Allied Bakeries is owned by Associated British Foods (ABF), a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees across 56 countries. Our UK grocery brands include Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Silver Spoon, Kingsmill, Allinson’s, Bürgen and Sunblest. We specialise in high‑quality loaves, sheets and a range of bakery products.
Our Grocery Service Centre in Liverpool supports multiple ABF companies with shared services in Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and Information Systems. The work is fast‑paced and demanding, requiring a positive, inclusive attitude and a strong commitment to safety.
Overview of the Role
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside
Salary: £55,000‑£70,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Hybrid Working
Permanent
About the Role
As Integration & Development Team Lead, you will guide a small team of developers, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality integrations and interface enhancements. You will work closely with stakeholders to translate business needs into detailed specifications, and will perform analysis, design and technical specification work while also contributing to development activities when required.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead and support a small development or integration team, providing direction, mentoring and technical guidance.
- Work with business and technical stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements.
- Produce detailed technical designs, specifications and documentation for new and existing interfaces.
- Oversee the delivery of integration solutions, ensuring they are robust, scalable and aligned to architectural standards.
- Contribute to hands‑on development activities, particularly for complex or high impact work.
- Drive best practice across the team, including coding standards, quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with wider IT teams to ensure successful deployment and ongoing support of integrations.
The Right Person
The ideal candidate will have a development background, experience leading small teams, and be comfortable remaining technically engaged while driving the team forward.
Essential Experience
- Previous experience leading a small development or integration team.
- Strong analytical and design skills, capable of translating requirements into clear technical specifications.
- Hands‑on development experience using a range of platforms and tools.
- Experience delivering and supporting system integrations or interfaces.
- Experience with Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft or similar enterprise integration platforms.
- Experience in API design and development.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps practices and modern development pipelines.
Why Join Us
- Competitive salary.
- Generous leave: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Free onsite parking.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health scheme.
- Holiday purchase scheme.
- Pension scheme.
- Onsite shop.
- Eyecare vouchers.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Loyalty service awards.
- Employee referral scheme.
- Discounts on groceries, holidays and more.
