Ocado Group Hiring for Junior Software Engineer – CI/CD Job at Welwyn Garden City, England Full Time

“We are on a mission to transform the future of grocery retail through sustained technology innovation.”

What does the team do?

The PLC-Services CI/CD team discovers and exploits all possibilities from multiple PLC Provider’s SDK’s in order to create a continuous delivery pipeline. This will cover OO programming, scripting, Devops development, Gitlab integration, tooling, toolchain design, peripheral product configuration, library management, and peripheral automated deployment.

You will work side-by-side with other team members to achieve set goals and be accountable for the delivery of the products. You will be required to build up and maintain a healthy level of trust and collaboration with your team and team lead.

What you’ll be doing…

This role involves supporting our peripheral infrastructure, existing tools, developing new features and maintaining the testing pipeline. Our goal is to prevent issues from being raised when new updates are permitted to the peripherals on site.

Multiple tools have been developed that dictate deployments to site and enable the testing pyramid to validate new changes

General:

• Attend regular stand ups, planning, grooming, design, and retrospective meetings in order to identify goals, manage workload and help improve team relationships.

• Participate and facilitate as required in team and area work review sessions in which technical and architectural decisions get discussed.

• Ensure that code development standards are adhered to Ocado SDLC guidelines.

• Provide the team and department with appropriate levels of technical support and guidance.

CI/CD Tooling team:

• Discover and exploit all possibilities that the Siemens Openness API (C# .NET) allows in order to create a continuous delivery pipeline.

• Help organise the provision of support and upgrades for existing Peripheral configuration and deployment tools.

• Improving the peripheral testing

• Developing the infrastructure and maintaining the existing tooling

• Developing the infrastructure and maintaining the existing pipeline

• Maintaining the pipeline via AWS and Gitlab

• Mentoring and coaching the team on new coding practices

• Upskill the team discussing architecture and design of the source code

What we are looking for

• Object-oriented programming is a must. Knowledge of C# and internal principles would be hugely beneficial

• Demonstrable experience of object-oriented principles

• Experience and understanding of scalable architecture when creating code solutions

• Knowledge of testing principles and pyramids (Unit, integration, end to end)

• Knowledge of testing principles utilising AWS and docker

• Creating and maintaining cloud tooling for CI/CD pipelines

• Drive to share knowledge and upskill less experienced engineers

• Proven Software Development Background with a focus on product development

• Knowledge with Google BigQuery or Sql experience

• AWS EC2

• Git and Gitlab

• Windows

• Python 3

• 2.1/1st Bsc in CS, SE, good numerate degree

This would make you stand out from the crowd

• Knowledge of the Siemens TIA Openness API

• Knowledge of the agile methodology

About Ocado Technology

Ocado Technology is changing the way the world shops using advanced Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Big Data, Cloud and IoT. We develop the innovative software and hardware systems that power Ocado.com, as well as the unique ‘Ocado Smart Platform’ which is being implemented by ambitious retailers across the world from Europe to America, Asia and beyond.

Find out more about how we are pioneering the future through serial technology innovation here.

Our Values:

We champion a value-led culture to get our teams working at their very best and to help create a collaborative working environment with inspiring projects that our people love. Core values of Trust, Autonomy, Craftsmanship, Collaboration and Learn Fast help drive our innovative culture. But don’t just take our word for it, have a look at what our people are saying about us on Glassdoor.

What we offer you:

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately. Currently, we offer technically stretching work, a competitive salary and;

• A Work from Home policy that sees you in the office typically 40% of your time.

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere’ policy

• Wellbeing support through Apps such as Unmind and an Employee Assistance Programme

• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)

• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete)

• Train Ticket loan (interest-free)

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices

• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes

• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees

• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)

We also have regular divisional socials, sports clubs not to mention the Ocado Technology Academy for a packed schedule of courses, conferences and events. If you think you have what it takes to make a difference, please submit your application below.

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Be bold, be unique, be brilliant, be you. We are looking for individuality and we value diversity. We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to treating all applicants and employees fairly and equally. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive work environment. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We are thrilled to welcome applicants from across the world. Whilst we are able to offer visa sponsorship, please note that we are only able to cover costs relating to the Certificate of Sponsorship and the Immigration Skills Charge only.

For all employment offers made for UK roles, it is expected that you will be based in the UK in commutable distance, ready for your first day of work, so please keep this in mind.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.!

Due to the energising nature of Ocado’s business, vacancy close dates, when stated, are indicative and may be subject to change so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you have applied and been rejected for this role in the last 6 months, or applied and been rejected for a role with a similar skill set, we will not re-evaluate you for this position. After 6 months, we will treat your application as a new one.

All benefits information is subject to change and the terms of the individual arrangements.

Please assume you have been unsuccessful if you haven’t heard from us within 4 weeks.

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