Woolworths

• Calling on all passionate technologies who are currently working as a Principal/Lead Engineer, and Senior Technical Architects 
• Develop a strong understanding of managing an architecture runway in a highly agile digital technology landscape
• Surry Hills (Sydney) based with a hybrid working model

We are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition 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. 

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

The opportunity

This role requires a passionate technologist who can look at the wider spectrum of the business problem and be accountable and responsible for collaborating with the engineering teams for Design and Delivery.

This is a technical role, and we expect the you to have a solid working knowledge of engineering, cloud platforms and large scale distributed microservices.

As you can imagine, Woolworths fulfilment is a critical component to the daily lives of all Australians. The fulfilment service is a market leader within Australia and New Zealand. We require a forward thinking person who understands and can leverage, and demonstrate bleeding edge technologies, patterns, and frameworks to deliver features and business value efficiently, and consistently across several squads of engineers.

Ideally, the person applying for this role is a Principal Engineer, Senior Technical Architect or Senior Tech Lead with an eCommerce background. 

What you'll do

This role offers a high level of influence across the entire group, as you will help provide the strategic architectural direction for WDigital You will have the freedom to make your ideas a reality, as you are encouraged to drive innovation, and provide thought and people leadership. You will be required to understand the organisational structure and organisational direction (end to end awareness). Supporting the Enablement Domain you will be influential in preserving the health and stability of our digital operating environment to protect Customer Trust

• Provide technical and people leadership as a senior member of the Solution Architecture team. You will also build key Partner Relationships include your counterparts in other Domains
• Help lead and define the WDigital Architecture strategy and ways of working. Develop a fit-for-purpose governance framework for WDigital, with relevant context to the broader Group architecture approach. 
• Develop, model, and provide a strategic point-of-view on the target-state architecture including modelling and communicating transitionary states required to reach the target state.
• Produce Solution Architectures that meet business requirements, are fit for purpose, align with the company's IT  strategic directions and offer value for money. 
• Ensure that the designed business rules are consistent across the organisation, that interfaces and information flows are standardised and connectivity and interoperability are managed across the enterprise and outside it where necessary

What you'll bring

The Principal Engineer will need to be a technologist who is a hands-on, responsive problem solver. You will require the following experience & qualifications: 

• Strong .NET skills, including C#, ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, and Entity Framework.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud technologies.
• Strong MS SQL Server skills, including performance optimization.
• Experience with containerization technologies, including Kubernetes or Docker Swarm.
• Proficiency in AngularJS or similar JavaScript web frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience in Unit Testing principles and REST APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, DevOps, and automation.
• Familiarity with event streaming, service bus, or message queues (e.g., Azure Event Hubs, Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• A strong understanding of web security, including OWASP TOP 10.
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with microservice architectures.
• Proficiency with the Atlassian suite (Jira/Confluence).

 What you’ll experience
 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!

• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network
• A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing
• Parental Leave provisions and various leave types, including but not limited to Study Leave and Sports Representation Leave

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.