Engineering Lead

Role An Engineering Lead will establish and lead the Warsaw engineering hub for an AI-native platform serving aerospace, defense, and industrial supply-chain operations. They will build and manage a full-stack engineering team, set technical direction, maintain delivery standards, and remain close enough to the code and architecture to make high-quality engineering decisions. This is a full-time, on-site role requiring five days per week in Warsaw and occasional international travel. Responsibilities - Build, manage, and develop a Warsaw-based engineering team of approximately 10 engineers. - Own hiring plans, technical interviews, onboarding, performance management, and team development. - Lead delivery of full-stack SaaS products used internationally across operationally complex supply-chain workflows. - Define and maintain engineering standards for architecture, code quality, testing, observability, security, and deployment. - Work hands-on with TypeScript, Svelte, PostgreSQL, APIs, and distributed SaaS systems when technical decisions or delivery risks require direct intervention. - Partner with founders and product stakeholders to convert business requirements into sequenced technical plans and shipped outcomes. - Establish delivery processes that provide clear ownership, predictable execution, and early visibility into technical risks. - Review system designs and major pull requests, ensuring solutions are maintainable, secure, testable, and appropriate for production scale. - Drive effective use of AI coding tools across the team, including defining practical standards for adoption, review, testing, and responsible use. - Coordinate with international teams and stakeholders, including up to one week of international travel per quarter. Required Experience - 10+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience. - 5+ years of engineering people-management experience. - Experience directly leading an engineering team of approximately 10 people. - Proven ownership of internationally deployed SaaS products in production. - Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript and modern full-stack web development. - Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, and production API development. - Experience setting engineering standards across architecture, testing, code review, deployment, and operational reliability. - Professional fluency in English. - Willingness to work on-site in Warsaw five days per week. - Willingness to relocate to Warsaw if not already based there. Technical environment - TypeScript. - Svelte or an equivalent modern frontend framework. - PostgreSQL or another production relational database. - Full-stack SaaS architecture. - Internationally deployed applications. - AI coding tools integrated into engineering workflows. Success measures - A Warsaw engineering team is hired, onboarded, and operating with clear ownership. - The team delivers production SaaS functionality against agreed priorities and timelines. - Engineering standards are consistently applied across code review, testing, architecture, deployment, and incident response. - Product reliability, maintainability, and delivery predictability improve as the Warsaw hub scales. - AI coding tools improve engineering throughput without reducing code quality, security, or review standards. - Technical decisions support international customers and operationally complex workflows.