Senior Engineer - Digital Store Technology

Brighter Futures Start Here

At Kmart it’s not just what you do, it’s who you are that makes every day living brighter.

You’ll be joining a diverse team who come together to collaborate globally around tech. With six purchases made every second, you’ll feel the impacts of the work you’ll do for our millions of customers every day.

We’re focusing on being a customer-led, digitally enabled retailer. Our teams are working with really cool tech from AI/machine learning, IoT, cloud first solutions, to 3D virtual reality product checks and human sized robots named Tory. Join our team, choose your own path and work on projects that excite you.

Join our team

Are you ready to shape the future of Stores Technology at Kmart Australia? We’re looking for Senior Engineers to join our Digital Stores team—a group powering the next generation of retail digitisation. From advanced merchandise tracking to robotics-driven inventory insights, we’re building high-impact solutions used by millions of customers and team members every day.

As a Senior Engineer, you’ll help design, build, and evolve the technology that powers our in‑store experiences. You’ll contribute to scalable services, modern UIs, and robust backend systems that keep our operations running smoothly. This is your chance to lead engineering excellence, influence key technical decisions, and work on products at true enterprise scale.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and implementing full stack software solutions using React and Java (Spring Boot).
• Building high‑performance backend services and APIs that support our in‑store platforms.
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers, driving engineering best practice.
• Delivering high‑quality outcomes using modern DevOps tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Working with AWS cloud technologies to build scalable, resilient systems.
• Championing clean coding principles with a strong emphasis on unit testing and maintainability.
• Leading technical design, requirements analysis, and contributing to architecture decisions.
• Solving complex problems with strong analytical and engineering capability.
• Collaborating with a diverse, high-performing team to deliver solutions that impact millions.
• Driving innovation in an environment that values creativity, learning, and growth.

To be successful in this role you’ll have:

• Proven experience in full stack development using React and Java (Spring Boot).
• Strong backend engineering capability with experience building scalable, reliable services.
• Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server.
• A track record of delivering software using CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Ability to produce clean, maintainable code and drive test automation.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
  
• Strong leadership skills and an interest in mentoring and developing others.
• Exposure to cloud environments, ideally AWS.
• Experience maintaining existing products while contributing to new features and enhancements.

Perks and benefits we’ll offer you:

• Flexible hybrid working options through our Flex Where, Flex When, Flex Well policy, spending 60% of your week in our National Office
• We’ll provide multiple ways for you to learn from online micro-credentialing in Udemy, support to gain certifications to tech community events and more.
• Great career opportunities across the broader Wesfarmers Group.
• We offer inclusive leave and ongoing support for team members of all backgrounds and family circumstances.
• Free onsite parking when you’re required to come into the office.
• We want you to feel rewarded for your commitment and hard work that's why everyone gets the opportunity to participate in a bonus program.
• A team member discount card that gives you a discount at Kmart, Target, Bunnings, and Officeworks.
• A free OnePass membership offering free delivery across Kmart & Target on eligible products.
• Access to the Kmart for You benefits program which entitles you to exclusive discounts and benefits in the areas of entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and health – with over 60 suppliers!
• Reflection room, space for prayer, meditation, or time for yourself.
• Wesfarmers is Kmart’s parent company and each year eligible employees can elect to purchase shares through a salary sacrifice arrangement.

A place you can belong

We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities in which we operate. We are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all our team members can contribute and succeed. We believe that all team members should feel valued, respected and safe, and strive to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and welcoming, with applications encouraged from all candidates.

We encourage you to tell us about any workplace adjustments that you would like, by emailing kmartgroupcareers@kmart.com.au

Excited about this role, but not sure if you meet 100% of the criteria? We would still love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Kmart Group Employees who wish to be considered for this role, must be enrolled in the MySkills Program and have completed the self-assessment.

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