Software Development Team Lead

Quick Facts

• Role: Software Development Team Lead

• Team: Developers, analysts, and testers

Description

You will lead a software engineering team by organizing work, ensuring deadlines and delivery quality, and supporting people through feedback and removal of blockers. The role includes running Agile (Scrum) routines such as sprint planning, daily standups, and sprint reviews/retrospectives, while coordinating with the project architect, business analysts, and the client. You will also manage schedules and team workload in Jira, identify risks early, report progress, participate in UAT, and support onboarding and skills development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers, analysts, and testers (assign tasks and accept deliverables)

• Organize team work in Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum): plan sprints, run daily team meetings, hold summaries and discuss conclusions after each sprint

• Prepare and update schedules and monitor team workload in Jira

• Support team members in resolving work-blocking issues and provide feedback

• Coordinate collaboration with the architect, business analysts, and client representatives

• Ensure software quality and compliance with requirements and the agreed architecture

• Identify project risks early and inform leadership

• Report work progress to project leadership and the client

• Participate in UAT and acceptance of subsequent project stages

• Onboard new people and support competence development

Requirements

Must-have

• At least 5 years of experience as an IT team leader managing a team of at least 5 specialists

• Experience working in software development teams using Agile methodologies

• Experience in a technical role (e.g., developer, analyst, tester)

• Knowledge of MS Office, MS Project, and Jira

• Ability to organize own and team work toward goals, including task assignment/acceptance and day-to-day collaboration

• Communicative, creative, independent, and proactive

• High personal culture, resilience to stress, and high emotional intelligence

• Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changes and continuously develop

Nice-to-have

• Leadership experience in IT projects in healthcare or data warehouse domains

• Agile project management certification (e.g., AgilePM or equivalent)

• Scrum Master certificate (e.g., PSM II or equivalent)

• SQL knowledge certificate (e.g., W3Schools SQL Certificate or equivalent)

Benefits

• Employment contract (umowa o pracę)

• Remote work or office work in Rybnik (ul. Dąbrowskiego 9)

• English lessons with a tutor

• Co-funding for group insurance

• Sport benefit packages