Senior Engineering Manager at Spoton

About SpotOn We’re not just building restaurant tech, we’re giving independent restaurants the tools to compete and win. From our award-winning point-of-sale to AI-powered profit tools, everything we do helps operators boost profit, work smarter, and keep their best people. And every solution is backed by real humans who actually give a sh*t about helping restaurants succeed. - Named the #1 Restaurant POS by G2 (Fall 2025), based on ratings from real users - Rated the top-rated point-of-sale (POS) for restaurants, bars, retail, and small businesses by Capterra users - Awarded Great Places to Work and Built In’s Best Workplaces for multiple years running We move fast, care hard, and fight for independent restaurant operators to do what they love, and love doing it. If you’re looking to make an impact with heart and hustle, SpotOn is the place for you. We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Merchant Dashboard team at SpotOn. This is a critical, merchant-facing platform that powers the day-to-day experience for SpotOn’s restaurant and small business customers. You will own the technical direction and people leadership for the team building and evolving our dashboard product. You will directly manage 5 engineers and an Engineering Manager who leads our 3-person Growth team - giving you a total org of 9 engineers across two teams. This role requires someone who is equal parts technical leader, people manager, and organizational communicator. On a daily basis you will: - Leadership & People Management - Directly manage 5 engineers and 1 Engineering Manager (Growth team, 3 engineers) - Coach, mentor, and grow engineers across a range of seniority levels - Own hiring, performance management, career development, and team health - Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement. - Technical Direction - Guide the technical strategy for a micro frontend (MFE) architecture built on single-spa, React, TypeScript, and Vite - Oversee a Python/Django backend serving the merchant dashboard, backed by Post greSQL - Drive architectural decisions across multiple repositories and services, including shared component libraries, navigation, permissions, and the core frontend application - Be hands-on enough to review architecture proposals, unblock engineers, and make informed build-vs-buy decisions - Champion engineering best practices: testing (Vitest, Playwright E2E, BDD), CI/CD, code quality, and observability. - Stakeholder Management & Communication - Partner with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders to align on roadmap priorities and trade offs - Clearly communicate team progress, risks, and technical decisions to lead ership and the broader organization - Translate business goals into actionable engineering plans and ensure the team delivers predictably - Represent the Mer chant Dashboard team in planning cycles, reviews, and cross-team coordination. - Execution & Organization - Drive planning, prioritization, and delivery across both teams - Maintain high organizational rigor — clear build cycle goals, well-groomed backlogs, and transparent status reporting - Identify and mitigate risks early; remove blockers for the team - Balance technical debt reduction with feature delivery. What skill are we looking for? - 3+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers or tech leads - Strong technical background in modern web development (React, TypeScript, Python). - Experience with micro frontend architectures or large-scale frontend platform teams. - Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders and communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences. - Track record of building, retaining, and developing high-performing engineering teams. - Highly organized - you bring structure to ambiguity and keep teams focused on what matters. - Experience with agen-tic software development patterns - expertise with spec-driven development and AI-driven workflows to accelerate product delivery, and the ability to drive adoption of these practices across your teams. Perfect candidate also has: - Experience with single-spa or similar MFE frameworks. - Familiarity with Django and PostgreSQL - Experience with Vite, Vitest, and Playwright for build/test tooling. - Background in merchant-facing or SaaS platform products. - Experience managing distributed or hybrid teams. - Familiarity with i18n/localization in web applications. Tech Stack: - Frontend React 17+, TypeScript, single-spa (micro frontends), Vite, SCSS. - Shared Libraries @spotoninc/nexus-react (design system), shared MFE component library, import maps. - Backend Python, Django, PostgreSQL, PL/pgSQL Testing Vitest, Playwright (E2E + BDD via bddgen), Testing Library. - Tooling ESLint, Prettier, Husky, Stylelint Infrastructure Docker, GitHub Actions (CI), GitHub Packages (npm registry). - Other i18next (internationalization), TanStack React Query, Axios. Here’s a bit about what we have to offer: - Competitive salary. - Training budget 3500 PLN gross per year. - Access to e-learning platforms (O’Reilly). - Fully paid private healthcare in LuxMed. - Access to the Worksmile platform with a monthly top-up. - Subsidized access to breakfast and lunch through the vending machine in Kraków office, and lunches in Gdańsk office once a week. - Group English classes with a native speaker. - New Macbook Pro, 4K monitors or whatever tools you need. - Flexible working hours. - New, modern, bright and comfortable office space in the city centre. - Access to the company’s library. - Great working atmosphere. - Chill out room with a PlayStation and games. - Free snacks and beverages in a kitchen. - Company parties and social activities. - Employee referral program. - Relocation Package within Poland. - Parking space in the underground garage. 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