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On a daily basis, we process tens of billions of requests and tens of billions of asynchronous events. We also ingest billions of social messages every day, and ship more than 1,000 production deployments every month. You’ll get to work on a “tech-giant” scale with smaller, supportive teams where every engineer has the chance to make an impact on our company, and our customers. The best part? In our industry, you often have to switch jobs or even companies to learn a new part of a tech stack or business. But at Sprout, our product is a suite, so you just need to move teams. You’re able to diversify your skills, which not only benefits your team-but also your career. \nWhat you’ll do\nEnsure service excellence and maintain robust, scalable technical foundations, leveraging technologies such as Java, Python, MySQL, NSQ, Hbase, AWS, and Kubernetes.\nHelp lead the team through complex product and technical roadmaps, guiding them to consistently successful outcomes. \nWork to improve the processes, systems, and tools we use to deliver quality products and champion technical initiatives and direction.\nBuild processes to proactively identify and address technical issues as part of team delivery or escalate larger initiatives for prioritization with team leadership.\nProvide technical mentoring for engineers across the team and facilitate learning through pairing, documentation, and workshops.\nWhat you’ll bring\nWe’re looking for a deeply technical, creative, collaborative, pragmatic, highly motivated, and inquisitive leader to join our team in building great software. 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Use your unique ideas and abilities to change your team in beneficial ways that we haven’t even considered yet.\nOf course, what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.\nOur Benefits Program\nWe’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes:\n Stock Ownership (RSUs): Eligibility for Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)\nGenerous Paid Time Off: 26 paid days off annually, in addition to bank holidays and extra company-wide \"Rest & Recharge\" days.\nPaid Parental Leave: We support all growing families with 20 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 16 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.\n Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA): An annual $600 USD fund to support your personal well-being. This can be used for gym memberships, health expenses, hobbies, or other wellness needs.\nRemote & Hybrid Work Support: A flexible, remote-first model supported by a one-time $550 USD home office setup stipend and a monthly internet reimbursement.\nMental Health & Well-being: Access to dedicated mental health resources and company-wide wellness programs.\nInternational Travel: Opportunities to travel to our Chicago HQ for team meetups and collaboration.\nKraków Office Perks: A daily 50 zł lunch stipend when you choose to work from our office.\n*This list is for informational purposes only. Benefit offerings are discretionary and subject to change and do not constitute a contract or guarantee of benefits.\n\n Our salary ranges reflect the expected earning potential for this role. Individual pay is based on geographic zone, relevant experience, and skills.\nOur current hiring range for this role: 29,500 PLN - 36,800 PLN Net monthly. Offers are made within this range, with opportunities to grow within the broader band based on performance and impact.\nWe share both our current hiring range and our broader geographic salary bands to provide transparency into our compensation philosophy. This ensures you understand not only your starting potential but also the long-term growth opportunities available as you progress in your role.\nThe full base pay range for this role is 29,500 PLN - 44,200 PLN monthly.\nThese ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable, consistent, and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually, identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed.\nWhenever possible, we want to provide team members the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. 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