Lead Software Engineer

You belong at Coles Group where we look ahead, have a plan, and are up for the challenge. We learn and grow by taking career-defining opportunities and this one may just be your next.

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 create differentiated, omni-channel experiences for our customers and build the next generation of digital retailing.

We're looking for a seasoned engineer who thrives on solving complex problems and navigating the balance between product, design, and engineering priorities. In this role, you'll be part of our Web Platform team, with a focus on driving the technical uplift of our core web framework — the foundation used by multiple product teams across the business. You'll play a key role in shaping the architecture, improving developer experience, and ensuring the platform scales with our growing needs.

You will be leading a cross functional team in building and evolving our consumer facing ecommerce website, as well as nurturing our engineering culture.

Your skills

• Proficiency in React, JavaScript, CSS, Typescript, GraphQL , REST APIs, and other related web technologies
• Experience in leading a team, and working through technical decisions (short vs long term)
• 7+ years building large scale websites (consumer preferred)
• Experience in adopting a continuous delivery mindset, and practical experience with trunk-based development
• Experience in accessibility, and unit/integration testing frameworks
• Experience in web performance optimisations
• Experience in agile development methodologies
• Comfortable being 30% off the tools
• Experience in leading a team, and working through technical decisions (short vs long term)
• 7+ years building large scale websites (consumer preferred)
• Experience in adopting a continuous delivery mindset, and practical experience with trunk-based development
• Experience in accessibility, and unit/integration testing frameworks
• Experience in web performance optimisations
• Experience in agile development methodologies
• Comfortable being 30% off the tools

Desirable Experience

• Exposure/experience to NextJS, Storybook
• Experience in (or willingness to learn) build pipelines
• Experience in content management systems
• Willingness to learn/get exposure to other systems and technologies

• 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.

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: 151204

Employment Type: Full time

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