Platform Engineering Team Leader

XTB is a global company from the financial industry, focusing on online trading of financial instruments. It is the largest FinTech in Poland and a leader in Central and Eastern Europe, operating in several countries including Asia and South America. The company emphasizes employee development through various training and development programs and fosters a strong engineering community through workshops and guilds.

• Several years of experience as Senior Developer, Tech Lead, Architect, or Platform Engineer.
• Several years of formal team management experience.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, or other).
• Solid professional experience in Java development.
• Deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, containerization, orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD.
• Experience designing and maintaining Internal Developer Platforms or similar tools.
• Experience with artifact repository systems (Artifactory, Nexus, or similar).
• Practical knowledge of DORA metrics.
• Experience implementing self-service tools and automation for product teams.
• Experience with GitLab, including GitLab Runners, GitLab CI/CD, and infrastructure integration.
• Knowledge of scalability, performance, security, and cost management in technical platforms.
• Experience working with distributed remote teams.
• Proactive, ambitious, independent, and business-oriented approach.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Skills in decomposing complex infrastructure projects and managing technical debt.
• Ability to delegate tasks optimally and support team autonomy.
• Experience building a culture of open feedback and mentoring team members.
• Experience building technical communities, conducting workshops, and facilitating knowledge sharing.
• Effective conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Commercial experience designing and implementing complex infrastructure systems.
• Practical proficiency in Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or similar).
• Experience architecting and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment systems.
• Experience with GitLab or similar systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Experience with artifact management systems (Artifactory, Nexus, ECR).
• Programming/scripting skills (Python, Go, Bash, or Shell scripting) for automation.
• Experience building self-service tools for developers (APIs, CLIs, documentation).
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or similar).
• Experience diagnosing and optimizing performance and infrastructure issues.
• Practical use of AI tools in engineering work (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT).
• Experience with configuration management tools (Git, Policy as Code).

Nice to have:

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms from a platform team perspective.
• Experience implementing and maintaining DORA metrics.
• Experience with Multi-Cloud or Hybrid Cloud architecture.
• Experience with Security & Compliance in infrastructure (RBAC, secrets management, compliance scanning).
• Experience with Cost Optimization and FinOps in cloud environments.
• Experience building and maintaining disaster recovery and high availability systems.
• Experience with GitOps and progressive delivery (Flux, ArgoCD, Kyverno).
• Certifications in Cloud or Kubernetes areas.
• Experience mentoring and conducting training for technical teams.

• Ensuring development tasks are completed according to established technical standards.
• Supporting the Product Manager in coordinating team activities in technological solutions.
• Collaborating with other teams to design optimal solution architectures.
• Ensuring high team efficiency by identifying and mitigating obstacles in the development process.
• Monitoring ongoing work and assisting in resolving technical issues.
• Supporting team growth through training, mentoring, and regular 1:1 meetings.