Lead Platform Engineer

We've been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 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

Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.

About the role:

The role of the Lead Platform Engineer is to support the adoption, evolution, and maintenance of the Engineering capability within a group of platforms and technologies, to maximise agility, accelerate speed, and unlock efficiencies for our store environment. As a leader, you will drive innovation by encouraging members to challenge the status quo and align to the Quality Engineering & Environments Centre for Enablement.

About you and your skills:

• At least 15 years' experience in the automation, development and testing fields.
• At least 8 years senior or managerial IT experience, as an Engineering Manager or Delivery Manager of digital products in an agile environment, with experience delivering large programs of work, including operation support.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, planning and implementing technical solutions in large scale, complex and distributed environments.
• Advanced understanding of all aspects of the technology's broader operational environment (i.e., processes, procedures, associated toolsets, operating systems, etc.).
• Strong Manual and Automated testing experience, including demonstrated success with implementing Automated Testing solutions
• Demonstrated experience with a variety of licenced and open-source automation tools, frameworks, scripting languages (e.g. UFT, RestAssured, Selenium, SpecFlow, Appium, Cucumber, C#, JavaScript, Ruby, Java etc)
• Experience with the agile development process and developing code in alignment with coding standards and business processes.
• Demonstrated experience managing automated testing, both in terms of process and tools (e.g., Microfocus ALM, Jira, Microsoft Test Manager, etc).
• Demonstrated experience with creating Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) test automation frameworks compatible with diverse technology stacks.
• Demonstrated experience with testing aspects of DevOps including IaC for continuous testing purposes using tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins or AzureDevOps.
• Solid understanding of engineering principles, products, and services in a hybrid cloud environment, with a technical background.
• A proven track record in people management and experience in building and leading teams
• Proven capabilities in vendor, partner and stakeholder relationship management including the negotiation and management of outsource agreements and delivery to agreed service levels.
• Demonstrated success in enabling the launch of high quality and business critical products, in a complex enterprise production environment
• Demonstrated capabilities managing and providing input to roadmaps for cloud and edge infrastructure and services. Includes lifecycle strategy for owned services.

What's in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform 'mythanks'. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you'll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We're continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. 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. For further information and additional contact details visit the 'Our Recruitment Process' section of our careers site or email

Job ID: 161829

Employment Type: Full time