Senior Engineering Manager

Job Overview

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Merchant Dashboard team at SpotOn. This is a critical, merchant‑facing platform that powers the day‑to‑day experience for SpotOn’s restaurant and small business customers. You will own the technical direction and people leadership for the team building and evolving our dashboard product.

You will directly manage 5 engineers and an Engineering Manager who leads our 3‑person Growth team, giving you a total org of 9 engineers across two teams. This role requires someone who is equal parts technical leader, people manager, and organizational communicator.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & People Management – Directly manage 5 engineers and 1 Engineering Manager (Growth team, 3 engineers), coach, mentor and grow engineers across a range of seniority levels, own hiring, performance management, career development and team health, foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Technical Direction – Guide the technical strategy for a micro‑frontend architecture built on single‑spa, React, TypeScript, and Vite; oversee a Python/Django backend serving the merchant dashboard, backed by PostgreSQL; drive architectural decisions across multiple repositories and services, including shared component libraries, navigation, permissions, and the core frontend application; be hands‑on enough to review architecture proposals, unblock engineers and make informed build‑vs‑buy decisions; champion engineering best practices: testing (Vitest, Playwright E2E, BDD), CI/CD, code quality and observability.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication – Partner with Product, Design and cross‑functional stakeholders to align on roadmap priorities and trade‑offs; clearly communicate team progress, risks and technical decisions to leadership and the broader organization; translate business goals into actionable engineering plans and ensure the team delivers predictably; represent the Merchant Dashboard team in planning cycles, reviews and cross‑team coordination.
• Execution & Organization – Drive planning, prioritization and delivery across both teams; maintain high organizational rigor – clear build cycle goals, well‑groomed backlogs and transparent status reporting; identify and mitigate risks early; remove blockers for the team; balance technical debt reduction with feature delivery.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers or tech leads.
• Strong technical background in modern web development (React, TypeScript, Python).
• Experience with micro‑frontend architectures or large‑scale frontend platform teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders and communicate effectively across technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Track record of building, retaining and developing high‑performing engineering teams.
• Highly organized – bring structure to ambiguity and keep teams focused on what matters.
• Experience with agentic software development patterns – expertise with spec‑driven development and AI‑driven workflows to accelerate product delivery and the ability to drive adoption of these practices across your teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with single‑spa or similar MFE frameworks.
• Familiarity with Django and PostgreSQL – experience with Vite, Vitest and Playwright for build/test tooling.
• Background in merchant‑facing or SaaS platform products.
• Experience managing distributed or hybrid teams.
• Familiarity with i18n/localization in web applications.

Tech Stack

• Frontend – React 17+, TypeScript, single‑spa (micro frontends), Vite, SCSS.
• Shared Libraries – @spotoninc/nexus-react (design system), shared MFE component library, import maps.
• Backend – Python, Django, PostgreSQL, PL/pgSQL.
• Testing – Vitest, Playwright (E2E + BDD via bddgen), Testing Library.
• Tooling – ESLint, Prettier, Husky, Stylelint.
• Infrastructure – Docker, GitHub Actions (CI), GitHub Packages (npm registry).
• Other – i18next (internationalization), TanStack React Query, Axios.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Training budget 3500 PLN gross per year.
• Access to e‑learning platforms (O’Reilly).
• Fully paid private healthcare in LuxMed.
• Access to the Worksmile platform with a monthly top‑up.
• Subsidized access to breakfast and lunch through the vending machine in Kraków office, and lunches in Gdańsk office once a week.
• Group English classes with a native speaker.
• New MacBook Pro, 4K monitors or whatever tools you need.
• Flexible working hours.
• New, modern, bright and comfortable office space in the city centre.
• Access to the company’s library.
• Great working atmosphere.
• Chill‑out room with a PlayStation and games.
• Free snacks and beverages in a kitchen.
• Company parties and social activities.
• Employee referral program.
• Relocation Package within Poland.
• Parking space in the underground garage.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SpotOn is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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