Lead Software Engineer

This is a UK remote first role, with an option to work from our Manchester office for those who want to. You may be asked to occasionally attend meetings in Manchester. We’re open to applications from candidates who may require flexible working arrangements. There’ll be an opportunity to discuss your flexible working requirements during the interview process, and at offer stage.

We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our E-Commerce Platform team. In this role you’ll lead a team of engineers, guiding colleagues and enabling them to build, maintain, and support Co-op applications and systems – building APIs and pulling together data from across the business using Azure and Node. We are using Salesforce Commerce Cloud as an underlying platform – experience with that would be a plus, but it’s not essential.

At Co-op, collaboration is part of who we are, and we work in small, multi-disciplinary, and agile teams, often using pair and ensemble programming. We’ll provide you with career and technical coaching to support your learning and development, and we run communities of practice to promote knowledge-sharing across our teams.

What you’ll do:

• Work with the team to design and develop software systems
• Influence decisions at a team level, and communicate concepts to a wide range of technical and non-technical colleagues
• Use your expertise to help identify continuous improvement opportunities and determine our team’s strategies
• Share your knowledge and skills with your colleagues as part of our communities of practice sessions
• Coach, mentor, and support your colleagues in their development
• Resolve technical challenges, making sure that solutions fulfil our business objectives

This role would suit people who have:

• Significant experience in a hands-on Software Engineering role; implementing and maintaining applications and services
• The ability to coach and support a team with a desire to see others succeed
• A good understanding of architectural patterns and practices, and the ability to make trade-offs between design decisions
• Experience of tooling and practices for automated build, integration, and deployment, as well as developing iteratively towards an end-goal
• Experience in designing APIs and backend systems – we use Node with TypeScript on Azure, but experience in any similar cloud environment will be considered.

We know that some candidates are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet all the criteria in the job description. At Co-op, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment, so if you'd like to apply for this role but your experience doesn't quite meet every point, we'd still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or other roles we have available.

Why Co-op?

As a Co-op colleague, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• Private healthcare
• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it

Building an inclusive work environment:

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities. We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

Please be aware Co-op does not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.