technology partner for HomeToGo – a dedicated team of software engineers and data science professionals driving innovation to power a marketplace with the world’s largest selection of vacation rentals. We are expanding HomeToGo’s technology team in Lithuania and are looking for the brightest talents to join this growing company.

HomeToGo is the marketplace with the world's largest selection of vacation rentals, listing millions of offers from thousands of trusted partners, including Booking.com, Vrbo and TripAdvisor. From vacation homes, cabins, beach houses, apartments, condos, house boats, castles, farm stays and everything in between, HomeToGo combines price, destination, dates and amenities to find the perfect accommodation for any trip worldwide.

Founded in 2014, HomeToGo operates localized apps & websites in 25 countries across Europe, North America, South America, Australia and Asia-Pacific. HomeToGo also operates brands such as Agriturismo.it, AMIVAC, Casamundo, CaseVacanza.it, e-domizil, EscapadaRural, Tripping.com and Wimdu.

Join our team as a Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead in Cracow, where you'll play a vital role in the success of HomeToGo. We're looking for an experienced software engineer and team lead to manage one of our Consumer Product teams. Our diverse and modern tech stack includes Symfony, MariaDB, ElasticSearch, Snowflake, Redis, Aerospike, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, and more. With millions of properties listed on our product, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

In this role, you will

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
• Be a part of a push to improve the product delivery process
• Drive the development and execution of technical strategies and initiatives to improve the quality of our product
• Partner with Product to shape the roadmap and ensure engineering decisions align with user needs
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and ensure the timely delivery of relevant features
• Identify and address technical challenges, ensuring the scalability, reliability, and usability of our Marketplace products
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation, and driving operational efficiency
• Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools across the team
• Manage project timelines, resources, and priorities to meet business objectives

What you will bring

• 2+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (PHP, JS/TS) and experience with relevant frameworks
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, managing competing priorities
• Ability to keep the team focused on key initiatives while maintaining operational excellence
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive technical solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in working with agile projects, setting KPIs, defining and executing OKRs
• Understanding the fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Fluency in English

What we offer

• Careerof growth opportunities and promotions, 360 feedback, performance evaluation system, and mentoring from an international and distinguished team
• Cultureof empowerment, trust, recognition, autonomy and quarterly transparency about company goals. A focus on work-life balance, combined with consistent collaboration and support from a team of 30+ nationalities
• Compensationof attractive salary, health insurance, additional holidays, flexible working hours, language courses, employee-led workshops, office perks, frequent team building and company events, business trips to Berlin

Salary range:

125 - 209 PLN/h + VAT(B2B)

17 500 - 29 200 PLN gross(Permanent)

If you have any questions, please contact me at [e-mail] or via Linkedin.