Engineering Team Lead

GOG is a leading global games marketplace, generating $50M in annual revenue with millions of monthly active users. With over 9,000 products in our catalog, we house the largest collection of classic games and maintain a significant presence in indie, AA, and AAA games. As part of the CD Projekt Group (publicly listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange: CDR:WSE), creators of the acclaimed Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher series, we are on a mission to make games last forever by helping people across generations fall in love with games.

We seek an Engineering Team Lead to lead product development of best-in-class solutions for our gamers, driving future innovation and success.

What’s in it for you? At GOG, each engineer works within a cross-functional product team to tackle complex business problems and leverage technology to create products people love. Our approach is pragmatic and focused on delivering what truly matters: customer satisfaction. While we value technical excellence, our top priority is creating solutions that effectively meet our customers' needs.

As an Engineering Team Lead, you will excel in product engineering, build and lead a top-performing product team, and have a key impact on reaching product goals for the B2C area of GOG.

What we offer:

• Remuneration: 20 000 - 30 000 PLN
• Unique opportunity to enter a booming industry and to influence the future of gaming,
• Work on an global and highly creative business and industry,
• Hybrid model of work with two days a week in our Warsaw office;
• Access to a health care and sports activities package, including free psychologist appointments,
• Possibility to take paid Menstrual Leave for all menstruating employees,
• Active employee networks for LGBTQIA+ employees, women of GOG and parents,
• Frequent social activities, free fruits/coffee/tea, an in-house cantina, and other goodies are a standard,
• An in-house gym, open 24/7, available exclusively for our employees,
• Free access to all games from the GOG catalogue, including The Witcher franchise and Cyberpunk 2077,
• Gamer’s paradise where you will be surrounded by games - living & breathing them!
• Dog-friendly environment – yes, you can bring your four-legged friend to work!
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Responsibilities:

• Build and manage a high-performing product team optimized for achieving set goals
• Own the product delivery end to end including: planning, resourcing, execution, communication, and continuous improvements based on performance metrics (DORA, SPACE) 
• Lead by example and hands-on contribute to product development as a software engineer
• As a part of product team leadership together with product manager and product designer, co-own product backlog and roadmap, contribute with a technology perspective
• Make & steer decisions towards the product impact
• Continuously develop product engineering culture and maintain high software engineering standards

Job Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional experience in leading cross-functional engineering teams and 5+ years as a software engineer, preferably within the e-commerce, B2C, and gaming industries
• 2+ years commercial experience in delivering software applications front-end (preferably Angular) or back-end (PHP7/8, preferably Symfony)
• Proven ability to design and implement solutions in complex systems, including technology choices and making architectural decisions
• Great communication, ability to pass direct feedback with care and empathy, and challenge status quo
• Experience on managing a high-performing team, mentoring and growing team members (hiring, performance management, firing)
• Strong focus on customer perspective and tangible outcomes 
• Cross-functional collaboration skills and english proficiency
• A passion for games and the gaming industry

Nice to have:

• Previous experience in product led businesses
• Experience with high scale web applications