Staff Engineer
Sydney based role with hybrid working
Drive innovation across our technical capabilities
Foster a positive and collaborative team environment
We are Woolworths Group
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow. It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.
If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
What you'll do
As Staff Engineer you are responsible for maintaining coding quality, design and implementation of new and agreed architectures and the overall coding output from a squad. Coach and guide the software engineers as well as the main point of contact for technology matters within the squad. You will also participate in forums within the domain/tribe to share knowledge, experience, best practices and collaboratively redefine the new architecture of the system
Craft innovative and high-performing solutions: You'll be instrumental in developing top-tier, scalable, and efficient technical solutions.
Lead technical delivery and foster collaboration: Take charge of the squad's technical journey, from design to deployment, while working closely with Product Owners, BAs, and the Engineering Team.
Cultivate talent and build strong teams: Identify promising engineers, contribute to recruitment and onboarding, and empower your team through coaching and mentorship.
Drive best practices and strategic alignment: Collaborate with fellow Staff Engineers, architecture & security teams to ensure consistent best practices and squad alignment.
Define visionary technical solutions: Partner with other teams and architects to shape the technical roadmap for all initiatives your squad undertakes.
What You’ll Bring
Bringing with you 8+ years experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will have demonstrated capabilities to grow and mentor teams whilst defining and implementing robust, scalable, and secure full-stack architectures using best practices. Drive the technical vision for major product components and systems following best design principles.
Tech Savvy: You are a seasoned professional in .Net development, experienced in Microservices architecture, and proficient with React. Your skill set also includes a strong understanding of Full Stack build tools and expertise in both .Net and JavaScript/TypeScript.
Federated Services: Demonstrate an understanding of federated services, including how data standards are maintained across multiple systems. Experience in Apollo Studio would be an asset.
AI Adoption: A strong aptitude for leveraging AI-driven tools, including GitHub Copilot and Claude Code, for development. Contributing to guardrails around the AI frameworks.
Database Whiz: Your expertise extends to both SQL and NoSQL databases, especially MongoDB or similar.
Cloud Confident: You're comfortable navigating a modern cloud environment (Azure preferred) and its associated services, with a good understanding of ETL processes and Cron jobs.
System Guardian: You'll oversee the health, performance, and scalability of our production systems, troubleshooting complex issues and implementing effective monitoring with tools like Dynatrace or Splunk.
DevOps Dynamo: You're skilled in CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform), DevOps, and automation, and have experience with event streaming and message queues.
What You’ll Experience
We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!
Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing.
A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
