Technology Lead

**Technology Lead**:
**Ready for a challenge? Opportunity to be a part of one of the most exciting retail transformations in Australia.
**Our Story
**The Woolworths Group has been focused on the importance of digital and what we need to do to better serve our customers and to create shopping experiences that are personalised, seamless and convenient. In response to this, we have combined our Digital and Loyalty businesses under the new banner of WooliesX.
**We are creating a new team, with new practices, a modern and dynamic engineering culture and we are investing in the right people and resources to make it possible.
**How we roll:
**A start-over helping transform our digital practice and disrupt Woolworths and the market, we’re made up of smart people with smart ideas. We’re proud of the work we do and want to be known for delivering exceptional client experiences.
**We’re resourceful, inventive and willing to experiment; with the autonomy to doing things our way which have a real impact. We’re a new team with great work life balance.
**Where we play:
**WooliesX Hub is based is based 2 minutes walk from Central station and walking distance from all the cafes and restaurants that Surry Hills has to offer. The brand new site has been designed to support flexible working with different spaces for different activities such as collaboration, brainstorming or just chilling out.
**At WooliesX, we also believe in flexible working, and our teams also have the option to work from home or our corporate head office in Bella Vista.
**What we are looking for?
**Software Engineers work in a team of 3-5 engineers, Technology Lead, a Product Manager, BA and QAs/test engineers to uplift the online platform that powers Australia’s leading supermarket with significant growth plans.
**You’re driven by a customer mission and passionate about being part of a tribe of great people. Whatever you love - design, technology, engineering, you’re active in the community that sits around it.
**You orient around doing what’s meaningful, purposeful and delivers value. You’re excited about being part of digital transformation and disrupting one of Australia’s biggest companies through it’s new tech venture.
**You’re curious and empathetic, with an eye for the bigger picture. You deal with complexity by collaborating with colleagues, listening to customers, testing ideas and continuously learning. You take authorship for what you create.
- **We’re looking for someone with a passion for modern technology and an interest in e-commerce.**
- **You will be a team player with excellent communication skills.**
- **You thrive on analysing problems, formulating solutions, and making those a reality. You build for the long term.**
- **You have a passion for quality and know what best-in-class engineering looks like and want to help drive the journey.**
- **You’re an engineer with experience dealing with complex problems.**
- **You ‘get’ agile and feel comfortable giving input on team processes.**
- **You are keen in what best-in-class engineering looks like and want to go in the journey.**
- **You’re involved in the Software Engineering community. You enjoy attending meetups, conferences, have a blog or a GitHub portfolio.**
- **You enjoy being part of every part of the Software development lifecycle. You can own the code from inception through to Production.**
- **You want to be part of a Digital Transformation and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.
**You don’t have to have worked in retail or with a big corporate, but you might have. Or you may have invested your talent in startups, digital SMEs or management consultancies. What you do need is to know how you could contribute to our teams. Be interested and interesting
**Responsibilities
- **Develop high quality, scalable and performant solutions.**
- **Work collaboratively with Product Owners, BAs and Engineering Team.**
- **Lead on technical delivery of the squad, from designing solutions to deploying them and ensuring correct operation.**
- **Identify talent, assist in recruiting and onboarding new engineers and build strong teams.**
- **Coach, mentor and help the engineers in the team to improve their skills.**
- **Coordinate with other Tech Leads and the architecture team on best practice and ensuring all squads are aligned.
**We need you to have
- **Demonstrable tech leadership experience.**
- **Strong experience in modern engineering practices and disciplines.**
- **Ability to stay calm in challenging circumstances and work through problems methodically.**
- **Ability to question decisions and challenge the status quo.**
- **Be details oriented.**
- **Good understanding of Agile & Lean delivery principles. Provide input to team processes.
**And these technical skills
- **Excellent.NET skills including C#, ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI and Entity Framework**
- **Solid experience in Unit Testing Principles**
- **REST APIs**
- **Strong MS SQL Server includin