Business Unit Technical Manager

Responsibilities

• Management of the Polish BU team, ensuring that the team has clear assignments, roles and responsibilities.
• Acting as a mentor for the team, helping them growing and developing new skills.
• Establishing regular checkpoints with the BU team as well as conducting the annual performance review together with the UK management team.
• Align to Reply Polska requirements and expectations in terms of work organization and team support.
• Implement and oversee the development of our eCommerce platform, ensuring the use of best practices and high standards of code quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, software developers, and architects to design, plan, develop, refactor, test, and deliver new features.
• Perform and guide peer code reviews, providing detailed suggestions for fixes and improvements.
• Develop and maintain unit tests as an integral part of the software development process.
• Interact closely with product owners and product management teams to review and implement proposed designs.
• Shape the technical direction of the project, making critical architectural decisions

Benefits

• Motivizer Benefits Platform to choose and manage all your benefits in one place. You receive a budget (550 PLN monthly). You can choose medical care package, meal tickets, sports cards (we have Multisport and on preferential terms, we have membership cards to one of the most popular Gyms), cinema tickets, shop vouchers, discounts and many more.
• Language Courses – you'll have access to a multi-language learning platform enabling you to practice you language skills and learn new ones!
• Regular and systematic further training opportunities - both internally and from external providers. We support your ongoing learning and development.
• Cooperation within an internal community is our everyday reality. We have networking events, coding challenges, and company parties for different occasions.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• At least 5 years of development experience.
• Experience managing a team of at least 8-10 people.
• Experience with project management and delivery management methodologies, waterfall, scrum, agile etc.
• Significant experience in software development with backend development programming languages, particularly Java.
• Experience with Python and Golang is also highly valued.
• Extensive knowledge of best practice software development design patterns.
• Proven track record in web-based application development using the Spring framework, Java, and JSP.
• Experience working with SAP Commerce (nice to have) or any other eCommerce platform based on Spring and Java.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, allowing effective management and guidance of a team of developers.
• Good communication skills in English and Polish
• Openness to visit Katowice office weekly.

About Portaltech Reply

Portaltech Reply is the Reply Group company, partner of SAP, that provides Customer Experience solutions. Portaltech Reply is a combination of eCommerce Omnichannel knowledge and outstanding technical expertise, that allows to work with clients on their eCommerce and digital retail strategies, operations and technologies, and develops world-class eCommerce solutions.

Since 2000 Portaltech Reply has consolidated it's position within the eCommerce SIs ecosystem and, after becoming a hybris partner in 2007, has been accredited as one of the worldwide hybris' leading solution partners, holding a Platinum Elite Status and being named hybris Global Partner of the Year 2012, 2011 and 2009.

Selected by SAP Hybris in 2015, Portaltech has been working with SAP core engineering team to develop and enhance product features such as the Travel Accelerator.

With offices in London, Milan, Munich, Minsk and Chicago, Portaltech Reply has been helping customers worldwide, successfully designing and implementing over 50 eCommerce solutions for leading retailers, brands and B2Bs.