Technical Lead Insights

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**:
As the way we shop continues to evolve, our Digital team keeps us at the cutting edge. Driven by our innovative, inclusive and forward-thinking culture, we’re constantly looking at ways to reinvent the shopping experience for our customers and build the next generation of digital retailing.

The Insights Team within the broader Coles Technology Team focuses on building data collection and analytics capabilities to uncover customer, product, and operational insights. Providing data driven support to our users and enabling Coles to be a data driven organisation.

**About the role**:
We are embarking on engineering, enablement, operations, and delivery of key data initiatives, building them using market leading cloud technologies including Azure DevOps, Azure Data Factory, and Databricks.

The Technical Lead designs engineering solutions and ensures all parts of the technical design are correctly incorporated to provide technical support and technical quality control throughout all stages of the project.

You will mentor and guide teams to achieving great outcomes and maturing their capabilities, as well as overseeing all aspects of project deliverables including architecture and design to ensure all parts technical design are strategically aligned.

In addition, you will gather technical requirements and provide effort estimates and delivery timelines, as well as develop and deliver projects within the agreed timeframes and budgets. The role will also provide weekly status reports to management and other stakeholders.

You'll also:

- Resolve technical issues and ensure all parts of the technical design are correctly incorporated
- Provide technical support and technical quality control throughout all stages of the projects
- Oversee all aspects of project deliverables including architecture and design to ensure quality and strategic alignment
- Gather technical requirement and provide effort estimate and delivery timelines
- Design, develop, and deliver projects with high quality within the agreed timeframes and budgets

**About you and your skills**:
We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Technical Lead with experience in managing the end-to-end project delivery and leading data solutions within both on-premises and cloud-based environment.

You will have previous experience in a similar role, offering ongoing support to functional and technical stakeholders working in a large, complex and data driven organisation.

You'll also need:

- Solid hands-on experience in Python and SQL essential
- Previously worked in at least one of these cloud technologies: Azure or AWS
- Proficiency in data pipelining, distributed data processing, software engineering components and data modelling concepts
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines using a tech stack of Git and Azure
- Exposure to Data Factory and Databrick highly regarded but not essential

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.

**Safer together**:
Job ID: 73917

Employment Type: Full time