Engineering Manager - Hawthorn East

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

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.

About the role

We have an exciting and unique opportunity for an Engineering Manager to lead our engineering function in Coles stores fulfilment. This role oversees a critical platform supporting the fulfilment of online orders in Coles.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll be leading, growing multiple engineering squads. You’ll work side-by-side with product teams; delivery leads and business stakeholders to ensure that systems are not only fit for purpose but also scalable for future growth that align to our roadmaps. You’ll also build relationships with other technical leaders to share ideas and best practice, as well as maintain close alignment with the wider company. You’ll know you’ve made an impact when the teams deliver high-quality software quickly and consistently to our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers who are working to build Coles Liquor’s platforms
• Mentor, grow, and empower the team by giving them the skills, confidence and motivation to make decisions
• Help the individuals on your team to build and execute personal development plans that align with the team’s goals and objectives
• Take an active role in prioritizing the roadmap for Coles Liquor
• Drive cross-team and cross-org alignment in engineering, business and product teams
• Participate in deep technical design discussions within your team, and across partner teams, and ensure that we're building the right systems and keeping the quality high
• Drive our technology roadmap and quarterly goals
• Clearly communicate what we are building and why to deliver the best products and align with all teams in the business
• Partnering with the customer and other enterprise partners as part of an integrated project team to deliver on engineering requirements

About You

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in .NET (.NET 8+ with strong C#)
• 3+ years’ experience managing a team of 5 or more engineers on projects in the areas of: event-driven systems, customer facing web and app, infrastructure management,
• Hands-on experience with software at a corporate high standard
• Experience leading and hiring a team that builds and runs tools and platforms
• Excel at planning and overseeing execution to meet commitments and deliver with predictability
• Incident root cause analysis and follow-ups
• Incident management
• Comfortable managing teams/projections with deadlines and short release cycles
• Experience running and maturing distributed systems
• Experience developing tools and APIs
• Comfortable collaborating and co-ordinating on cross-team projects and workflows
• Provide a strong technical vision for systems and infrastructure teams
• Experience building services and systems, have successfully taken projects from inception to production, and are comfortable diving in to provide leadership for major projects when needed

Nice to have

• Payment processing integration
• Ecommerce experience
• Terraform
• Azure DevOps

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 inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 140848

Employment Type: Full time

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