What’s the role about?

As the UK’s most successful omni-channel retailer, E-Commerce is a key part of Our Business - we run two of the busiest websites in the UK, driving a significant proportion of our sales. Our Engineering practice includes 60+ teams, working on everything from Cloud Platforms to Mobile Apps, from E-Commerce functionality to Machine Learning.

Our Engineers work collaboratively and share knowledge, and learning is extremely important to us. We support our Engineers to continuously improve their skills and keep abreast of the latest technologies.

This role is known internally as Product Engineer (PL7)

What you’ll be doing?

This is an opportunity to join one of our agile product teams working as a Back-end Software Engineer. You will be using your excellent Kotlin or Java skills to build and support new features adding value for Our Business.

As a Back-end Engineer, you will also use your knowledge of Software Engineering to support the shaping of new projects and support the professional development of less experienced Engineers. 

Successful candidates will have a passion for using technology to deliver outstanding and innovative software solutions, and will have a track record of working in teams delivering complex, performant, high quality software. 

What you’ll already have:

• Server side Kotlin or a modern version of Java.

• A structured approach to systems analysis and development.

• Experience with application frameworks such as http4k or Spring Boot.

• An understanding of Agile development methods such as Scrum or Kanban.

• Familiarity with techniques like TDD and pair programming.

• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery.

What else you could bring:

• An understanding of Microservice Architectures.

• REST API development and/or consumption.

• Experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure.

• Docker, Kubernetes.

• Jenkins, Gitlab CI.

Where will you be working?

We have a blended hybrid approach of working from our offices and a remote UK location. You should plan to be working remotely for approximately 60% of the month. However in practice, time in the office is a decision made within your team, and may mean that you do not come into the office for weeks or months at a time, unless you choose to.

We have opportunities linked to both our John Lewis Head Office in London Victoria and Waitrose Head Office in Bracknell, Berkshire.