At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.
Location: Kraków
Hybrid model 3 days per week in the office /2 days for a parent of a child up to 4 years old
We are looking for a Technical Team Leader to join our FX Systems team in Kraków. In this role you will act as a hands-on Tech Leader to drive the architecture, design decisions and development for BBH Foreign Exchange products. FX Systems team supports trading platforms and tools for Foreign Exchange department in Brown Brothers Harriman. BBH’s currency traders located in several locations around the world (New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo) use applications that are designed and developed by FX Systems team in Kraków and New York. In addition to trading execution, FX Systems is responsible for multiple FX transaction workflows related to routing, aggregation, and netting.
Some of your key responsibilities include:
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Providing technical leadership by acting as a hands-on Tech Lead to drive the architecture and design decisions. In collaboration with other functional and engineering leads you will be responsible for creating and evolving technical engineering strategy for Foreign Exchange Systems.
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Leading a distributed team of engineers and ensuring they adhere to project goals and timelines. Providing technical expertise, mentorship, and oversight to ensure efficient and effective project execution.
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Working with leadership, product management and platform teams across our business unit to ensure business requirements are met effectively accounting for scalability, testability, security, resiliency
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Driving for Automation, challenge the status quo and drive automation of manual processes. Inspire teams to embrace this philosophy.
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Conducting technical research and providing recommendations. Defining the technology stack for the department and making sure it’s up to date with the latest industry standards.
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Using your technical experience and leadership skills (e.g., through mentoring and coaching) to participate in growth of engineers of the broader FX Systems team.
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Providing technical supervision over projects, performing code and design reviews, and defining software development standards for the team.
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Identify issues, risks, and improvement opportunities. Help addressing process and technical issues to make sure SDLC process is efficient.
**What we offer: **
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To encourage cultural awareness and philanthropy, BBHers have 1 Culture Celebration Day and 1 Community Service Day in addition to their paid standard vacation allowance
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Task based working system
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Private medical care
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Life Insurance
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Employee Assistance Program - offering independent and confidential counselling services for you and your family. You can get support for topics including family, marriage and relationships, finances, and legal issues.
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Professional trainings and qualification support
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Wellbeing Program
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Online Social Fund benefit platform
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Social, sport and integration events
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Onboarding Program for new hires
**Some of your key responsibilities include: **
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Minimum of 3 years on a technology lead position, being responsible for the system design and architecture.
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Minimum 3 years of leadership experience (leading remote/distributed teams, mentoring, coaching).
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Minimum of 8 years of professional experience as a software engineer in a full-stack capacity.
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Proven track record in designing large scale distributed systems with Java technologies.
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Strong technology background, hands-on experience in development of Systems based on Java.
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Experience in building CI/CD pipelines and automation of the overall SDLC process.
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In-depth Understanding of various Databases and popular Web frameworks.
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Excellent knowledge of communication and integrations patterns & tools (JMS, Rest API, Kafka).
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Fluent with Agile operating models.
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Excellent communication skills, fluent English.
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Experience with microservice architecture.
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Familiar with cloud technologies, knowledge of OpenShift (Docker, Kubernetes).
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Strong problem-solving skills.
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BS degree in Technology and/or equivalent work experience.
We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.
About BBH:
Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.
We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice—creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another.
We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often—pushing the boundaries of innovation. As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.
Go to BBH.com to learn more about our rewards and benefits , philanthropy , approach to sustainability or how we support you to thrive personally, physically and financially .