Technical Lead Manager

About Wakacje.pl

We are an e-commerce platform and a network of travel agencies offering a wide range of travel products. Since 2015, we have been part of Wirtualna Polska Holding – Poland’s largest group of media and e-commerce companies. Together with Travelplanet.pl and the Invia brands across CEE, we are building a unified travel group driven by a shared #TravelMindset. In our daily work, we #Explore better ways to grow, #Engage through real ownership and teamwork, and #Enjoy building experiences that people genuinely look forward to. 

Send us your CV and… see you at Wakacje.pl! ✈️ 

We are a growing team of over 100 IT specialists, including Developers, DevOps Engineers, Testers, Project Managers, Architects, and Analysts. We're driven by passion and engagement and prioritize a culture of open communication. A commitment to high code quality, robust test automation, and efficient processes is at the core of what we do. We work in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and our development is built on the React ecosystem.

About the role:
The Technical Lead Manager (TLM) plays a critical role in driving both the technical direction and successful delivery of a team's work. They lead the team in designing and implementing high-quality solutions while ensuring timely and predictable delivery. In addition to being the team's key technical advisor and mentor, the TLM fosters team growth, ensures alignment with business goals, and champions engineering best practices and delivery excellence.

• Scope: 6+ months of projects with significant business output, facing significant ambiguity, misalignment, and change.

• Collaboration: With product and engineering managers across the whole org

• Typical experience: Minimum 5 years

• Impact Levers: Delivery, Efficiency, Domain Expertise

Key responsibilities:
Project & Delivery Management:

• Plan and coordinate engineering projects aligned with company and cluster goals.

• Manage scope, timelines, and shifting priorities.

• Handle ambiguity and lead multiple concurrent initiatives.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Align with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and stakeholders.

• Define project requirements and manage cross-team dependencies.

• Ensure shared understanding and business impact through collaboration.

People Management & Mentorship:

• Lead and mentor engineers to support growth and performance.

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.

• Contribute to performance reviews and career development planning.

Technical Leadership & Architecture:

• Drive technical direction aligned with architectural and chapter strategy.

• Ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability of systems.

• Guide design decisions, manage technical debt, and promote best practices.

Hands-on Engineering (Coding):

• Actively contribute to the codebase.

• Unblock complex technical issues.

• Model high standards in code quality and reliability.

Strategic & Process Improvements:

• Continuously improve engineering processes and tools.

• Enhance team productivity, collaboration, and developer experience

Requirements:

• Senior-level experience in backend technologies such as Golang, Java, Scala, PHP, including design patterns.

• Deep understanding of asynchronous programming (event loop, promises, async/await).

• Designing scalable type architectures for large codebases.

• Experience in the areas of: application monitoring, observability, and system optimization, working in collaboration with DevOps.

• Adapting the future direction of this application area to align with the global architecture vision.

• Working together with the architect to develop new solutions — you won't go deep technically, but you will get into the system and identify it (domain knowledge matters more here than writing code).

• Ensure accurate time tracking for team members to support software activation and planning

• Own and uphold Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for the team’s services

• Participate in Incident Response and drive Reliability improvements

• Advocate for visibility and accuracy of technical and process KPIs

• Define team topology needs and contribute to hiring and onboarding

• Collaborate with peer Tech Leads and Engineering Managers on strategy across teams

• Ability to work under time pressure and with multiple high priorities.

• Seasonality of the product (during peak season, systems operate under increased load, which requires preparation in advance).

• Working with the team in Polish / working within the department in English (minimum B2 level).

• The team consists of committed developers who know their domain well, but most of them come from a background in other technologies.

Soft skills:

• Inspires with a clear vision and builds trust
  – shows the direction of change while creating a sense of safety within the team.

• Communicates with empathy and engagement
  – listens, understands, and energizes people to take action.

• Supports both individual and team development
  – nurtures talents, provides constructive feedback, and enables continuous learning.

• Strengthens collaboration and responsibility
  – builds strong relationships while delegating and giving space for independent decision‑making.

• Promotes innovation in a supportive environment
  – encourages bold ideas, experimentation, and learning from mistakes.

What do we offer:

Workplace safety and comfort:

• Employment based on an employment contract or B2B,

• Full support during the onboarding period under the supervision of an engaging leader/buddy.

Business agency and agility:

• Real influence on business decisions, the ability to take initiatives and implement your ideas.

Development within the organization:

• Individual Development Plan,

• Participation in training courses and conferences to enhance professional competencies.

All-inclusive for Employees:

• A benefits package that you can use according to your preferences – Lux Med medical care, Health and Life Insurance (PZU and Warta), Multisport card, shopping and lunch vouchers, and many other cafeteria offers available on the Worksmile platform,

• Study Tour – trips abroad to explore our product offerings (destination tours and hotel audits),

• A training and webinar package supporting professional and personal development,

• Discounts on our products for employees and their families,

• Possible to work from one of our office in Gdańsk (Alchemia office complex), Wrocław (Legnicka Business Garden), Warsaw (Włochy Business Garden) or remote. 

• Casual dress code.

Ready to join the team with a #travelmindset? We’re waiting for you!