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Form of work
- The opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia
- Lead an incredible team of Engineers including mentoring and coaching their personal development
- Permanent role based in Surry Hills, with remote working flexibility
We are Woolies X
As a business inside one of Australia's largest retailers, WooliesX aims to bring the best of Woolworths Group to our customers.We're an innovation business that brings together the brightest minds in e-commerce, technology, media, and data to transform how people live and shop. With an industry-leading technology team backed by analytics, we're resourceful and willing to experiment. Our agile teams are empowered to innovate and deliver an excellent experience for our customers - whether they shop in-store or online.
What you'll do
The Chapter Lead - Engineering will report to the Head of Engineering for the Domain and will be responsible for managing the Engineering capabilities for the members of the Chapter. You will be a service leader and subject matter expert in engineering and technology and will work with the Head of Engineering as well as the Capability Leads across engineering to ensure your team members are realising their potential and contributing maximum value to their squads. As a Leader-Contributor you will also play an important role working alongside your Chapter members to achieve the mission of their squads.
You will form partnerships with Solution Architects and Technology leaders across Woolworths Group to help implement the Group eCommerce platform strategy.
You will also lead a chapter that is made up of engineers covering all the specialties required for your squad, which may include data engineers, service engineers, front-end/web engineers, mobile engineers and test engineers.
- Manage the members of your Chapter and contribute to the relevant capabilities within your domain
- Work with the relevant Practice/Capability Leaders to identify opportunities to build and enhance capability, continuously improve tools/processes and upskill your team. Your focus will be on team morale, addressing skill gaps and building a high performing team that leverages best practices.
- Lead strategic capability projects within Chapter time to deliver continuous improvement across the team - your contribution to leading Communities of Practice
- Manage recruitment and resourcing for your Chapter in partnership with Domain Leads and Tribe Leads
- Partner with squad members to ensure we meet their individual goals and ensure team members in the relevant squads have the needed skill sets to achieve objectives
What you'll bring
You will have a demonstrable record of progression throughout your career, having worked in roles of similar complexity, ideally within the retail or complex services or product sector. You will have experience working within a matrixed/Agile organisation having had success in building and fostering relationships across and down into the business and acknowledged for having built and managed strong relationships. You will have deep resource management experience, a background in engineering and technology and strong communication skills and the ability to prioritize and problem solve. In addition you will have:
- Minimum 10 or more years professional experience with relevant technologies such as .Net Core, NodeJS, Angular and iOS/Android mobile.
- Experience in large-scale enterprise environments that require building multiple web services and delivering outstanding performance for the end-user.
- A dedication and a keen interest in building Clean Architecture systems which process high volumes of data and communicate via Event Driven technologies.
- Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes and other containerization technology.
- A strong understanding of the best CI/CD and GitOps practices, and exposure to a variety of tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, Rancher Fleet, etc.
- Very strong experience in writing clean testable code and capability with BDD, TDD patterns & frameworks, and the drive to ensure that coverage in all areas is always as high as possible.
What's in it for you
We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!
Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group
We’re a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’
Here you’ll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.
We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.
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