IT Team Lead (Technical Background)

Quick Facts

• Role: IT Team Leader (technical background)

• Team size: ~20 specialists

• Time split: 60–70% team development and leadership; 30–40% technical support

• Work style: Hybrid; at least 2 days/week in the Gdańsk office

Description

You will lead an IT team by combining people leadership with technical partnership, supporting product and technology goals. The role focuses on enabling sprint and Program Increment delivery in a Scrum/SAFe Agile environment while ensuring solution quality and removing technical impediments. You will also develop the team through mentoring, coaching, and regular 1:1 meetings.

Responsibilities

• Support the team in delivering sprint goals and Program Increments in Scrum/SAFe

• Develop team members via 1:1 meetings, mentoring, coaching, and constructive feedback

• Ensure solution quality and remove technical blockers

• Help address interpersonal and technical challenges

• Collaborate with Team Leaders, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and stakeholders in an international environment

• Co-create career development paths, run periodic assessments, and support promotions

• Build engagement and a positive atmosphere through open communication and collaboration

• Participate in recruitment processes and onboarding

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years in a Team Leader role managing 10+ specialists

• Minimum 5 years hands-on technical experience in backend, frontend, DevOps, or related areas

• Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle and system architecture

• Practical Agile experience with Scrum and SAFe

• Excellent interpersonal skills: communication, empathy, trust-building, motivating the team

• Comfort working in English and experience collaborating internationally

• Experience developing team capabilities through knowledge sharing and mentoring

• Experience conducting performance reviews, giving feedback, and planning career paths

• Conflict resolution skills and ability to respond effectively to organizational challenges

• Proactive, responsible, collaboration-oriented mindset

• Hybrid availability with at least 2 days/week in the Gdańsk office

Benefits

• Co-create digital products used by millions of passengers

• Impact on technology and product direction

• International, innovation- and collaboration-oriented environment

• Further development in leadership and technical competencies

• Collaboration with experienced IT experts

• Salary: 15,000–25,000 PLN gross monthly

• Hybrid model (minimum 2 days/week in Gdańsk)

• Flexible working hours (start day between 7:00 and 11:00)

• Lufthansa Group benefits package

• Private medical care for employee and family

• Life insurance

• Multisport card co-financing and support for sports activities

• Modern office in Gdańsk Oliwa