EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG | Germany | 22xxx, 21xxx, 20xxx Hamburg | Permanent position | Full time / Home office | Published since: 10.07.2026 on stepstone.de
(Senior) Design System Architect (m/f/d)
The coordination of the EDEKA strategy takes place at the Hamburg EDEKA headquarters. It controls the national goods business as well as the successful campaign “We Love Food” and gives a wide range of impulses to achieve cross-linked goals. With the subsidiary net brand discount, it also sets successful accents in the discount business. EDEKA generated sales of 77.3 billion in 2025 with around 10,900 markets and around 417,500 employees. Euro. With around 20,900 trainees, EDEKA is one of the leading trainers in Germany.
Consistent digital experiences are created where design, technology and clear standards play together perfectly. For the EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG at the Hamburg site, we are looking for a (Senior) Design System Architect (m/w/d) for the Digital Marketing, CRM & Analytics division. In this key role, you are responsible for the strategic development of our design system across multiple brands and digital platforms. You create the basis for consistent user experiences, efficient product development and sustainable digital solutions. As a professional Sparring partner for design, development and product management, you are decisively rewarding the standards and structures that make our digital products scalable and high-quality in the long term. .
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Strategic design and continuous development of a scalable multi-brand design system for app, website and other digital products Design and maintenance of components, design tokens, patterns and architecture standards to ensure consistency and reusability Definition and establishment of governance models, documentation standards and quality guidelines for the sustainable use and further development of the Design System Acquisition of a professional lead function with focus on close cooperation between Product Design, Frontend Development and Product Management Ensuring a consistent user experience across different brands, platforms and digital touchpoints Coaching and empowering internal design and development teams as well as external partners in the application and development of the Design System Active promotion of design system adoption within the organization and support in anchoring uniform working methods Advising relevant stakeholders in strategic issues concerning scalability, design quality and digital product standards Identification and implementation of optimization potentials in design and development processes Observing technological developments and design trends for the continuous development of the design system landscape
Multiannual professional experience in strategic design and in the further development of complex design systems – ideally in multi-brand environments detectable experience in the development and scaling of design system architectures across different products, brands or platforms Funded knowledge of component-based design and how to handle design tokens, pattern libraries and modern design system principles Very safe handling of Figma, especially in the areas of libraries, auto layout, variants and component architectures Good technical understanding and experience in cooperation with front-end development teams and modern development technologies Experience in defining and implementing governance models, documentation standards and scalable processes Knowledge of accessibility and its sustainable anchoring within design systems Embossed strategic, analytical and conceptual skills as well as a high quality awareness Communication strength, moderation skills and the ability to win and inspire different stakeholders for design system standards Ideally experience in complex organization structures or multi-brand setups Very good knowledge of German and English in word and writing
A safe workplace in a very successful trading company based in Hamburg, City Nord We offer flexible working hours, the opportunity to participate in mobile work and 30 days vacation Individual training opportunities and career opportunities are guaranteed by our internal development programs A freshly cooked lunch awaits you daily in our canteen at attractive prices A performance-oriented compensation package and a variety of other benefits, such as fitness studio, concierge service, grant to the German ticket, service bike, advantages for numerous partner companies or company pensions are of course for us In addition, we also offer comprehensive and award-winning health management
Location
 | EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG | |
| New-York-Ring 6, 22297 Hamburg | ||
| Germany |
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