Platform Engineering Team Leader

XTB is a global company from the financial industry, focusing on online trading of financial instruments. We are the largest Fin Tech in Poland and a leader in Central and Eastern Europe, and the range of our operations covers several countries, including Asia and South America. At XTB, we focus on the development of our employees, giving them opportunities to gain knowledge and skills in various fields, as well as offering a number of training and development programs.

If you are looking for challenges and want to gain valuable experience in an international business environment, XTB is the right place for you.

We are a certified Great Place to Work company.

Setting our standards high, we can always count on each other. Within our department, we also organize workshops and guilds – meetings dedicated to specific areas or technologies – to continuously develop our skills and build a strong engineering community.

We are seeking a Team Leader to lead our Platform Engineering team – a person combining strong technical expertise in infrastructure, automation, and developer experience (Dev Ex) with team management experience and the ability to build an internal engineering community.

We create tools, services, and solutions that enable product teams to deliver business value faster, safer, and more efficiently. Our Platform Engineering team forms the heart of the organization’s technical infrastructure, supporting both cloud infrastructure and developer experience. We work on Internal Developer Platforms (IDP), deployment automation, DORA metrics, self-service tooling, and integration with the Dev Ops ecosystem. Our solutions prioritize scalability, security, cost-efficiency, and user experience.

• Ensuring development tasks are completed according to established technical standards.
• Supporting the Product Manager in coordinating team activities in the area of 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.

• Several years of experience in the role of Senior Developer, Tech Lead, Architect, or Platform Engineer.
• Several years of experience in formal team management as a manager.
• Hands‑on experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, or other).
• Solid background and hands‑on professional experience in Java development.
• Deep knowledge of:
  IaC (Infrastructure as Code), containerization, orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD.
• Experience designing and maintaining Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) or similar platform tools.
• Experience with artifact repository systems (Artifactory, Nexus, or similar).
• Practical knowledge of DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, Change Failure Rate, Time to Restore).
• Experience implementing self‑service tools and automation for product teams.
• Experience with Git Lab, including Git Lab Runners, Git Lab CI/CD, and infrastructure integration.
• Knowledge of scalability, performance, security, and cost management in technical platforms.
• Experience working with distributed remote teams.

• Proactive approach, ambition, and independence in tackling challenges of complex infrastructure projects.
• Taking ownership of your area, decisions, and team.
• Courage in expressing your vision and opinions, combined with effectiveness and follow‑through in executing ideas.
• Business‑oriented approach and the ability to select technologies that align with organizational goals and product needs.
• Openness to collaborating with diverse teams (Dev Ops, Security, Product) and stakeholders.

• Ability to decompose complex infrastructure projects and deliver value incrementally within defined time frames.
• Conscious monitoring and management of technical debt in the context of technical platforms.
• Optimal delegation of tasks within the team and support for team members’…