Tech Lead / Head of Technology (Web & Content Platforms)

Quick Facts

• Role focus: technology leadership, architecture, modernization, and code quality for a multi-site music network

• Work model: hybrid; 2 days/week on-site in the Treppendorf area (Thomann campus) and 3 days remote

• Location requirement: live in the Franken/Mittelfranken area

Description

You will own the technology direction and target architecture for the music network, consolidating and unifying a historically grown system landscape. The role emphasizes engineering excellence—web performance, Core Web Vitals, security, and high availability—while providing technical leadership and setting standards for vendors and the internal team. You will also develop selected baseline components, platform foundations, and reusable modules.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical target architecture, select suitable technology stacks, and set consistent technical standards across the network and external service providers

• Consolidate and unify the existing system landscape and make direction-setting decisions for future software and infrastructure

• Lead the development team with best practices and code-quality criteria; support knowledge sharing and enable later team expansion (including a potential people-leadership path)

• Create, evaluate, and validate concepts with the team for feasibility and effort; ensure alignment with the target architecture and stop projects if needed

• Serve as a central technical sparring partner for Thomann.IO and central IT, and as a key interface to the Digital Portfolio Manager

• Build selected foundational components, platform foundations, and reusable modules

Requirements

• Multi-year experience as Senior Software Architect, Tech Lead, or Head of Development in web/content environments; ideally experience with large multi-site, CMS, or community networks

• Strong knowledge of modern web architectures, CMS systems (monolith or headless/decoupled), API design, caching strategies, cloud hosting, and modern frontend/backend frameworks

• Proven experience in technical leadership of developers (internally and externally); ability to set guardrails and evolve teams technically

• High responsibility for web performance, Core Web Vitals, IT security, and high availability

• Ability to plan strategic target architectures while keeping pragmatic intermediate steps and own code implementation in view

• Fluent German and English to collaborate with international teams and vendors

• Residence in the Franken/Mittelfranken area to enable presence on-site two days per week

Benefits

• Salary: €50,000–€60,000 per year

• Stable infrastructure and environment from the Thomann ecosystem

• Technical decision-making autonomy and room to shape solutions

• Collaborative, music-shaped team environment

• Employee discounts, training opportunities, optional job ticket and/or job bike, and flexible working hours

• Company events, free drinks, and free parking