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 challenges that span various domains.

• Develop engineering principles, practices, and technology standards.

• Play a key role in shaping the organization’s technology strategy for AI.

• Lead technical initiatives that involve multiple teams and domains.

• Guide Staff Engineers and contribute to the growth of future technical leaders.

• Assist with technical due diligence related to strategic partnerships and mergers & acquisitions.

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

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

• Define long-term technology direction and address complex technical issues across various teams and domains.

• Support customer-facing products across diverse markets.

• Facilitate the transition away from legacy solutions while ensuring product delivery and maintaining software quality.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• At least 3 years of technical impact that extends beyond a single team, in a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect, or equivalent position.

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

• A robust engineering background with the capability to engage in detailed technical discussions.

• Experience in building customer-facing products and influencing their technical and product direction.

• Demonstrated ability to establish engineering standards and mentor senior engineers.

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

• Ability to critically assess AI-generated outputs and responsibly integrate them into professional workflows.

• Experience with public cloud and cloud-native architectures.

• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, observability, APIs, and system integration.

• Effective communication skills with engineering teams and C-level stakeholders.

• Professional proficiency in English at a C1 level.

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

• Experience with mobile and web applications is advantageous.

• This role is open to candidates based in Warsaw, Cracow, or those working remotely within Poland.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to operate in a diverse, international, and cross-functional environment.

• Work alongside and learn from a senior leader and their leadership team.

• Gain extensive experience and exposure in the e-commerce and logistics sectors.

• Access to training opportunities for professional growth.

• Enjoy an excellent working environment.

• Benefit from flexible working hours.

• Engage in fulfilling careers supported by a variety of benefits.

• B2B contract type available.