Engineering Manager

Woolworths Group Limited; Sydney; Remote; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts across Woolworths Group

Wellbeing programs and app access (SöN

Flexible work policy

Job summary

Cartology, part of Woolworths Group, is seeking an Engineering Manager for Reporting & Measurement to lead a high-performing software engineering and QA team within our Digital Experience stream. You will partner with product, data, and design peers to deliver secure, scalable, self-serve reporting solutions.

Applicants should bring 10+ years of software leadership, data-focused delivery experience, and fluency across modern tech stacks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering leadership experience in Agile environments.
• Experience building and scaling data-heavy platforms, analytics, or reporting features.
• Fluency across modern web and data stacks (e.g., TypeScript, React, Spring, Kotlin, REST/GraphQL).
• Proven delivery track record with testing, CI/CD, and automated deployment.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical roadmap for the Reporting & Measurement stream.
• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers and QAs.
• Oversee self-serve reporting engines, dashboards, and analytics tools.
• Collaborate with product, data, UX, and architecture teams to translate requirements into designs.
• Advocate Agile best practices, CI/CD, and automated QA to ensure high-quality releases.
• Communicate architectural trade-offs and release progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

Data Platform

Tech Stack Fluency

Delivery & Agile

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Ad/retail tech exposure

Job description

• Opportunity to work on the latest technology and methodologies
• Drive innovation across our technical capabilities
• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment

We are Cartology

Cartology is one of Australia’s leading retail media businesses, powered by the Woolworths Group. We provide targeted omnichannel marketing solutions and comprehensive closed loop reporting to help brands grow. With Cartology, brands can drive real customer impact across the shopper journey.

Cartology is truly pioneering the future of Retail Media, creating, shaping and leading this new industry that connects brands to customers in new and exciting ways.

Be nothing but yourself in a culture that is inclusive and innovative. Work as part of an ambitious, smart and passionate team and belong to something meaningful as part of the Woolworths Group.

What you'll do

As the Engineering Manager for Reporting & Measurement, you will lead a high-performing team of software engineers and QAs in our Digital Experience stream. You will act as a client focused technical leader, partnering closely with product managers, product designers, software & data engineers, and architects to translate strategic product requirements into performant, secure, and scalable self-serve reporting solutions. Your focus will be on people leadership, technical strategy, data architecture excellence, and driving the successful delivery of complex media measurement and performance.

• Engineering Strategy & Roadmap Execution: Partner with product and engineering team/peers to define the technical roadmap for the Reporting & Measurement stream. Balance immediate commercial feature needs with technical debt, long-term system scalability, and platform security.
• People Leadership & Talent Development: Manage, mentor, and coach a team of software engineers and QAs. Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and professional growth deeply integrated with product goals.
• Data & Reporting Architecture: Oversee the technical design and delivery of self-serve reporting engines, performance dashboards, data visualizations, and campaign analytics tools. Ensure technic
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate daily with a cross-functional team to translate business requirements into clean technical designs, initiatives and delivery milestones.
• Agile & Operational Best Practices: Actively champion and embed agile principles, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), test automation, automated QA, and high code quality standards to ensure fast-paced, reliable iterations.
• Stakeholder & Technical Alignment: Maintain transparent communication with technical leadership, commercial teams, and cross-functional partners to clearly communicate technical trade-offs, architecture choices, and release progress.

What You’ll Bring

• Engineering Leadership: 10+ years of software engineering experience with proven experience leading, managing, and mentoring engineering teams within agile environments.
• Domain & Data Platform Expertise: Demonstrated experience building and scaling data-heavy platforms, analytics, or reporting features within SaaS or eCommerce environments. Strong understanding of high-volume data processing and measurement capabilities.
• Technical Stack Versatility: Strong computer science fundamentals with hands-on experience or architectural fluency across modern web and data stacks (e.g., TypeScript, React, Spring, Kotlin, REST/GraphQL APIs, and data integration patterns).
• Delivery & Agile Mastery: Proven track record of translating product specs into robust technical execution, championing testing, code quality, automated deployment, and continuous delivery.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong experience partnering with Product Managers, Data/Analytics teams, UX Designers, and Architects to deliver cohesive platform experiences.
• Direct experience building or scaling advertising/marketing technology platforms or retail media tools would be desirable

What You’ll Experience

• We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!
• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose‑driven work.
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
• A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing.
• A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential. We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in t he hiring process.