Technology Lead / Engineering Lead

At Digital Forms we help mid‑sized service businesses go through digital transformation — part consulting, part building the software ourselves. This time we’re hiring a Technology Lead for a US‑based company running a proprietary, AI‑integrated SaaS platform in a regulated, healthcare‑adjacent industry. The platform is built on a modern AWS serverless stack, and its AI/LLM features aren’t a roadmap slide — LLM‑based document classification and retrieval‑augmented generation for decision support are already live in production. The company is in the middle of an interesting shift: from a services business to a product/platform company, and it’s scaling its Poland‑based engineering organisation to match. That’s where you come in. It’s a newly created role — the first dedicated technical leadership hire embedded with the Polish team: 15 engineers across backend, frontend, AI/ML and data squads, plus QA, DevOps and design. You’ll report to the company’s part‑time/fractional CIO, who currently coordinates delivery directly, take over day‑to‑day technical ownership of the team, and become the primary technical point of contact for senior client stakeholders. What you’ll own Day‑to‑day technical leadership across multiple engineering squads (backend, frontend, AI/ML, data) plus QA and DevOps Engineering quality, code review standards, and technical debt management on a modern AWS serverless stack (Lambda, Python/FastAPI, Angular/TypeScript) Architectural coherence across squads, flagging strategic changes to the CIO Sprint‑level delivery planning, estimation, and cross‑squad dependency management Being the primary technical contact for senior client stakeholders — translating delivery status and technical risk into business terms Supporting hiring and technical growth of the team as it scales over the next 12–18 months Requirements Hard skills 10+ years in software engineering, including 4+ years in a technical leadership role (Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar) across multiple teams Experience leading distributed or offshore engineering teams, ideally in a client‑facing or vendor‑delivery context Full‑stack fluency; hands‑on experience with AWS serverless architectures, Python, and modern frontend frameworks (Angular or similar) strongly preferred Soft skills & logistics Comfortable being the technical face of a team to senior, non‑technical stakeholders Fluent professional English Based in or near Poland, with reasonable overlap with US business hours Nice to have Exposure to AI/LLM‑integrated features (document processing, RAG pipelines, or similar) Experience in a regulated industry (healthcare, fintech, or government‑adjacent) What we offer Up to 180 PLN/h net (B2B, VAT invoice) Remote/hybrid from Poland, full‑time, permanent Work with AI/LLM features already live in production (LLM‑based document classification, RAG for decision support) Growth path toward a senior/VP‑level engineering leadership position within 12–24 months #J-18808-Ljbffr Digital Forms