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We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.\nLocation: Kraków\nHybrid model: 3 days per week in the office /2 days for a parent of a child up to 4 years old\nAbout the team:\nPlatform Engineering Technical Manager is one of the most critical foundational hires on our team. You'll own the non-AI core of the platform - the workflow orchestration engine, data processing layer, API services, and the infrastructure that makes everything reliable at scale. You'll lead and grow the platform engineering team, set technical standards, and define the architecture that underpins how financial services firms create and execute their data integrations and transformations.\nThis is a player-coach role. In the near term you'll be deeply hands-on - making architecture decisions, writing code, and establishing the patterns the team will build on. As the team grows, your focus shifts increasingly to technical leadership, and cross-functional alignment with AI Engineering, Design, and Product.\nThe platform you build is what makes our product trustworthy to enterprise financial services customers. 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You can get support for topics including family, marriage and relationships, finances, and legal issues.\nProfessional trainings and qualification support\nWellbeing Program\nOnline Social Fund benefit platform\nSocial, sport and integration events\nOnboarding Program for new hires\nWe value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.\nAbout BBH:\nBrown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.\nWe believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development-so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice-creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another.\nWe believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often-pushing the boundaries of innovation. 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