6 months ago
Prague, CzechiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own the long-term technical vision, architecture, and strategic direction of a core domain.
- Lead cross-team design discussions, architectural reviews, and major technical initiatives.
- Partner with Engineering Managers, Product Engineers, and Product Owners to translate business goals into technical strategy.
- Drive standards for security, scalability, and performance.
- Champion agentic-first development, automation, and AI-enabled engineering workflows.
- Mentor engineers through pairing, design reviews, and technical guidance.
- Unblock multiple engineering teams and establish technical standards.
- Contribute to group-wide engineering strategy, technology selection, and platform direction.
- Act as the escalation point for the most complex technical decisions in the domain.
Requirements
- Experience designing and scaling large, mission-critical systems serving real users at scale.
- Experience making architectural decisions with long-term impact and articulating technical trade-offs.
- Ability to align senior engineers around complex technical decisions without formal authority.
- Deep expertise in a specific technical domain such as payments, logistics, customer experience, or AI/ML.
- Experience shaping the direction of a technical domain.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and improving their problem-solving approach.
- Strong interest in using AI to transform engineering workflows.
- Proficiency in Java and React.
- Preferred: open-source contributions or technical conference presentations.
- Preferred: familiarity with multiple programming paradigms and technology stacks.
- Preferred: exposure to cross-regional or multi-country technology operations.
Benefits
- Strong fixed salary with no bonus-based compensation structure stated.
- Free lunch every day and fresh fruit and vegetables in the office.
- Hybrid work with three days in the office and two days at the home office.
- Unlimited paid vacation based on trust.
- Free Xtra membership and 10% cashback on purchases at Rohlik.cz.
- Company sports challenges or a subsidized Multisport card.
- Peer credits usable in the internal cafeteria.
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About Rohlik
Rohlik.cz is an online supermarket for consumers in the Czech Republic, selling groceries and household goods via web and mobile apps with rapid delivery. The company operates its own fulfillment centers and delivery fleet to serve Prague and Brno, and is part of a group expanding into Hungary. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Prague–Karlín, it was started by entrepreneur Tomáš Čupr.