Product Engineer

MOTIFE is a Krakow-based consulting company that helps international enterprises build, grow, and run their IT hubs Poland. Since 2018, we have supported over 50 organizations from Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

We are now looking for a Product Engineer to join us in Krakow and take ownership of a portfolio of internal products in the HR and data analysis space.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys turning promising ideas into reliable tools that people actually use every day. You will work closely with internal teams, understand their needs, and build products that make our work smarter, faster, and more scalable.

Key takeaways:

Stack: TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, cloud PaaS, GitHub - we're open to diverse technologies

Contract: Umowa o Pracę (Employment Contract)

Location: Krakow, Krupnicza 3

Working model: Hybrid - Tuesdays and Thursdays from the office

Recruitment process:

• Technical round (45 - 60 min)
• Interview with the CEO (45 min)
• HR interview (30 min)

Responsibilities:

• Own several internal products in the HR and data analysis space
• Take each product from POC to MVP and beyond, including hardening, testing, deployment, monitoring, and UX improvements
• Work directly with internal stakeholders to understand needs, gather feedback, and make practical product decisions
• Build new features, integrations, and data sources as the products evolve
• Design and improve data schemas, integrations, and data flows
• Set up and maintain CI/CD, observability, structured logs, error alerting, and performance tracking
• Create technical specs that live in the app repositories
• Use modern AI coding tools productively as part of your daily workflow
• Keep the products maintainable, understandable, and ready for future team members

Requirements:

• Experience taking prototypes or POCs into production-grade systems
• Strong full-stack experience with TypeScript, React, and Node.js or other modern programming "ecosystems"
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, including schema design, JSONB, migrations, indexing strategy, and data integrity
• Experience with cloud PaaS deployments and CI/CD, especially GitHub Actions
• Practical experience with observability: structured logs, performance monitoring, error alerting, and production troubleshooting
• Experience integrating third-party APIs, or other data sources
• Good judgment when making technical decisions, especially around stack choices, refactoring, and maintainability
• Comfort working without a dedicated platform team
• Productive use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar
• A spec-driven mindset: you think, write, clarify, and then code

How we work

At MOTIFE, we value trust, people, passion, and smart ways of working. We like practical solutions, clear ownership, and honest communication.

In this role, that means:

• We are clear about whether we are building a POC, MVP, or production product
• We ship regularly in small, visible iterations
• We diagnose before fixing
• We test at a reasonable level, without overcomplicating things
• We avoid unnecessary processes and over-architecting
• We treat the existing stack as a starting point, not a limitation
• We document what matters so others can understand and build on the work

What success looks like after 90 days

• Two products have moved from POC to MVP
• Internal teams are using the tools instead of spreadsheets or third-party tools
• Monitoring is in place and is being acted on
• The apps are documented in their repositories, making it easier to onboard another engineer

Why join us?

Real ownership from day one

• You will own three internal products and guide them from proof of concept to stable MVPs.

Build tools that matter

• Your work will directly support our recruitment, HR, and data teams in their daily work.

Small, agile, supportive team

• We value trust, independence, clear communication, and practical solutions.

Space to shape the product and tech direction

• You will make important decisions about architecture, stack choices, integrations, and long-term maintainability.

Modern engineering workflow

• We use AI coding tools, CI/CD, cloud deployments, observability, and a pragmatic approach to building software.

What we offer:

• A hybrid working model in Krakow
• A high level of trust and autonomy
• Medicover or LuxMed healthcare package
• MyBenefit Kafeteria (monthly crediting + on special occasions)

Interested? Apply and help us build internal products that make everyday work simpler, smarter, and more effective.