Senior Software Engineer

Requisition ID 974105 - Posted - WooliesX - NSW - Full-time - Information Technology

As a business inside one of Australia's largest retailers, WooliesX aims to bring the best of Woolworths Group to our customers.

We're an innovation business that brings together the brightest minds in e-commerce, technology, media, and data to transform how people live and shop. With an industry-leading technology team backed by analytics, we're resourceful and willing to experiment. Our agile teams are empowered to innovate and deliver an excellent experience for our customers - whether they shop in-store or online.

Join our nimble, entrepreneurial, technology &
data led team passionate about driving the growth of eCommerce by step changing the quality of last mile customer experience in Australia.

We are building best-in-class last-mile optimization technologies today and are exploring the solutions of tomorrow.

Surry Hills (Sydney) based with flexible and remote working arrangements.

HomeRun is a brand new business inside the Woolworths group. We aspire to create Australia's leading Last Mile Business, powering the eCommerce growth of all Woolworths Group brands through an exceptional last mile customer experience at competitive economics.

HomeRun provides an end-to-end Last Mile solution with the team, technology and operations to offer differentiated customer experiences at scale across Australia and New Zealand.

We use the strength and scale of our amazing retail brands, supply chain, fulfilment centres and edge network of more than 1,200 stores (located within 10 min of 90% of Australians) to deliver leading reliability, coverage and efficiency. Sustainability &
driver experience are core to our purpose. We want to lead the way to a green last mile with a commitment to a 100% electric fleet by 2030 and becoming the driver employer of choice through ease of pickup, earning potential &
focus on safety.

We're not a boring logistics department inside a large retailer. We are a nimble, entrepreneurial, technology &
data led team passionate about driving the growth of eCommerce by step changing the quality of last mile customer experience in Australia.

We are building best-in-class last-mile optimization technologies today and are exploring the solutions of tomorrow by investing in autonomous drones and other emerging technologies.

What you'll do

HomeRun is seeking Senior Software Engineer in the Architecture &
Services Engineering chapter. In this role, you will be part of the Customer Delivery Experience Squad, delivering order tracking experiences that drive the future of marketplace shopping in Australia. You will be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of the technical components and the building of backend API solutions.

Reporting to the Engineering Chapter Lead, you'll work in a fast-paced team focused on solving technical, product and customer experience challenges. The successful applicant must have an innovative approach to solving problems and must demonstrate the passion and commitment to strive for excellence through a customer-facing lens continually.

Collaborate with your product and engineering team members, contributing and evolving ideas to deliver simple solutions to complex problems.

Offer clever engineering ways to experiment and prototype features rapidly whilst constantly delivering customer value.

Partner across engineering teams to design, deliver and maintain operationally efficient, robust and resilient systems that align with the tech strategy

Empower your team members, value the team's success as a whole and mentor and coach your fellow team members.

Set the standard for thorough and meaningful code reviews, better engineering practices and standards, improved continuous integration and delivery processes

What you'll bring

Experience in agile delivery and ability to balance rapid iteration speed whilst continually improving the overall stability, scalability, security and modularity of the product

Passion for collaborating with the team and mentoring junior members of the team

A genuine desire for learning and growing, both as an engineer and a teammate.

Ability to break down complex requirements and provide estimates and solutions with associated effort vs impact tradeoffs

Familiarity with telco, financial services and/or retail sectors will be advantageous.

Technical Capabilities

Strong experience with Node.Js

Comfortable with writing queries for the database like SQL server, Firebase, Firestore and NoSQL databases (Mongo)

Experience with secure coding practices and microservices architecture

Understand code testability, experience in building pipelines and DevOps (CI/CD systems, infrastructure as code, etc.)

Aware of different integration patterns like RPC and Asynchronous.

What you'll experience

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we're always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

A progressive and flexible 'work from anywhere' policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing

Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work

As a leader in a crucial growth-focused role you will have regular exposure to our most senior business leaders in WooliesX and the broader Woolworths group and accumulate valuable experience to grow your career in surprising ways

A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.

A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you

Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group

We're a proud part of the Woolworths Group - 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.'

Here you'll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team's diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply;
please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

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