We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

About the team

Technology is the backbone of our business. Everyday, our team solves complex and meaningful problems. Those solutions help thousands of our fellow team members succeed, and make millions of customers lives easier everyday.

About the role

As a Principal Engineer for our Integration team, you will be involved in complex projects and programs by coordinating the efforts of multiple lead/snr engineers across the Integration function. Your day to day will look like:

• Idea/Concept Shaping - Define and or review cloud architecture options and recommendations in response to a specific business requirement, product enhancements & feature requirements for customers.

• Provide guidance and oversight to the development of the detailed designs whilst ensuring lead engineers are empowered to solve problems and make decisions based on defined best practices

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other members of the engineering community

• Identify and communicate opportunities for the innovative use of technology to pursue defined business goals to business and technology stakeholders

• Lead and guide the Technical Lead engineering function to promote engineering standards across Cloud and other Coles engineering teams, including through Agile ways-of-working

About you & your skills

You are someone who has In depth understanding of the Azure technology stack and how it can most effectively be deployed into a large corporate/retail environment alongside the following:

• At least 5 years Lead Engineer experience

• Experience in developing technical cloud solutions in large scale, complex mix of various technologies and applications

• Experience in delivering large programs of work either migrating to, rebuilding or modernising solutions

• Proven experience leading software development teams /squads at a complex enterprise level

• Proven experience in software development

• Proven experience in Agile ways of working to enhance products & services through engineering best practises

• Strong experience rolling out complex reusable pattern into cloud environments.

• Strong architecture skills, preferably with an emphasis on Integration, designing across multiple applications or domains

• Experience in contributing to Infrastructure Strategy and Roadmap development

• In depth understanding of Java and springboot, NodeJS, Python

• Expert knowledge of CI/CD practices and tooling

• Ability to understand business and IT strategy, environment, and trends across multiple functions

• Strong understanding of Agile development practices with the ability to coach other team members where required

• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve outcomes

• Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology or related Business disciplines, or significant industry experience

• Ability to innovate new processes within work areas

• Relevant retail business experience

• Application of the Coles Group values and behaviours

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Take your next step into something bigger, apply now

With us it’s not about the discounts (although you do get those), it’s about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is invested in and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work including work from home, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that’s just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. Find out more in the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site.

Safer together

We’re committed to providing a safe environment for our team members and our customers, so you’ll need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before joining the team, unless you’re medically exempt. You’ll also need to disclose and evidence your COVID-19 vaccination status as part of your application. Thanks for understanding.

Job ID: 44983

Employment Type: Full time