Staff Software Engineer: Lead High-Impact Systems

Ingrid ⚫️; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High trust & transparency environment

Competitive market pay

Hack culture with regular hackathons

Modern equipment and tools

Office in Wrocław with snacks and coffee

Job summary

A leading European startup is seeking a Staff Engineer to tackle high-impact problems in delivery optimisation. This role involves driving company-wide initiatives, providing technical leadership, and mentoring senior engineers. Candidates should have 8-11+ years of experience, extensive knowledge in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and scaling trade-offs. The company offers competitive pay, a flexible work environment, and opportunities for meaningful work that challenges the industry.

Qualifications

• 8–11+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent track record.
• Strong track record delivering 6+ month initiatives.
• Proven ability to mentor and coach senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive company-wide initiatives to improve developer experience.
• Lead mission-critical projects balancing speed and quality.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews.

Skills

System design understanding

Cloud platforms experience (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Kubernetes knowledge

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)

Linux/Unix systems fundamentals

Observability (metrics, logs, traces)

Security and cloud architecture principles

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Grafana

Prometheus

Docker

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

A leading European startup is seeking a Staff Engineer to tackle high-impact problems in delivery optimisation. This role involves driving company-wide initiatives, providing technical leadership, and mentoring senior engineers. Candidates should have 8-11+ years of experience, extensive knowledge in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and scaling trade-offs. The company offers competitive pay, a flexible work environment, and opportunities for meaningful work that challenges the industry.