Software Development Lead

Digital & Technology Team (D&T) is an integral division of HEINEKEN Global Shared Services Center. We are committed to making Heineken the most connected brewery. That includes digitalizing and integrating our processes, ensuring best-in-class technology, and embedding a data-driven culture. By joining us you will work in one of the most dynamic and innovative teams and have a direct impact on building the future of Heineken!

 

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Our dream at HEINEKEN is to help our customers grow by serving them better, faster, and smarter with digital solutions. The last few years have seen a significant increase in the importance of digital solutions in the Commerce area at Heineken. These IT solutions have become a vital component in supporting the company's revenue. To ensure that this trend is supported and the IT in this area continues to grow, the new Commerce DevOps Hub is being established. The newly created organization, being an integral part of the Global Digital & Technology Function, is tasked with maintaining, but most importantly developing (functionally and technologically) IT solutions supporting the Commerce area at Heineken.

Commerce DevOps Hub is located in Kraków and will include highly qualified IT professionals with direct contribution to both the technological development of the Heineken Commerce and the Hub itself.

As the Software Devlopment Lead, you will be part of Monetize team. The Monetize teams focus on back-end services in the domains of Product Assortment, ePayments (Payment Orchestration), Loyalty management and Digital Promotions.

Within your role you will lead the team of Solution Engineers who configure, develop, implement, maintain and integrate our SaaS-solutions and custom solutions in the wider Commerce IT landscape. You will guide the team with technical strategy and ensure alignment with both architecture and business objectives. You combine hands-on expertise with leadership. Around 30–50% of your time is spent actively contributing to projects, while the rest is dedicated to guiding your team across strategic, tactical, and operational responsibilities. You thrive in both execution and direction — making an impact at every level. You will be driving excellence in solution engineering practices to deliver high-quality solutions throughout the solutions development lifecycle in our Commerce IT landscape, fostering a culture of technical creativity and staying ahead of technology trends.

The role reports directly to the Technology Manager Monetize

Your responsibilities would include:

 

•  leading and managing a team of experienced team members (Solution Engineers) in designing, developing, and delivering scalable, reliable, and high-performing software solutions (both SaaS applications as well as PaaS/IaaS/Custom applications *)
• leading the internal and external team from a technical standpoint, and driving operational excellence, including code reviews, design reviews, testing, and deployment processes
• being an individual contributor (~50%) - engineering/configuring the software products/solutions, jointly with the team
• ensuring that the team adheres to coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines, overseeing team spirit and team performance, guiding and mentoring team members
• overseeing and solving immediate technical challenges
• implementing best practices, coding standards and modern architecture for DevSecOps; be a „go-to person” for technical decisions and problem-solving within the team
• coordinating software development and addressing technical debt in the team
• inspiring, advising, and driving the selection of the development approach
• hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and developing top engineering talents, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• collaborating with other Engineers, Vendors, Dev Leads, Product Owner(s) and Product Architect(s) to assure that the team has a stable workload and a backlog of proper size
• creating documentation and knowledge transfer to ensure ongoing support and facilitate easy transfer of knowledge. Ensure that these resources are up-to-date and accessible.
  

 

Technology Stack:
Manda