Tech Lead

**Brighter Futures Start Here**

At Kmart it’s not just what you do, it’s who you are that makes every day living brighter.

You’ll be joining a diverse team who come together to collaborate globally around tech. With six purchases made every second, you’ll feel the impacts of the work you’ll do for our millions of customers every day. We’re focusing on being a customer-led, digitally enabled retailer. Our teams are working with really cool tech from AI/machine learning, IoT, cloud first solutions, to 3D virtual reality product checks and human sized robots named Tory. Join our team, choose your own path and work on projects that excite you.

**Join the team**

The Point of Sale (POS) technical team provides ongoing operational support and new value delivery for Point of sale systems.

As the Tech Lead, you will provide leadership to a small team of experts, to support, maintain and enhance these systems, as we continue to develop and roll out innovative new solutions to remain at the cutting edge of retail technology.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Providing technical leadership, line management and mentoring duties to the developers and systems engineers.
- Delivering engineering and support skills and maintaining the availability and functionality of critical systems.
- Driving the delivery of software through modern DevOps practices, emphasizing CI/CD and automation testing for optimal efficiency and reliability.
- Showcasing strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges.
Playing a key role in requirements gathering and technical design, contributing to the overall success of the development process.
- Driving innovation and consistently improving the capabilities and efficiency of our Point-of-Sale systems.

**To be successful in this role you’ll have**:

- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, supporting engineers and promoting growth and development of team members.
- Experience operating in Agile environments with an eye on continuous improvement and innovation.
Outstanding knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle and demonstrated success in driving continuous improvement activities.
- Highly developed stakeholder engagement with the ability to influence product owners and enable large-scale, distributed rollout of devices and telephony services.
- Experience working in retail, or e-Commerce verticals supporting a range of Point-of-Sale systems is highly advantageous.

**Perks and benefits we’ll offer you**:

- Flexible hybrid working options through our Flex Where, Flex When, Flex Well policy, spending 60% of your week in our National Office
- We’ll provide multiple ways for you to learn from online micro-credentialing in Udemy, support to gain certifications to tech community events and more.
- Great career opportunities across the broader Wesfarmers Group.
- We offer inclusive leave and ongoing support for team members of all backgrounds and family circumstances.
- Free onsite parking when you’re required to come into the office.
- We want you to feel rewarded for your commitment and hard work that's why everyone gets the opportunity to participate in a bonus program.
- A team member discount card that gives you a discount at Kmart, Target, Bunnings, and Officeworks.
- A free OnePass membership offering free delivery across Kmart & Target on eligible products.
- Access to the Kmart for You benefits program which entitles you to exclusive discounts and benefits in the areas of entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and health - with over 60 suppliers
- Reflection room, space for prayer, meditation, or time for yourself.
- Wesfarmers is Kmart’s parent company and each year eligible employees can elect to purchase shares through a salary sacrifice arrangement.

**A place you can belong**

Excited about this role, but not sure if you meet 100% of the criteria? We would still love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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