Barcelona, Spain

Juan Flores

Engineering Leader

Passionate about building great software and the people who build it. With over 10 years of experience across the full software development lifecycle, I currently lead engineering teams at SCRM – Lidl International Hub, the Schwarz Group's tech hub in Barcelona — driving technical strategy, team growth, and product delivery at scale.

Projects

A selection of things I've built or contributed to.

Timón App

A mobile exam simulator for Spanish nautical licenses (PNB, PER, Patrón de Yate, Capitán de Yate). Built for aspiring sailors to practice and pass official exams with timed simulations, scoring, and progress tracking.

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • TypeScript
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Project Beta

A data-driven dashboard for operational metrics, offering real-time insights across distributed services with a focus on reliability.

  • React
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
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Project Gamma

An AI-assisted toolchain for engineering teams to surface context-aware suggestions during code review and planning workflows.

  • TypeScript
  • LLMs
  • Azure
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Experience

  1. Engineering Manager & Tech Lead

    Current

    Schwarz Digits Spain

    Leading cross-functional engineering teams at the Schwarz Group's technology hub in Barcelona. Responsible for technical direction, hiring, team health, and delivery across multiple product areas.

  2. Senior IT Consultant, Mentor & .NET Community Lead

    ERNI

    Delivered .NET solutions for a medtech client across senior developer and tech lead roles, while also driving internal growth as .NET Community Lead — organizing workshops and knowledge-sharing initiatives — and mentoring up to five colleagues through career development, performance evaluation, and salary reviews.

  3. Software Engineer

    Diebold Nixdorf for Inditex

    Designed, developed and maintained an internal web app used by thousands of Inditex employees worldwide, built on a distributed architecture with replicated servers, web services and a relational database. Later expanded scope to lead deployments across multiple projects and own database design, while collaborating with HR to deliver two major initiatives now live in over 20 countries.

Certifications & Skills

Certifications

  • Claude Code in Action Anthropic
  • Agent Skills with Anthropic DeepLearning.AI
  • Certified STACKIT Cloud Engineer STACKIT
  • Google Project Management Google
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals Microsoft
  • Zend Certified Engineer Zend

Languages

  • English C1 Advanced
  • Spanish Native
  • Galician Native