Staff Software Engineer

Our client helps small teams power big businesses with the must-have platform for intelligent marketing automation. Customers from over 170 countries depend on the Clients mix of pre-built automation and integration to power personalized marketing transactional emails and one-to-one CRM interactions throughout the customer lifecycle.

Were looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our clients growing engineering organization and help shape the future of a large-scale SaaS platform undergoing a major AI-first transformation.

This is a highly impactful role focused on technical leadership architecture and cross-team collaboration. As a Staff Engineer youll work across multiple engineering teams helping solve complex technical challenges drive architectural decisions and accelerate the adoption of AI-powered solutions and agentic workflows across the platform.

Rather than being tied to a single product area youll operate at a broader organizational level partnering closely with Engineering Product Design and AI teams to improve scalability performance and engineering excellence. Youll also play a key role in mentoring senior and lead engineers helping raise the technical bar across the organization.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys tackling complex system-level challenges influencing technical strategy and driving impact through architecture mentorship and technical leadership rather than people management.

Key takeaways:

Stack: Python/PHP AWS React/Ember MySQL Redis DynamoDB CI/CD pipelines observability tooling and AI/LLM-powered services.

Salary: 31 000 - 37 000 PLN gross/month Contract of employment (10% annual bonus 75% Creative Tax)

Working model: Hybrid once a week in the office

Location: Krakow ul. Konopnickiej

Recruitment process:

1. Call with MOTIFE recruiter (30 min)
2. Technical architecture session (15h)
3. Panel (including cross-functional AI-focused High Grader 15h)

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple engineering teams within the Kraków Hub.
• Drive the design and development of AI-powered solutions including agentic workflows LLM integrations and intelligent platform capabilities.
• Solve complex platform scalability and performance challenges across backend systems built with Python and PHP while maintaining awareness of frontend technologies such as React and Ember.
• Partner closely with Engineering Product Design and AI teams to deliver high-impact solutions.
• Contribute to the evolution of cloud-native architecture engineering standards and best practices across AWS-based environments.
• Mentor senior and lead engineers fostering engineering excellence and best practices.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor helping teams make sound architectural decisions while balancing business goals with long-term platform health.

Requirements:

• 8 years of software engineering experience including designing and delivering large-scale SaaS applications and complex distributed systems.
• Strong backend expertise with Python and/or PHP in production systems.
• Solid system design and architecture background with the ability to drive technical decisions solve complex platform-wide challenges and balance short-term delivery with long-term scalability.
• Hands-on experience with AI-powered products LLM integrations agentic workflows or machine learning solutions.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams and drive architectural decisions.
• Experience with AWS CI/CD observability and modern engineering practices.
• Knowledge of databases such as MySQL Redis DynamoDB or similar technologies.
• Experience with React or Ember is considered a plus.
• Background in marketing automation CRM or e-commerce platforms.
• Familiarity with modern AI engineering practices AI development tooling and emerging standards such as MCP is a plus.

What we offer:

Health Benefits

1. Medical

• Full coverage for employees and their dependents through LUX MED. Employees have access to the Premium package providing enhanced coverage and greater access to care.
• A client pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for dependents.

2. Dental

• No additional cost for dental coverage- integrated into LUX MED medical plan.

3. Vision

• Reimbursement for vision expenses up to 400 PLN every 2 years.

Mental Health Tools

• Access to TELUS Health EAP to provide support and resources in a time of need.

Additional Benefits

• 10% annual bonus
• 75% Creative Tax
• Vacation: 26 days.
• Home Office Stipend: One-time $150 equivalent home office stipend to outfit their home office.
• Calm Subscription: Premium subscription access to Calm the #1 app for sleep meditation and relaxation.
• Hub Perks: Receive meal and transportation benefits when traveling to the Poland Hub.
• Baby Swag: If you have a baby or adopt youll receive a company-branded first bath bundle.
• Sabbatical Program: After 5 years of employment receive a month-long paid sabbatical leave with a sabbatical leave bonus.

Required Experience:

Staff IC