Transcend Retail Solutions, a subsidiary of Tesco, was established to become the trusted solutions partner for retailers worldwide. We offer the same cutting-edge technology that powers Tesco’s $8bn online grocery business, tailored to meet the unique needs of our global retail partners. With world-class efficiency and scale, our mission is to help retailers build online businesses that customers, colleagues, and stakeholders truly love.
We operate as a “startup within an enterprise," combining agility, ownership, and innovation with the backing of a global retail leader. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving real business problems, and want to make a tangible impact—this is the role for you.
As a Software Development Manager, you will lead a team of engineers, delivering high-quality software solutions that create measurable business value. You will provide technical leadership, collaborate closely with Product Managers to translate business needs into effective technical solutions, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
You will also work in a customer-facing environment, building strong relationships with partners, understanding their needs, and turning feedback into impactful product and engineering outcomes. This role requires a startup mindset, with the ability to adapt quickly, make pragmatic decisions, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
Building relationships with retail partners may involve occasional travel and flexible working hours to support different time zones.
Tech Stack
- Languages & Frameworks: Java 21+, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs
- Data: Couchbase, PostgreSQL
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Azure
- CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube
- Testing: Selenium
- Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana,
- Version Control: Git + GitHub
This role requires you to be based in or near Kraków, as you will spend 60% (3 days) of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely.
- Up to 20% yearly salary bonus – based on both individual and business performance
- Permanent contract from the go – as a sign of our trust in your abilities
- Tax-deductible expenses (IP)
- Private healthcare (LuxMed)
- Cafeteria & Multisport
- Additional 4 days of paid leave to support your well-being and family life
- Increase in annual leave (from 20 to 25 days) for those not yet eligible for the full holiday entitlement
- Learning opportunities – certified technical training and a learning platform (Udemy)
- Back-to-school day – 1 day off for parents of primary school children
- Fertility leave – up to 2 weeks of paid leave for IVF treatment
- Sports activities with a personal trainer in the office
- Referral bonus
- MacBook as your work tool
If that sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you.
- Collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions
- Designing secure, performant, and maintainable system architectures and APIs
- Guiding the team in writing clean, efficient, and testable code
- Overseeing testing and quality assurance to ensure reliability and performance
- Managing deployments, monitoring system health, and optimizing performance
- Providing production support and participating in on-call rotations
- Conducting regular 1:1s, coaching team members, and supporting career development
- Building high-performing teams that consistently deliver value within tight timeframes
- Representing your team in cross-functional technical discussions
- Defining and prioritizing features for services owned by your team
- Continuously improving engineering practices and team processes
- Acting as a bridge between engineering and external stakeholders, ensuring technical solutions align with customer expectations and business goals
- Proven experience managing software engineering teams (approx. 8 people)
- 6+ years of hands-on software development experience
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban)
- Fluent English with excellent communication skills
- Experience in high-scale environments (e.g., e-commerce, millions of API calls)
- Practical experience with cloud platforms (Azure or similar)
- Strong system design and architecture skills
- Track record of owning projects end-to-end and providing technical leadership
- Experience mentoring and developing engineers
- Proactive, value-driven mindset with strong problem-solving abilities
- Ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable working directly with customers and external partners to understand needs and deliver tailored solutions
- Thrives in a fast-moving, startup-like environment where priorities shift and speed matters
- We develop our own products
- We make an impact; large scale of operation
- Accountability and respect are given to us
- We cooperate and support each other
- There are great colleagues who are divided into small teams here
- We can develop and learn new things