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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Architecture & Engineering Practice Lead
Location: Kraków, PL
Type of contract: Employment contract
Salary range: 18 850 – 28 900 PLN gross/month
You will drive end-to-end solution architecture for complex enterprise platforms, combining hands-on technical design with leadership of engineering practices. In this role, you will work closely with stakeholders across product, data, security, and engineering teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with business outcomes, while also shaping architecture standards and mentoring other engineers and architects.
Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end solution architecture for complex platforms, products, and value streams
- Translate business requirements into clear and maintainable technical designs
- Define and promote architecture standards, best practices, and design patterns
- Partner with engineering teams to guide implementation and resolve design challenges
- Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, resilience, and operability requirements
- Provide architectural governance and support delivery teams throughout the lifecycle
- Collaborate with stakeholders across product, data, security, and operations
- Shape engineering and architecture practices and mentor senior engineers and architects
Requirements
- Strong experience in solution architecture or technical leadership roles
- Proven ability to design end-to-end technology solutions for complex systems
- Solid understanding of modern software architecture concepts such as distributed systems, APIs, and data-driven design
- Experience working closely with engineering teams to turn designs into delivered solutions
- Ability to balance business outcomes, technical constraints, and risk considerations
- Strong communication skills and confidence working with senior stakeholders
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments
- Openness to work hybrid from our client's office (Kraków) 8 days per month
Nice to Have
- Experience with data-intensive or analytics platforms
- Cloud experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Knowledge of regulatory, risk, or governance-heavy environments
- Experience defining or evolving engineering practices across multiple teams
We Offer
- Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
- Benefit package tailored to your needs (medical, sport, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
- Online training and certifications
- Access to e-learning platform
- Social events
About the Company
We are GFT Poland. WE KNOW how to tackle complex issues with an innovative approach to deliver the highest value. Our reputation has been built around one simple rule: we do not overpromise, WE DELIVER. We deliver to our employees, clients, and partners. WE GROW as you grow, so investing in you is our business strategy. Caring for each other is our priority. WE CARE who you are, what you need, how you feel. WE CARE to smile, have fun, and develop as human beings.
Why Choose GFT?
- A culture of top performance
- Deep tech IT engineering & consulting
- 1200 skilled & top-class experts
- 77% of the team are regular/senior
- Products that contribute to a sustainable world
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Ambitious projects, trainings, and tools you need to flourish
- Google Cloud Partner of the Year - for going above and beyond for customers