DevOps Team Leader

Summary

Join Tylko's Platform Team as an experienced DevOps Team Leader. You will set the technical direction for DevOps, lead and mentor a team of engineers, and collaborate with engineering teams to create impactful solutions. Responsibilities include managing the DevOps budget, improving system resilience and performance, and taking ownership of internal platforms and tooling. You will proactively identify areas for improvement in the software delivery lifecycle and act as a technical advisor. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of DevOps experience, proven team leadership skills, and a deep understanding of cloud platforms and container orchestration. Excellent communication skills and fluency in Polish and English are essential.

Requirements

• Min. 5 years of experience in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering roles
• Proven experience leading technical teams , ideally in a growing or scaling environment
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (preferably GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, etc.)
• Strong background in infrastructure-as-code (i.e. Terraform), CI/CD (TeamCity, GitHub Actions), and observability (DataDog, Grafana, LGTM)
• Experience working with engineering teams across the full development lifecycle
• Excellent communication skills – you can explain complex ideas in simple terms and make a strong case for technical decisions
• Fluent Polish and good command of English

Responsibilities

• Setting the technical direction for DevOps in the organization
• Leading and growing a team of DevOps engineers – setting goals, mentoring, and removing blockers
• Partnering with engineering teams to identify pain points and deliver high-impact solutions that make their lives easier
• Managing the DevOps budget – ensuring we invest wisely and with impact
• Improving resilience, observability, and performance across environments
• Take ownership of the direction of internal platforms and tooling
• Be hands-on when needed – whether it’s troubleshooting an incident, designing an architecture, or improving a CI/CD pipeline
• Proactively seek ways to reduce friction in the software delivery lifecycle
• Bring clarity and focus to complex technical and organizational challenges
• Keep an eye on cost and sustainability while scaling systems and solutions
• Act as a technical advisor in cross-team projects and architectural decisions
• Define SLOs for at least three critical processes , establishing baselines for performance and reliability
• Identify quick wins to shorten deployment times and reduce developer friction
• Audit cloud infrastructure spending and suggest cost optimization opportunities
• Start tracking and analyzing key DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate)
• Shape and communicate a clear, forward-looking vision for the DevOps function
• Take full ownership of the DevOps stack – from infrastructure to tooling to security
• Implement structural improvements that streamline the developer experience and delivery pipeline
• Build alignment with engineering teams around shared standards and practices
• Reshape the team’s direction and ways of working to support both scale and innovation
• Establish the Platform team as a trusted, strategic partner across the company

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing budgets or cost optimization in cloud environments
• Knowledge of security standards and DevSecOps practices
• Familiarity with platform product thinking and treating internal tools like products
• Previous involvement in company-wide infrastructure or DevOps transformations

Benefits

• One bonus day off every month
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Multisport
• A discount on all Tylko products
• And of course, a dog-friendly office!