Lead Software Engineer

• The role: Lead Software Engineer

• Location: remote

• Salary: 33 000 PLN/month gross, contract of employment (UoP)

About the Company:

Join our client, which makes software to help users organize data, discover the truth, and act on it. Their SaaS product manages large volumes of data and quickly identifies key issues during litigation and internal investigations. The AI-powered communication surveillance product proactively detects regulatory misconduct like insider trading, collusion, and other non-compliant behavior. They have more than 300,000 users in 49 countries serving thousands of organizations globally.

The role:

As the Lead Software Engineer – SRE, you will play a key role in driving reliability initiatives across engineering teams. This position focuses on designing and implementing solutions that improve system availability, scalability, and performance. You will collaborate closely with product and infrastructure teams, mentor engineers, and lead critical projects that align with the organization’s reliability goals. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for reliability engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Lead major SRE projects and initiatives within the engineering organization.

• Design and implement solutions to enhance system reliability and performance.

• Participate in improving Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgets to enhance system reliability.

• Develop automated solutions for system reliability, capacity planning, and incident response to minimize manual intervention.

• Support root cause analysis (RCA) investigations, drive corrective actions, and advocate for a blameless postmortem culture.

• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 availability of critical systems.

• Influence and mentor engineering teams on SRE principles, DevOps culture, and best practices.

• Stay ahead of industry trends, adopting new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to continually improve system reliability.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, site reliability engineering, or cloud infrastructure roles.

• Proficient in designing and building service-oriented architectures and cloud-native distributed systems.

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C# or .Net.

• In-depth technical understanding and experience with at least two of the following DevOps platforms: GitHub, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or Jenkins.

• Hands-on experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry or other).

• Strong background in CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices.

• Experience working in global, high-availability SaaS environments.

• Experience implementing redundancy and disaster recovery scenarios.

• Excellent teamwork and cross-group collaboration skills.

• Ability to collaborate with both technical and business professionals.

• Hands-on experience with Agile Project Development Methodologies.

• Experience delivering complex technical solutions.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• Previous experience in leading or mentoring engineers in a reliability-focused capacity.

• Nice to have:  Experience with Chaos Engineering and/or AI Ops.

Competencies and Skills 

• Technical Leadership at the team level.

• Automation-First Mindset – Commitment to reducing toil through scripting and automation.

• Reliability Engineering – Expertise in SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and highly reliable, cloud-native architectures.

• Incident Management & Postmortems – Experience in handling production incidents and driving continuous improvement.

• Observability & Monitoring – Deep understanding of logging, monitoring, and alerting best practices.

• Practical knowledge of data structures and modern data engines.

• Collaboration & Communication – Ability to work across teams, influence stakeholders, and advocate for reliability improvements.

• Mentorship & Coaching – Passion for mentoring engineers and building an SRE culture within the organization.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

• Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers

• Flexible work arrangements

• Two, week-long company breaks per year

• Additional time off

• Long-term incentive program

• Training investment program