Lead Software Engineer (Java)

About GPC Global Technology Center

Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company (GPC) is a leading global service organization specializing in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. GPC's commitment to innovation and technology is evident in the GPC Global Technology Center in Krakow, established in 2022. This center serves as a hub for research and development, supporting GPC's digital transformation efforts. The center's team of highly skilled IT engineers focuses on developing advanced technologies and solutions that enhance GPC's operations and growth. Their work spans across various areas, including e-commerce and data platforms, supply chain solutions, selling systems, and cyber security. Learn more at genpt.com.

Position Purpose

Working with a highly talented team, you'll play a key role in building and running one of the world’s largest automotive and industrial replacement parts operations. This is an engineering hands-on role with responsibility for enabling system integration,development and execution across GPCs platforms.

This individual must be a technologist & engineer at heart and be comfortable in enabling new technology and being hands-on with the execution of the strategy. She/he must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrate the focus on customer experience, and must have a proven track record of modernizing technologies.

Close collaboration and alignment with business teams, application development teams, and security will be required. As such, exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy will be required. High-level communication and presentation skills are required.
Responsibilities

Architecture Choices:

• Takes a leading role in defining and implementing architectural solutions in alignment with the company’s technical strategy.

• Collaborates with the Engineering Manager for strategic alignment and final approval on major architectural decisions.

• Hands-on the code - 50% of coding activities
   

Code Review:

• Conducts thorough code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices across the team.

• Focuses on promoting technical quality and performance
   

Technical Debt Management:

• Identifies and prioritizes technical debt in collaboration with the Engineering Manager.

• Proactively works to minimize technical debt, balancing between short-term needs and long-term scalability.
   

Mentorship:

• Provides technical feedback to other engineers, acting as a mentor to foster a culture of technical growth and continuous improvement.
   

Point of Contact for Technical Aspects:

• Serves as the primary point of contact for technical questions, concerns, and decision-making within the team.

• Oversees technical quality and solutions, align with the Engineering Manager, who ensures strategic alignment with broader business goals.
   

Technical Roadmap Collaboration:

• Works closely with the Engineering Manager to align on the technical roadmap, providing technical insights and feasibility assessments.

• Provides support and technical input for the roadmap, collaborate with the Engineering Manager and Product Manager to align it with business objectives and strategic priorities.
   

Technical Analysis for Features:

• Analyzes new features from a technical perspective, breaking down requirements into tasks and assessing feasibility.

• Focuses on technical feasibility and task creation, align with the Engineering Manager to set them properly with the long-term product and business goals.
   

Task Creation and Delegation:

• Translates feature requirements into actionable technical tasks

• Supports the technical execution of tasks
   

Product Roadmap and Estimations:

• Collaborates with the Product Manager and Engineering Manager on high-level estimations, providing technical insights for accurate planning.

• Focuses on the technical side of product planning, ensuring that estimates are realistic; collaborate with Engineering Manager to ensure that the estimates are well defined
   

Ensuring Smooth Solution Delivery:

• Works with the Product Manager and Engineering Manager to ensure timely and smooth delivery of technical solutions.

• Acts as a technical enabler for efficient solution delivery
   

Deputy to Engineering Manager (as required):

• Can act as the Engineering Manager’s deputy on technical matters, especially when decisions need to be made swiftly.

• Manages day-to-day technical tasks but does not handle responsibilities such as performance reviews, career development, strategic and team direction which remains with the Engineering Manager.

Requirements - technologies:

• Java 8+

• Spring, SpringBoot,

• JUnit, AssertJ, RestAssured,

• Docker,

• Gradle,

• GCP (preferably), or AWS

• SQL, GBQ

• GitHub actions
   

Qualifications:

• Polish speaker

• 8+ years of experience of software engineering
   

Location

Krakow/Hybrid

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