Team Lead Tech

IN SHORT

We're looking for a hands-on, experienced Team Lead Tech to guide and mentor a team of developers while actively contributing to the technical design and implementation of our products. You will act as the bridge between the technical team and product stakeholders, ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions.

Our software ecosystem spans internal operational tools like our Warehouse App, Pick-by-Light System, Inventory Management, and Menu Planning platforms; customer-facing POS solutions at fridges and coffee machines; and mobile and web apps for end consumers.  

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and coordinate all software development activities and priorities across our Swiss and US markets, including roadmap and project ownership
• Guide the development of a unified Software and IoT landscape, and drive architectural decisions across the stack
• Transform internal applications into intuitive, consumer-grade tools that are easy to use, require minimal training, and support a plug-and-play experience across teams and regions.
• Define and oversee a comprehensive authentication and authorization strategy for internal and external users, including a robust access concept across the full stack.
• Lead and mentor a growing cross-functional team of developers while maintaining high engineering standards and fostering a collaborative team culture
• Ensure smooth and coordinated feature delivery, deployment processes, and third-level support for both CH and US Markets
• Take budget and cost ownership and actively manage internal and external resources for software development initiatives

YOUR PROFILE             

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent
• Proven experience as a Senior Developer or Technical Lead, with a strong hands-on engineering background
• Excellent understanding of software engineering principles and architecture, with a strong sense for intuitive UI/UX design and experience creating plug-and-play style applications
• Strong proficiency in technologies such as React, TypeScript, C#/.NET, and Go
• Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration (Azure, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience leading agile teams and mentoring developers, with a genuine interest in people management and team development
• Passionate about clean, maintainable code and scalable systems
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a hands-on, proactive approach
• Fluent in English and German; French is a plus
• Non-smoker: You don’t smell like cigarettes and don’t smoke during the day; after all, FELFEL is about healthy living.
• EU/EFTA or Swiss work permit

OUR BENEFITS

• Lots of delicious food, just a few steps away from your desk - we make your gastronomic dreams come true
• Best barista coffee and tea for the whole team, thanks to our innovative Gavetti coffee machine
• 5 weeks holiday per year, as well as two full weeks of ‘work from anywhere’ per year to bring more variety to your work day
• We encourage our employees to use public transport by covering your half-fare travelcard
• New parents get 16 or 3 weeks, respectively, of fully paid parental leave. We also support the return to work by making a generous financial contribution to childcare until the child reaches kindergarten age.
• Great team events, such as our well-known FELFEL Summer Outing

OUR TECH STACK

Our platform is built using a modern, cloud-native architecture. We run our services on Azure, containerized with Docker and orchestrated via Kubernetes. Infrastructure is defined with Pulumi and managed through ArgoCD for GitOps-style deployments.

On the frontend, we rely on React and TypeScript to deliver rich, maintainable web interfaces. Backend services are primarily developed in C#/.NET and Python 3. For Python-based services, we use Django alongside SQLAlchemy.

Our IoT layer powers smart fridges and devices using ARM-based SBCs running a custom Android OS, along with an in-house Android application. For our Gavetti product line, we deploy a headless controller built on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, running BalenaOS with a containerized Go application.

Our data stack includes Python, DBT, and Snowflake, orchestrated with Airflow and visualized primarily through Tableau.

MORE ABOUT US
FELFEL is all about good food and coffee in the workplace: we help Swiss employers become masters of hospitality.

With our smart fridge ‘FELFEL’ and delicious barista coffee ‘Gavetti’, we enable companies to provide their employees with first-class, ultra-fresh food and drinks throughout the day. Whether hearty and traditional, modern and vegan or high in protein - our weekly changing menu ensures that all employees always have something to be excited about ;).

FELFEL is a family business that was founded in 2013. Today, we take care of around 1000 locations in Switzerland, and have 150 employees across our offices in Lausanne, Zurich and New York.

www.felfel.ch

Start: As soon as possible

Pensum: 80-100%

Location: Zürich Wiedikon