# Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead at HomeToGo

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- **Company:** HomeToGo (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/hometogo)
- **Location:** Poland
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Permanent
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Team Leadership, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Symfony, MariaDB, ElasticSearch, Snowflake, Redis, Aerospike, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, Agile, OKR
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-07-24
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-07-25
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://hometogo.jobs.personio.com/job/2728166 (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/senior-software-engineer-team-lead-hometogo

## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor an engineering team: set priorities, coach engineers, and foster a collaborative culture.
- Define and drive technical strategy and execution for major features and platform improvements.
- Partner with Product, Architects, and stakeholders to shape the roadmap and ensure engineering decisions align with user needs.
- Manage project timelines, resources, and delivery quality while improving product delivery processes.
- Ensure scalability, reliability, and operational excellence for Marketplace services; promote tooling and automation.
- Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools and continuous improvement practices.

Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams.
- Proficiency in at least one modern language (PHP or JS/TS) and experience with relevant frameworks (e.g., Symfony).
- Solid understanding of relational databases (MariaDB, PostgreSQL) and scalable system design.
- Proven communication, prioritization, and stakeholder-management skills; fluent in English.
- Experience with agile processes, KPIs/OKRs, and driving technical decisions in fast-paced environments.

## Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of engineers while driving technical strategies to improve product quality and scalability. Partner with Product teams to shape the roadmap and ensure engineering decisions align with user needs.

## Requirements

Requires 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams and proficiency in PHP or JS/TS. Candidates must be fluent in English and experienced with relational databases and agile methodologies.

## FAQ

- **Is this Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead role still open?** It was posted on 2026-07-24. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check HomeToGo's site before applying.
- **Does HomeToGo offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on HomeToGo's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as Poland. It is marked on-site.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Team Leadership, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Symfony, MariaDB, ElasticSearch, Snowflake, Redis, Aerospike, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, Agile, OKR.

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