Location
Hallerstraße 59
74189 Weinsberg
74189 Weinsberg
Engineering Lead - Supply Chain Management Application (m/f/d)
Employment Area
IT - DevelopmentLevel
Experienced professionalsWorking Model
Full-timeReference ID
46427
Schwarz IT takes care of the entire digital infrastructure and all software solutions of the companies of Schwarz Group. As a result, it is responsible for the selection, provision, operation and continuing development of IT infrastructure, IT platforms and business applications. In order to provide IT solutions that optimally support the departments’ business processes, Schwarz IT addresses the departments’ requirements in consultations and works with them to develop professional and effective IT solutions.
Your Tasks
- As an Engineering Lead, you will play a central role in shaping the technical direction and operational excellence of our supply chain automation platform.
- Taking full ownership of the architecture, quality, and scalability of a key system that drives automated replenishment and logistics for one of Europe’s largest retail groups.
- Leading a cross-functional, agile development team—providing technical direction, coaching developers, and ensuring efficient collaboration across domains.
- Driving technical and architectural decisions based on solid engineering principles, data insights, and a deep understanding of business requirements.
- Acting as a sparring partner for product management and business stakeholders. Translating complex needs into technically feasible and strategically aligned solutions.
- Challenging existing processes and proactively driving improvements in our development, deployment, and operational workflows.
- Identifying and introducing new technologies, patterns, and practices that help us stay ahead in a high-load, data-intensive environment.
- Representing the team in cross-departmental coordination, ensuring smooth collaboration with platform, infrastructure, and data teams.
- Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and open feedback within your team and the wider developer community.
Your Profile
- You bring extensive experience (5+ years) in software engineering and proven leadership skills—ideally having led technical teams or held a senior architectural role.
- You are fluent in Kotlin or Java for backend development and bring strong experience in modern frontend frameworks such as Vue or React.
- You have solid knowledge of cloud-native architectures, container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code.
- You’re proficient with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and ideally understand data-driven architectures.
- You follow strong engineering practices: automated testing, clean code, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and performance monitoring are a given for you.
- Having a strong understanding of software architecture patterns, security best practices, and data-driven system design is a plus.
- You are proficient in English and are open to learning German if not already familiar.
- You hold a university degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience in complex software environments.
- You are passionate about mentoring, creating high-performing teams, and driving innovation with purpose and pragmatism.
Our benefits
What happens once you applied?
1
Application
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2
Checkup
Together with the department, we take a look at your documents.
3
Interview
When you first get to know each other, the focus is on both your personality and your professional suitability.
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Contract offer
Have we convinced each other? Then your employment contract is on its way to you digitally by e-mail.
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5
Welcome
Your first day of work with is about to begin and your individual onboarding in the team begins. We look forward to seeing you!