Senior Back End Engineer

Our Purpose

Working in Partnership for a happier world - our shared Purpose that guides us in everything we do and inspires 3 important principles; happier people, happier business, happier world. The John Lewis Partnership is a truly unique business, one that seeks to make a positive difference to the lives of everyone.

What's the role about?

As the UK's most successful omni-channel retailer, E-Commerce is a key part of Our Business - we run two of the busiest websites in the UK, driving a significant proportion of our sales. Our Engineering practice includes 60+ teams, working on everything from Cloud Platforms to Mobile Apps, from E-Commerce functionality to Machine Learning.

Our Engineers work collaboratively and share knowledge, and learning is extremely important to us. We support our Engineers to continuously improve their skills and keep abreast of the latest technologies.

What you'll be doing?

This is an opportunity to join one of our agile product teams working as a Senior Back-End Software Engineer. You will be using your excellent Kotlin or Java skills to build and support new features adding value for Our Business.

As a Senior Engineer, you will also use your knowledge of Software Engineering to lead the shaping of new projects and support the professional development of less experienced Engineers. 

There are opportunities to become a people manager for your fellow engineers if that is something that appeals to you.

Successful candidates will have a passion for using technology to deliver outstanding and innovative software solutions, and will have a track record of working in teams delivering complex, performant, high quality software. 

What you'll already have:

• Extensive experience leading, coaching and mentoring individuals/ teams

• Expertise in either server side Kotlin or a modern version of Java.

• A structured approach to systems analysis and development.

• A good understanding of Microservice Architectures.

• Experience with application frameworks such as http4k or Spring Boot.

• An understanding of Agile development methods such as Scrum or Kanban.

• Familiarity with techniques like TDD, pair programming.

• Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery.

• REST API development and/ or consumption.

  What else you could bring:

  • Experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure.

  • Docker, Kubernetes.

  • Jenkins, Gitlab CI.

    Where will you be working?:

    We have opportunities at both our John Lewis Head Office in London, Pimlico and Waitrose Head Office in Bracknell, Berkshire.

    We have a blended hybrid approach of working from our offices and a home/ remote UK location. You are contracted to a Partnership office location. If you choose to work remotely you should be aware that from time to time, you will need to come into the office. This decision is made within your team.