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
In the role of Product Lead, you will partner with the Product Owner to convert strategic business goals into technically sound backlog items and architectural blueprints, delivering impactful and sustainable engineering outcomes. You will provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering squads while steering the strategic direction of Hosting PaaS services to maximize scalability and operational performance.
Key responsibilities include:
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Defining Technical Strategy: Collaborate with stakeholders to turn high-level objectives into robust technical roadmaps that advance our platform goals.
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Connecting Business and Technology: Serve as a primary technical consultant to the Product Owner, translating intricate requirements into prioritized backlog tasks and user stories.
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Spearheading Modernization: Direct the transformation of Hosting PaaS from legacy frameworks toward advanced, AI-integrated, and scalable cloud architectures.
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Upholding Engineering Standards: Guide talented teams and establish benchmarks for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), automation, and resilient production environments.
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Securing Scalable Operations: Manage performance monitoring and capacity planning to ensure our infrastructure supports expanding business needs effectively.
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Fostering Collaborative Impact: Work across diverse functions to build alignment, ensuring technical choices consistently deliver superior customer value.
What you’ll bring
You bring a potent combination of advanced cloud proficiency—particularly in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud—alongside the strategic foresight necessary to guide our PaaS portfolio’s growth, maintaining a resilient and pioneering infrastructure.
Core Competencies
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Cloud Mastery: Utilize deep expertise in Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure to guide architectural design, advise on cloud product selection, and support engineering teams in deploying standardized, enterprise-level solutions.
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DevOps-Driven Efficiency: Apply over five years of practical experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and DevOps tools to engineer automated, scalable ecosystems.
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Architectural Transformation: Lead the shift from legacy systems toward modern, cloud-native, and durable patterns that propel business expansion.
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AI Innovation Leadership: Champion the scaling of state-of-the-art AI platforms—including Foundry and Vertex—and containerized services to ensure our tech stack remains industry-leading.
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Scaling Operations: Use a strong foundation in large-scale environments and Agile methodologies to provide critical solutions that serve our customers daily.
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Cross-Functional Leadership: Navigate complex matrix structures with ease, aligning diverse teams and stakeholders behind a single, cohesive technical strategy.
While this role is listed as a Product Lead to better reflect the market-aligned responsibilities and duties of the position, please be aware that the internal formal job title is "Engineer - cloud".
What you’ll experience
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A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network
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Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families
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A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you
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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
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Opportunity to Salary Sacrifice, enabling team members to purchase selected eligible items or services from pre-tax salary. Can be used for novated leases, superannuation contributions, Qantas Club membership, computing devices etc.
Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.
We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.
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