Tech Lead Software Engineering

Are you ready to take the lead in shaping innovative software solutions and driving engineering excellence in a fast-growing technology environment? At Simon-Kucher Engine, we are building cutting-edge digital products that help organizations unlock growth through data, technology, and AI-driven innovation. As a Tech Lead Software Engineering, you will play a key role in defining technical strategy, mentoring talented engineers, and delivering scalable solutions that create real business impact. Join us to work with modern technologies, collaborate with international teams, and help transform ambitious ideas into powerful software products. If you are passionate about technology, leadership, and continuous improvement, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact and grow your career with us. What makes us special: Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people. Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company that creates positive impact. We invest in your professional development every step of the way. Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – we offer flexible and hybrid working, sabbaticals, and paid time off. Prioritize your health and wellbeing. No matter where you live, we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe. Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things. How you will create an impact: Collaborate with software engineers, product teams, and cloud operations to develop and enhance our SaaS solutions for pricing optimization, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. Assist in building and maintaining web applications and microservices that integrate seamlessly into client environments, delivering robust and innovative solutions. Contribute to the development of user-friendly features, APIs, and backend services that drive the pricing platform's functionality. Participate in the continuous improvement of the software development lifecycle by following clean coding practices and engaging in peer code reviews. Help ensure the platform's stability and security by considering non-functional aspects, such as performance, monitoring, and data privacy. Your profile: You are passionate about technology trends, digital innovation, and leveraging technology to create business value. You enjoy solving complex problems and translating business needs into scalable, high-quality digital solutions. You have deep expertise in agile methodologies and a proven track record of building and enabling high-performing agile teams. You have extensive hands-on experience with TDD, BDD, Clean Code principles, and the "You build it, you run it" mindset. You are passionate about applying these practices and mentoring others to continuously improve their engineering craft. You have solid experience with Java and modern application frameworks such as Spring Boot, Quarkus, or Jakarta EE. You are familiar with JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks such as React.js or Angular and can effectively collaborate across the full technology stack. You have strong knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems and practical experience with PostgreSQL or similar database technologies. You have outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English (Business C1 level). You have at least two years of successful technical leadership experience, including guiding technical decisions, coaching engineers, and driving engineering excellence across teams. Hands-on experience with Python would be a nice-to-have. You take ownership, lead by example, and are motivated to create an environment where teams can deliver high-quality software with confidence and speed. If you’re interested, and if you’d like to offer your skills and commitment to our international team, then we would be pleased to receive your application. Hit the ‘Apply Now’ button to begin your application Please remember to submit your application in English. Other applications will not be considered. The candidate should have an EU work permit, we do not offer visa for this position. About Simon-Kucher Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,500 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist. simon-kucher.com We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, remarkable things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients and, of course, our business. Your personal contact: Karolina Ratajczyk [email protected]