Principal Engineer – Consumer & Merchant Experience
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Principal Engineer shaping architecture for InPost’s customer-facing e-commerce and parcel-delivery products. Leading cross-domain technical initiatives across international markets.
Responsibilities:
- Define architectural standards across the technology organization
- Identify and address systemic technical challenges spanning multiple domains
- Shape engineering principles, practices, and technology standards
- Contribute to the organization’s technology strategy for AI
- Lead cross-team and cross-domain technical initiatives
- Mentor Staff Engineers and help develop the next generation of technical leaders
- Support technical due diligence related to strategic partnerships and M&A
- Represent InPost in the engineering community through conferences, publications, and industry initiatives
- Work with technical and business stakeholders to connect architectural direction with product needs
- Help define long-term technology direction and solve complex technical problems across multiple teams and domains
- Support customer-facing products across multiple markets
- Help move away from legacy solutions while maintaining product delivery and software quality
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems
- 3+ years of technical impact beyond a single team, in a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect or equivalent role
- Experience making architectural decisions with long-term impact across multiple teams
- Strong engineering background and ability to engage in detailed technical discussions
- Experience building customer-facing products and influencing their technical and product direction
- Experience establishing engineering standards and mentoring senior engineers
- Proficiency in leveraging AI tools and large language models, such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude
- Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs and apply them responsibly within professional workflows
- Experience working with public cloud and cloud-native architectures
- Strong knowledge of scalability, reliability, observability, APIs, and system integration
- Ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams and C-level stakeholders
- Professional proficiency in English at C1 level
- Java is the preferred backend technology, though candidates from other backend ecosystems are considered
- Experience with mobile and web applications is valuable
- The role is open to candidates in Warsaw, Cracow, or remotely in Poland
Benefits:
- Opportunity to work in a diverse, international, and cross-functional environment
- Work and learn from a senior leader and their leadership team
- Expanding experience and exposure in the e-commerce and logistics industries
- Training opportunities for professional development
- Excellent working environment
- Flexible hours
- Fulfilling careers with a range of benefits
- B2B type of contract











