Lead Developer Warehouse Systems Technology (Data)
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21 days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Role:
While youll have heard our name theres a lot you probably dont know about NEXT. Like how we create most of our systems ourselves whether its a website mobile app or application. Whats more were growing. Fast. And its the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in our business.
Our huge warehouse estate in Yorkshire is held together by the Warehouse Tech team the warehouses have an enormous amount of tech that allow us to receive store pick and pack items for our customers - handling everything from socks to sofas! The Warehouse team focuses heavily on automation which includes 40 miles of conveyor linking everything together across our sites hundreds of storage and picking robots - a very fast moving continuously changing part of NEXT Technology.
As a key member of our team youll apply your expert knowledge of our development tools and technologies to deliver outstanding results. Your passion for the craft will shine through as you produce clean concise and highly efficient code. Were working on really exciting projects with the data platform that this team manages so wed love for you to be a go-to member of the team in this area specifically!
Well look to you to be an influential voice in defining and evolving our technical standards helping to keep us at the forefront of our industry. As a natural mentor you will guide and support your colleagues reviewing code to uphold our high standards for performance and quality. Youll also be instrumental in championing our departmental processes ensuring the team is aligned while helping to shape our standards to keep them current and relevant.
About you:
You will have proven Data Platform Engineering experience with the following:
- Full system development life cycle.
- Data streaming/ data pipelines
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform
- Kubernetes / containerisation
- Strong SQL experience including stored procedures and CDC patterns
- Proficient in programming languages such as Java Python C# or Go.
- Good understanding of DevOps principles such as CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / ArgoCD).
- Ability to strategise and work within technical constraints.
In addition were looking for you to have:
- Apache Kafka experience including Confluent (Azure) and on-prem environments.
- Experience with Apache Spark Apache Flink.
- Experience with custom Kafka implementations such as connectors in self-managed Kubernetes.
- Experience with Kubernetes and Azure DevOps Pipelines.
- The ability to conceptually grasp complex technical challenges and contribute to solutions.
- A positive outgoing and proactive attitude with the ability to think outside the box.
Youll be doing all this on a hybrid basis from our South Elmsall office in South Yorkshire. Its a fast-paced encouraging and supportive environment where everyone is committed to delivering for our customers and growing their own careers. Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Lets Take It On.
Key Skills
- Restaurant Experience
- Sales Experience
- Basic Math
- Warehouse Experience
- Conflict Management
- Contractor Management
- Warehouse Management System
- Guest Services
- Employment & Labor Law
- Leadership Experience
- Medicare
- Supervising Experience
About Company
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now po ... View more
