Lead EngineerHybrid

Established in 2022, OneDigital brings together Wesfarmers’ digitally native businesses, including the OnePass membership program and the Group data asset. We’re the engine behind Wesfarmers’ data and digital transformation, turning millions of customer interactions into game-changing insights that shape how Australians shop, live and connect.

Joining Wesfarmers OneDigital means you’ll:

• Work with some of Australia’s most iconic brands and be part of one of the country’s largest and most respected employers, known for its steady growth and strong performance.
• Belong to a genuinely supportive team—a group of down-to-earth people who value integrity, openness, accountability and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Grow your career with confidence, backed by development opportunities and long-term progression across the broader Wesfarmers Group.
• Contribute to something bigger, with a company globally recognised for its commitment to sustainability.
• Be part of a future-focused digital ecosystem, with significant investment in data, technology, and customer experience innovation.

To learn more - here is a bit about the Wesfarmers Way and our Values: The Wesfarmers Way.

So, want to help reshape the future of retail? Good call. Join us and create smarter, more rewarding experiences for millions of Australians, one insight at a time.

The Engineering function houses the roles and expertise necessary to develop the digital platform which includes front-end, back-end, cloud and platform capabilities embedded throughout. The specific skillsets will vary based on the technology and the tech being used, as well as how it aligns to the cross-functional teams. Engineering is responsible for establishing engineering practices within the digital ecosystem.

What you’ll be doing

The Lead Engineer is primarily responsible for the technical and people leadership of a cross functional squad which will be developing, implementing, and supporting customer facing products and platforms. Ensuring they are secure, accessible, easy to use, scalable, cost efficient and aligned to the digital ecosystem vision and customer value proposition.

As a Lead Engineer on the Matilda Project you will design, implement and support customer facing commerce capabilities that power AI retail experiences end to end.

• Ensure team is aligned to best practice engineering vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve business performance, working closely with product owners
• Assist with product roadmap, architectural design, and adding value to the Digital Ecosystem
•  Work closely with architects and engineers to design, build, test, deploy, manage and operate the software environment​
•  Critically analyse the platform and ensure any issues are brought forward to the appropriate team/individual​
• Promote robust coding practices, solid unit/component test coverage, and debugging of code
• Write tested, maintainable code across our stack (AWS/Golang/Typescript/React) tech stack with a focus on reusability, maintainability and modern best practices
• Perform root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement
• Excellent systems analysis and design skills to translate complex business requirements into value-driven solutions

What you'll bring to the table

• Strong background in software engineering and design patterns, microservices and serverless architectures
• Experience leading technical teams
•  Demonstrated interest and willingness to adopt AI assisted engineering tooling and practices (e.g. agentic coding), and lead a team through changes in ways of working with increased AI adoption
• Understanding of front end and backend technologies and how they work together
• In-depth development experience with services and cloud technology
• Good experience with API and its design & protocol e.g. Restful, Websocket, GraphQL, etc.
• Familiarity with cross functional teams and the different roles performed by people in them
• Effective communicator and comfortable leading an Agile cross functional team

Join The Team

We’re continuing to bring the best talent and skills under one roof, working together and across disciplines to build amazing experiences for our customers. We continuously feed off each other’s insights, talents and capabilities, because we are a business that thrives on open collaboration and a shared vision of positive, fun and rewarding experiences.

Team Benefits – just to name a few!

To support you at work, what you value in life and in the community, our team member benefits include:

• Convenient city location
• Stocked kitchen with fruit and breakfast items
• Modern and spacious end of trip facilities
• Access to the latest technologies
• An annual budget to support your choice of learning
• Extended parental leave (16 weeks for primary carers), and paid volunteer days
• Flexible working – we balance working together with working flexibly
• People-focussed culture that celebrates achievements big and small
• OnePass subscription and Team Member discount card.

Next steps

If this sounds like your next career move, then click on the ‘Apply’ button now! Please note that we may commence interviewing candidates prior to the application closing date.