Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer - Warehouse Automation Platform Engineering

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to help shape the future of our Warehouse Control System (MCS) and automation platform.

This role goes beyond software development. You will play a key role in evolving MCS from a project-based delivery model into a scalable, configuration-driven platform. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, drive engineering excellence, and help establish modern platform engineering practices across the team.

You will work closely with architects, software engineers, SREs, operational technology specialists, and business stakeholders to design and deliver solutions that integrate warehouse control systems, robotics, material handling equipment, PLC-controlled automation, enterprise applications, and future AI-enabled capabilities.

Success in this role requires a combination of strong software engineering expertise, technical leadership, platform thinking, and a desire to help build the next generation of warehouse technology solutions.

• Champion engineering standards that improve quality, maintainability, security, and operational readiness across all solutions
• Establish and promote development practices that encourage simplicity, reuse, automation, and long-term sustainability.
• Work with architects and engineers to ensure solutions align with platform strategy, architectural principles, and engineering standards.
• Drive technical discussions and contribute to architectural decision-making.
• Partner with architects to define the technical roadmap for MCS and future platform capabilities.

• Drive standardisation, configuration-driven delivery, and reusable integration patterns.
• Reduce custom development through improved platform capabilities and configuration frameworks.
• Identify opportunities to simplify implementations and improve scalability.
• Contribute to technical strategies that improve maintainability and reduce long-term ownership costs.

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications and integrations.
• Build and maintain event-driven solutions using Kafka and related technologies.
• Design scalable communication between warehouse automation systems, enterprise applications, and operational technology platforms.
• Develop APIs and integration frameworks that support both customer implementations and platform capabilities.
• Optimise application performance, reliability, and maintainability.

• Drive adoption of CI/CD practices and deployment automation.
• Contribute to modern platform engineering and DevSecOps capabilities.
• Improve containerisation, deployment standards, and environment consistency.
• Promote observability, operational readiness, and system reliability.
• Work closely with Site Reliability Engineering to improve monitoring, deployment confidence, and operational excellence.

• Design integrations for warehouse control systems, automation equipment, robotics, and enterprise applications.
• Troubleshoot complex communication, networking, and system integration issues.
• Contribute to future warehouse capabilities including orchestration, automation intelligence, control systems, and edge technology.
• Support implementation, commissioning, and customer-facing technical activities when required.

• Embrace AI-assisted software development practices.
• Leverage AI tools to improve engineering productivity, quality, and delivery speed.
• Identify opportunities for AI-enabled automation across development and operational processes.
• Support the broader adoption of AI-driven engineering practices within the team.

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong Java development experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and design patterns.
• Experience building distributed and event-driven systems.
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
• Strong understanding of APIs, system integration patterns, and enterprise integrations.
• Experience working with SQL and relational databases.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, ports, routing, firewalls, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
• Experience mentoring developers and leading technical initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and fluent English.

• Experience with warehouse automation systems.
• Experience integrating conveyors, sorters, AMRs, ASRS, robotics platforms, or warehouse control systems.
• Understanding of industrial control systems and PLC-based automation environments.
• Experience working with WCS, WMS, PLCs, and operational technology integrations.
• Experience defining technical roadmaps and driving platform evolution.

• Experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Experience with observability and monitoring solutions.
• Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications.
• Experience working closely with Site Reliability Engineering teams.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development and developer productivity tools.