Principal Engineer – Consumer & Merchant Experience

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Establish architectural standards throughout the technology organization.

• Recognize and tackle systemic technical issues that affect multiple domains.

• Develop engineering principles, practices, and technology standards.

• Contribute to the organization's technology strategy focused on AI.

• Lead technical initiatives that span across teams and domains.

• Mentor Staff Engineers, nurturing the next generation of technical leaders.

• Assist with technical due diligence for strategic partnerships and M&A activities.

• Represent InPost within the engineering community at conferences, through publications, and in industry initiatives.

• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to align architectural direction with product requirements.

• Define the target architecture and help shape the overarching technology roadmap.

• Take ownership or provide guidance on global and cross-domain technical decisions and standards.

• Drive the cloud journey and strategy for legacy systems.

• Work closely with Senior Engineering Directors, Principal Engineers, Senior Engineering Managers, product teams, and the CTO.

• Support customer-facing products across various markets while transitioning from legacy solutions and ensuring software quality and product delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems.

• More than 3 years of technical influence beyond a single team, in a role such as Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect, or equivalent.

• Proven experience in making architectural decisions with long-term implications across multiple teams.

• Strong engineering background with the ability to engage in in-depth technical discussions.

• Experience in developing customer-facing products and shaping their technical and product direction.

• Skilled in establishing engineering standards and mentoring senior engineers.

• Proficient in utilizing AI tools and large language models, including GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude.

• Capable of critically assessing AI-generated outputs and applying them responsibly in professional workflows.

• Familiarity with public cloud and cloud-native architectures.

• In-depth knowledge of scalability, reliability, observability, APIs, and system integration.

• Strong communication skills for effective interaction with engineering teams and C-level executives.

• Professional proficiency in English at a C1 level.

• Experience in logistics, e-commerce, or marketplace settings.

• Background in on-premises to cloud migrations.

• Experience in designing large-scale mobile or web applications.

• Knowledge of security and data protection practices.

• Familiarity with payment, notification, or tracking systems, including event-driven and real-time architectures.

• Experience in an international work environment.

• Previous managerial experience preferred.

• Cloud certifications, such as GCP Professional Cloud Architect, are a plus.

• Java is the preferred backend technology, though candidates from other backend ecosystems will be considered.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a diverse, international, and cross-functional environment alongside leading experts.

• Gain mentorship from a senior leader and their leadership team, enhancing your experience and exposure in the e-commerce and logistics sectors.

• A growing number of opportunities across several locations in Europe.

• Rewarding careers featuring a variety of benefits.

• Training opportunities for professional growth.

• An excellent working environment.

• Flexible working hours.

• B2B type of contract.