Team Lead (Software Engineering) - Cash & Investments

EIS Group; Warszawa; Remote; PLN 298,000 - 427,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading InsurTech provider is seeking a Team Lead (Software Engineering) to manage a remote team in Poland. You will drive innovation in cash management solutions while mentoring engineers and collaborating across functions. Candidates should have extensive experience in distributed systems and cloud operations, along with strong coaching and communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary and attractive benefits including health insurance and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Health insurance

Sports compensation

Flexible working hours

Employee referral program

English language classes

Qualifications

• 5+ years building distributed systems; 2+ years leading engineers.
• Deep expertise in JVM, SQL, and event-streaming.
• Strong understanding of cloud operations and CI/CD processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performance engineering team for cash management.
• Drive operational excellence with multi-cloud services.
• Represent the team in steering committees and workgroups.

Skills

Distributed systems development

JVM expertise

Cloud operations on AWS or Azure

SaaS delivery

Coaching mindset

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Team Lead (Software Engineering) - Cash & Investments

Department: 501 Product and Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote, Poland

Description

EIS delivers a cloud-native, event-driven coretech platform that lets ambitious insurers modernize at speed. The Cash & Investments team owns the services that manage and reconcile premium inflows into money and investment accounts, orchestrate multi-currency treasury moves, and automate complex investment transactions. You will guide a distributed team of 10 engineers as we continue the module expansion to serve all insurers across the globe. Expect autonomy, a remote-first culture, and close collaboration with product, devops, professional services, and sales peers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performance engineering team delivering microservices for cash management and investment modules
• Own quarterly OKRs, delivery forecasts, and production health; track velocity, DORA metrics, and customer satisfaction
• Drive operational excellence with multi-cloud event-sourced services on Kubernetes
• Ship containerised services on AWS or Azure using Terraform and Argo CD; embed observability, cost tracking, and automated runbooks
• Champion secure-by-default patterns and compliance readiness
• Partner with product, architecture, and other SMEs to translate complex requirements into crisp backlog items
• Hire globally, craft growth plans, and foster psychological safety so engineers innovate and take smart risks
• Represent the team in steering committees, cross-team workgroups and program planning meetings
• Use and apply generative AI techniques like retrieval, chunking, indexing, knowledge
• Adopt GenAI practices into SDLC and enable team to be more robust with less overheads
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in AI and backend development

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 5+ years building distributed systems; 2+ years leading engineers (people or tech-lead)
• Deep JVM expertise plus SQL and event-streaming (Kafka or equivalent)
• Cloud operations on AWS or Azure, including IaC (Terraform), Kubernetes, container registries, observability, monitoring, and incident response
• Proven record shipping SaaS with CI/CD, automated testing, and data-driven delivery metrics
• Strong coaching mindset and clear written/spoken communication across time zones
• Basic understanding of frontend technologies (Typescript, React) to support backend integration
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to multi-agent or real-time data processing frameworks (Kafka Streams, Flink)
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG, MCP and other GenAI techniques
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job Benefits

• Working on the world-level Enterprise InsurTech Product powered by leading-edge technologies
• Working in an international, diverse, Scaled Agile environment
• Flexible working hours, a modern office in the center of Warsaw
• Competitive salary
• We can offer ownership to our employees- from being able to make decisions that impact the growth of the company to giving stock options
• Employee referral program
• Health insurance (Medicover)
• Sports compensation (MultiSport)
• English language classes
• We work with the newest Apple Macbooks
• UMOWA O PRACĘ

*Please note that we will be proceeding only with those applications that have valid working permits in the location stated in the vacancy description.