Engineering Lead

Job description

Role An Engineering Lead will establish and lead the Warsaw engineering hub for an AI-native platform serving aerospace, defense, and industrial supply-chain operations. They will build and manage a full-stack engineering team, set technical direction, maintain delivery standards, and remain close enough to the code and architecture to make high-quality engineering decisions. This is a full-time, on-site role requiring five days per week in Warsaw and occasional international travel. Responsibilities • Build, manage, and develop a Warsaw-based engineering team of approximately 10 engineers. • Own hiring plans, technical interviews, onboarding, performance management, and team development. • Lead delivery of full-stack SaaS products used internationally across operationally complex supply-chain workflows. • Define and maintain engineering standards for architecture, code quality, testing, observability, security, and deployment. • Work hands-on with TypeScript, Svelte, PostgreSQL, APIs, and distributed SaaS systems when technical decisions or delivery risks require direct intervention. • Partner with founders and product stakeholders to convert business requirements into sequenced technical plans and shipped outcomes. • Establish delivery processes that provide clear ownership, predictable execution, and early visibility into technical risks. • Review system designs and major pull requests, ensuring solutions are maintainable, secure, testable, and appropriate for production scale. • Drive effective use of AI coding tools across the team, including defining practical standards for adoption, review, testing, and responsible use. • Coordinate with international teams and stakeholders, including up to one week of international travel per quarter. Required experience • 10+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience. • 5+ years of engineering people-management experience. • Experience directly leading an engineering team of approximately 10 people. • Proven ownership of internationally deployed SaaS products in production. • Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript and modern full-stack web development. • Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, and production API development. • Experience setting engineering standards across architecture, testing, code review, deployment, and operational reliability. • Professional fluency in English. • Willingness to work on-site in Warsaw five days per week. • Willingness to relocate to Warsaw if not already based there. Technical environment • TypeScript. • Svelte or an equivalent modern frontend framework. • PostgreSQL or another production relational database. • Full-stack SaaS architecture. • Internationally deployed applications. • AI coding tools integrated into engineering workflows. Success measures • A Warsaw engineering team is hired, onboarded, and operating with clear ownership. • The team delivers production SaaS functionality against agreed priorities and timelines. • Engineering standards are consistently applied across code review, testing, architecture, deployment, and incident response. • Product reliability, maintainability, and delivery predictability improve as the Warsaw hub scales. • AI coding tools improve engineering throughput without reducing code quality, security, or review standards. • Technical decisions support international customers and operationally complex workflows.