[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Sprout Social

Role Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer to the Engineering team located in Kraków.

Why join Sprout’s Engineering team?

• Collaborative cross-functional teams that span front-end, back-end, and site reliability engineering.
• Process tens of billions of requests and asynchronous events daily.
• Ingest billions of social messages every day.
• Ship more than 1,000 production deployments every month.
• Work on a “tech-giant” scale with smaller, supportive teams.
• Diversify your skills by moving teams within the product suite.

What you’ll do:

• Ensure we build, scale, ship, and monitor our platform reliably, leveraging technologies such as Scala, Python, MySQL, Clickhouse, Redis, Kafka, Qdrant, Solr.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements and complete feature work.
• Work to improve the processes, systems, and tools we use to deliver quality products and champion technical initiatives and direction.
• Uphold project quality and planning through meeting deadlines, breaking down work, and ensuring proper testing and monitoring.
• Lift the skills of other engineers through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and providing feedback on PRs and technical designs.

Qualifications

• 4 years experience developing and supporting software in a production environment.
• 3 years experience programming in object-oriented languages such as Scala or other JVM languages.
• 3 years experience with functional programming paradigms and ecosystems (e.g., Scala Cats, ZIO).
• Professional English proficiency in verbal and written communication.
• Based in or near Kraków, with occasional availability to work from the office.

Requirements

• 3 years experience developing and supporting scalable, distributed backend services.
• 3 years experience working with SQL databases and relational databases.
• Professional Polish proficiency in verbal and written communication.

Benefits

• Stock Ownership (RSUs): Eligibility for Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• Generous Paid Time Off: 26 paid days off annually, in addition to bank holidays and extra company-wide "Rest & Recharge" days.
• Paid Parental Leave: 20 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA): An annual $600 USD fund to support personal well-being.
• Remote & Hybrid Work Support: A flexible, remote-first model with a one-time $550 USD home office setup stipend.
• Mental Health & Well-being: Access to dedicated mental health resources and company-wide wellness programs.
• International Travel: Opportunities to travel to our Chicago HQ for team meetups and collaboration.
• Kraków Office Perks: A daily 50 zł lunch stipend when working from the office.