Senior Engineer - Hawthorn East
We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.
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 team
Technology is the backbone of our business. Every day, our team solves complex and meaningful problems. Our technology solutions help thousands of our fellow team members succeed and make millions of customers’ lives easier every day.
It is an exciting time to join the People Technology team as we grow our capability in delivering technology to Coles team members across a wide range of Finance, Retail, People & Culture, Payroll and Time & Attendance applications.
About the role
The Senior Engineer is a technical leader within the delivery team, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining high-quality, scalable and resilient technology solutions that support the Group’s retail operations across supermarkets, liquor, dairy, and digital platforms.
This role combines deep technical expertise with hands-on delivery, driving best practices in software engineering, automation, and continuous improvement. You will be required to provide technical guidance to engineers within the squad, contribute to architectural discussions, and ensures solutions are aligned with broader enterprise and platform standards.
Working collaboratively with product, architecture, and operations teams, you will help shape technical direction, resolve complex challenges, and deliver outcomes that enhance customer experience, business efficiency, and system reliability. The role also supports the development of engineering capability by mentoring others and promoting a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
This role requires strong experience across SAP Basis, SAP S/4HANA and SAP Security, supporting the stability, performance, and security of critical enterprise platforms. You will help ensure SAP environments are well maintained, optimised, and aligned with enterprise infrastructure and security standards, while supporting system reliability, access governance, and compliance requirements.
About you and your skills
• Strong software engineering experience across modern technology stacks
• Proven experience designing and delivering solutions in complex, distributed, and cloud-based environments
• Experience with running SAP environments on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and optimisation techniques
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to influence technical outcomes without direct authority
• Effective communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership within a team
• Understanding of system reliability, performance considerations, and operational readiness
• Pragmatic mindset with a focus on delivering business value
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline
• Extensive experience in software engineering or related technical roles
• Relevant technical certifications (SAP HANA, cloud, DevOps, or engineering disciplines) desirable
• Thought leadership in engineering strategy / alignment with business strategy.
• Market knowledge and experience in the delivery and management of retail and technology solutions.
• Financial and risk management skills.
• Stakeholder management skills.
• Bonus skills and experience: SAP RISE
• Bonus skills and experience: SAP Cloud Platforms - BTP, Concur, Ariba, SuccessFactors, and Fieldglass.
You’re an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and supporting others to succeed. You bring strong technical capability alongside a collaborative mindset and a passion for delivering high-quality technology solutions.
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: 180292
Employment Type: Full time
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