Tech Lead

Location GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
Type Full-time
Seniority Senior
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Rolex is hiring a Tech Lead in Geneva, Switzerland for digital platforms and Next.js-led frontend architecture. Apply now.

Overview

Rolex is a preeminent Swiss luxury watchmaker renowned for precision, craftsmanship and enduring brand prestige. The company combines artisanal manufacturing with selective adoption of digital technologies, offering a stable, high-standard workplace for professionals contributing to the brand's technical and digital ambitions.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for Rolex's digital platforms, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Design and deliver scalable, high-performance and secure digital platforms and architectures.
  • Lead frontend framework strategy and implementation, with an emphasis on Next.js and server-side/ static rendering patterns (SSR/SSG).
  • Implement and operationalize recommendation engines and user-segmentation solutions to personalise the customer experience.
  • Debug complex technical issues, resolve bottlenecks and remove blockers throughout the delivery lifecycle.
  • Conduct technical reviews of third-party tools, frameworks and emerging technologies to inform platform decisions.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, UX/design, DevOps and QA to deliver high-quality digital products.
  • Provide hands-on leadership, mentoring and technical direction to engineering teams.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
  • 6 to 10 years of professional experience in a comparable technical leadership or senior engineering role.
  • Fluency in French and English (both spoken and written).
  • Proven experience implementing recommendation engines (rule-based, collaborative filtering, etc.) and user-segmentation solutions.
  • Demonstrable experience with modern frontend architectures and frameworks, particularly Next.js, SSR and SSG.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills with experience directing cross-functional teams.
  • Strong analytical aptitude, meticulous attention to detail and proven problem-solving capabilities.
  • Solid understanding of the data-marketing ecosystem and how behavioural, demographic and contextual data drive dynamic UX.

Skills

Next.js SSR SSG Recommendation engines User segmentation Technical architecture Debugging and troubleshooting Cross-functional collaboration (Product, Design, DevOps, QA) Team leadership and mentoring Data-marketing ecosystem

Experience

6–10 years in software engineering or technical leadership roles, with demonstrable experience leading frontend/platform initiatives and implementing recommendation or personalization systems.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.

Benefits

Stimulating work environment, excellent working conditions and top-tier social benefits.

Culture

Rolex emphasizes exacting standards, long-term thinking and discretion, combining artisanal heritage with selective digital innovation. The workplace culture values technical excellence, cross-disciplinary collaboration and continual refinement of processes to uphold the brand's reputation for quality.