Lead Software Engineer (m/w/d) - C# & Go Transition (m/w/d) in Weinsberg

About Schwarz Digits

Schwarz Digits schafft das technologische Fundament für digitale Entscheidungsfreiheit in Europa. Als IT- und Digitalsparte der Schwarz Gruppe entwickeln und verantworten wir einerseits die IT-Infrastrukturen für die Handelssparten Lidl und Kaufland sowie die Schwarz Produktion und PreZero. Gleichzeitig agieren wir als unabhängiger Anbieter am externen Markt, um Unternehmen in ganz Europa bei ihrer digitalen Transformation zu unterstützen.

Unsere Kernleistungen bündeln wir in den Bereichen Cloud, Cyber Security, Data & AI, Communication und Workspace. Trage auch du zur digitalen Entscheidungsfreiheit in Europa bei. Bei uns arbeitest du an der Schnittstelle zwischen Agilität und Sicherheit: Du profitierst von den schnellen Entscheidungswegen, genießt echte Gestaltungsspielräume in deinen Projekten und baust dabei auf das stabile Fundament der Schwarz Gruppe.

Your Responsibilities

• Technical Ownership: You will take overall technical responsibility for your project and manage the architecture roadmap. You will strategically decide when to pragmatically stick with C# and where a migration to our target architecture in Go (Golang) will deliver real business value.
• Architecture & Quality: You will define and enforce guidelines for scalable software. You will proactively address "Technical Debt" rather than waiting for problems to arise.
• Team Leadership & Management: You will lead a hybrid setup of internal colleagues and external partners. You will act as the technical conscience: You will not simply accept results from external service providers but will critically challenge their code quality and solution approaches (Code Reviews, Architecture Reviews).
• Stakeholder Management: You will translate complex technical necessities into a language that Product Owners and business stakeholders understand. You will manage expectations and steadfastly represent technical decisions.

Your Profile

• Foundation: Extensive experience in software architecture and a deep understanding of the website ecosystem. You have practical experience with Go or a strong architectural understanding of Go's benefits in cloud environments.
• Mindset: You have a strong "hands-on" mentality, coupled with a strategic view for the "Big Picture".
• Assertiveness: You are a strong communicator and assertive. You are not afraid of conflict when it comes to software quality and can engage with external senior developers on an equal footing.
• Leadership: Experience in the functional leadership of heterogeneous teams. You know how to efficiently manage external resources and develop internal talent as a mentor.