Engineering Team Manager (Java/Kotlin) - TP&O

Job Description

A hybrid work model that incorporates solutions developed by the leader and the team

Team Leader at Allegro is a person who leads development teams with whom he creates new, ambitious and complex projects.
We provide new tools for developers and build systems for CX department. Furthermore, we build AI assistants and automate the work of other employees based on new technology like Machine Learning and LLMs.

We are looking for people who

• Can and want to take care of their team development, have very good communication skills and value the "servant leadership" approach

• Have the ability to manage and build relationships in a team

• Are not afraid to make difficult decisions

• Can listen, motivate and provide constructive feedback as well as select adequate development activities for their team

• Are seasoned experts in software development and system architecture

• Have experience in leading teams working with the use of "agile" methodologies

• Can look for effective solutions to the requirements of our users

• Can work closely with business, they can reconcile technical and business issues

• Can present the necessary technical work in the context of business risks

• Are fluent in JVM technologies and want to learn new ones

• Have a knowledge of using new technologies like LLMs and and experience with building prompts

• Frontend technologies are not unfamiliar (ex. React)

• Expect work that has a deeper meaning (not only the "management has commissioned") and want to enjoy its results

• Want to be proud of the code they create. They willingly accept comments and share knowledge during code reviews

• Want to constantly develop and update their knowledge

• Know English at B2 level

Additionally, we offer:

• A hybrid work model that you will agree on with your manager and the team.

• Well-located offices (with fully equipped kitchens and bicycle parking facilities) and excellent working tools (height-adjustable desks, interactive conference rooms)

• A wide selection of fringe benefits in a cafeteria plan – you choose what you like (e.g. medical, sports or lunch packages, insurance, purchase vouchers)

• English classes that we pay for related to the specific nature of your job

• 16" or 14" MacBook Pro with M1 processor and, 32GB RAM or a corresponding Dell with Windows (if you don’t like Macs) and other gadgets that you may need

• Working in a team you can always count on — we have on board top-class specialists and experts in their areas of expertise

• A high degree of autonomy in terms of organizing your team’s work; we encourage you to develop continuously and try out new things

• Hackathons, team tourism, training budget and an internal educational platform, MindUp (including training courses on work organization, means of communications, motivation to work and various technologies and subject-matter issues)

• If you want to learn more, check it out

Why is it worth working with us

• We use, depending on teams and their needs, the latest versions of Java (at least 8), Scala, Kotlin, Groovy, Go, Python, Spring, Reactive Programming, Spark, Hadoop, Mesos, TensorFlow

• The IT team is made up of over 1700 members who have shared their knowledge at multiple conferences, such as Devoxx, Confitura, Geecon, and co-create a blog: allegro.tech

• We practice Code Review, Continuous Integration, Scrum/Kanban, Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, depending on the team

• To match the scale, we also focus on building entire Platforms of tools and technologies that accelerate and facilitate day-to-day development, and we ensure the best Developer Experience to our teams

• Over 100 original open source projects and a few thousand stars on github

• We organize Allegro Tech Live event, a 100% remote version of our offline Allegro Tech Talks meetups, and we make guest appearances at the invitation of such communities as Warsaw AI, JUG (Poznań, Łódź, Lublin, Wrocław), WG .Net, Dare IT, Women in Tech Summit

• We focus on development as well. We organize hackathons and internal conferences (e.g. the annual Allegro Tech Meeting), our employees regularly participate in events both in Poland and abroad (Europe and USA), and each team has its own budget for training and study aids. If you want to keep growing and share your knowledge, we will always support you

This may also interest you

Allegro Tech Podcast → https://podcast.allegro.tech/

Booklet → https://jobs.allegro.eu/job-areas/tech-data/

Send in your CV and see why it is #dobrzetubyć (#goodtobehere)