Senior Engineering Manager - Shipping Services (m/f/n)

What You'll Do • Manage delivery across multiple engineering teams or an entire domain, defining delivery standards and ensuring consistency, quality, and velocity across teams. • Report to C-level stakeholders on progress, risks, and business impact, translating engineering outcomes into business language and strategic recommendations. • Own domain-level SDLC governance: align standards across teams while enabling each team to own its practices, eliminate systemic organizational blockers, and define domain-level OKRs, KPIs, and SLAs. • Define architecture and technical standards for the domain (or the wider tech organization), collaborating closely with Staff Software Engineers on key architectural decisions. • Own platform and infrastructure strategy for the domain, driving technical consistency across teams and reduction of technical debt. • Define the domain's AI adoption strategy, represent the domain in the AI Steering Committee/AI Hub, measure AI ROI, and help shape the organization's AI Playbook. • Coach and develop Engineering Managers, build a talent pipeline across all levels (including Staff Engineers and future EMs), and design career paths and development programs. • Build a high-performance, inclusive engineering culture, escalating difficult personnel situations appropriately to HR and senior leadership. • Shape recruitment and process standards, actively attract talent through employer branding and professional networks, and manage the domain's organizational structure (team sizing, roles, dependencies). • Communicate strategy and progress to C-level, manage cross-domain dependencies, and build relationships with key business stakeholders; represent InPost Tech externally (conferences, partnerships). • Build a feedback and learning culture through systematic mechanisms (360°, pulse surveys, retrospectives) and translate feedback into domain-level action plans. • Sponsor and lead cross-team/cross-domain initiatives (architectural reviews, workshops), and actively participate in — or lead — communities of practice. • Shape innovation direction for the domain, manage a portfolio of innovation initiatives (AI, new platforms, experimentation), and contribute to Group-level technology strategy. Experience • 10+ years of overall experience in Software Development / Engineering Leadership. You'll be leading experienced Engineering Managers, so this seniority is essential. • Proven experience managing managers (manager-of-managers model) - must have led at least 2 or more teams through other Engineering Managers, not just individual contributors. • Hands-on background as a software engineer earlier in your career (even if it was several years ago). Knowledge & Skills • Proven experience managing Engineering Managers, with a deep understanding of domain-level delivery, SDLC standards, and technical architecture principles. • Hands-on technical background in Java and Spring Boot is required , along with solid exposure to backend databases - this is the core stack used across the domain's engineering teams. • Experience with cloud platforms - Google Cloud strongly preferred; AWS or Azure exposure is also valued. • Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns (microservices, event-driven, API-first). • Experience with OKR/KPI frameworks and domain-level metrics. • Demonstrated impact of AI adoption on engineering velocity and product quality. • Proficiency in Agile, SAFe, or equivalent scaled delivery frameworks. • Advanced proficiency in both Polish and English (written and spoken), enabling effective communication with local and international stakeholders. Core Competencies • Ability to communicate technical strategy to C-level and board-level stakeholders. • Expertise in people development - career paths, performance management, and succession planning. • Strong understanding of AI adoption frameworks, AI governance, and data security. • Proven track record of building high-performing, inclusive engineering cultures. Leadership & Organizational Skills • Strategic thinking and long-term planning. • Conflict resolution and organizational influence. • Executive-level communication and stakeholder management. • Employer branding and talent acquisition at domain level. • Exceptional leadership and mentoring skills, strategic thinking, strong executive communication and influencing capabilities, resilience, empathy, adaptability, clear communication, initiative, organizational agility, and a strong drive for building inclusive, high-performance engineering cultures. Nice to have • Background in e-commerce or logistics - not required, but it will help you ramp up on the domain faster. • Experience at a product-based company • Experience with P&L ownership and budget management. • Knowledge of AI/ML platforms and emerging technology trends. • Experience in board or executive advisory roles. • Experience representing a technology organization externally (partnerships, industry forums); published thought leadership or conference speaking experience. Why Join InPost?  • Opportunity to work in a  diverse ,  international , and  cross-functional environment,  along with leading  experts .  • You work and learn from a senior leader and their leadership team, expanding your experience and exposure in the e-commerce and logistics industries.  •  InPost is a growing company that offers its people an increasing number of opportunities in several locations in Europe.  • Fulfilling careers with a  range of benefits  for people and investing in providing  training opportunities  for their development.  • You will feel a part of the InPost community that makes an impact on sustainability, convenient deliveries, and the circular economy every day.  • Excellent working environment and flexible hours • We offer B2B type of contract