Squad Tech Lead - Design System & Mobile Platform

Schwarz Digits; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Schwarz Digits creates the technological foundation for digital sovereignty in Europe as the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group. We develop and manage IT infrastructures for Lidl and Kaufland, plus Schwarz Production and PreZero, serving customers across Europe.

Join us to work at the intersection of agility and security with fast decision-making and creative freedom. You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, drive delivery while managing technical debt, and ensure

Qualifications

• 3+ years directly managing software engineering teams and guiding growth.
• Proven ability to balance business needs, technical debt, and trade-offs.
• Experience across frontend and mobile technologies to guide discussions.
• Strong release management and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own and make critical technical decisions for a cross-platform design system.
• Lead, coach, and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Drive squad velocity, monitor sprint KPIs, balancing feature delivery with debt.
• Embed web and mobile accessibility standards into core component design.
• Oversee mobile release lifecycles, store submissions, and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

People Leadership

Technical Decision-Making

Technical Breadth

Release Management

Accessibility (A11y)

Tools

React

React Native

Swift

Kotlin

CI/CD (Fastlane)

Job description

Schwarz Digits creates the technological foundation for digital sovereignty in Europe. As the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group, we develop and manage the IT infrastructures for the retail divisions Lidl and Kaufland, as well as Schwarz Production and PreZero. At the same time, we operate as an independent provider in the external market to support companies across Europe in their digital transformation. We bundle our core services in the areas of Cloud, Cyber Security, Data & AI, Communication, and Workspace. Join us and contribute to digital sovereignty in Europe. With us, you will work at the intersection of agility and security: You will benefit from fast decision-making processes, enjoy genuine creative freedom in your projects, and be able to build upon the stable foundation of the Schwarz Group. Your profile:

• Technical Leadership and decision making: Own and take critical technical decisions for our cross-platform design system while constructively challenging assumptions to help the team evaluate tradeoffs, balance technical debt, and optimize User and Developer Experience.
• People Management: Manage, coach, and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team through regular feedback, 1-on-1s, and clear career development plans.
• Delivery Management: Drive squad velocity, monitor sprint KPIs, and balance feature delivery with technical debt alongside the Product Owner.
• Accessibility (A11y): Embed web and native accessibility standards (WCAG, native iOS/Android frameworks) directly into core component design.
• App Release Management: Oversee mobile release lifecycles, store submissions, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Fastlane) to ensure predictable, low-risk deployments.

Your skills:

• People Leadership: 3+ years directly managing software engineering teams and guiding individual growth.Ability to foster cooperation, motivate team members, ask probing questions, and lead through influence.
• Technical Decision-Making: Proven capability to make sound technical decisions in complex environments, balancing business needs, technical debt, and trade-offs where no single clear solution exists.
• Technical Breadth: Experience across frontend and mobile technologies (React, React Native, Swift/iOS, Kotlin/Android) to guide technical discussions..
• Release Management: Clear understanding of mobile or complex software lifecycles, release automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Nice to Have:
• Practical experience with web and mobile accessibility standards (WCAG, VoiceOver, TalkBack).
• Experience building or maintaining design system component libraries.
• Experience managing technical dependencies in complex, multi-team organizations.

• Reference no. 48315 Stiftsbergstraße 1
• 74172 Neckarsulm, Germany