Associate Software Engineer

ASDA; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

ASDA seeks an Associate Software Engineer for its Engineering Excellence team in Leeds. The role involves developing, implementing, and supporting JIRA and Confluence solutions, working collaboratively to enhance engineering productivity and adopting innovative practices. Benefits include flexible working, annual leave, and a strong commitment to employee wellbeing.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Discounts for employees

Company pension up to 7% matched

Access to wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Jira/Confluence administration and setup.
• Familiarity with Jira scripting languages (JQL, Groovy) preferred.
• Experience working within Agile frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Administer Jira and Confluence technical solutions.
• Support upgrades and user access processes.
• Train and guide users within the business.

Skills

Jira Administration

Confluence Administration

Agile Methodology

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Atlassian Tools

Job description

Job Title

Associate Software Engineer

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Infrastructure

Closing Date

22 June 2025

Engineering Excellence – Associate Software Engineer (Jira/Confluence)

“Everything about Asda”

We are a values-led organisation. As such we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone’s input.

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

“Everything you’ll love”

• Starting 25 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for yourself and switch off

• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year

• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us

• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year

• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business. (Link to grad scheme on Asda page)

• Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours

Plus, much more!

What You'll Love

We’re looking for an Associate Software Engineer with strong analytical skills and a keen desire to learn while developing, implementing and supporting Jira & Confluence, software solutions and software renewals as part of our Engineering Excellence team.

Our Mission: Increase efficiency and agility across engineering teams enabling them to mobilise quickly and deliver quality, secure, right first-time features for our customers at reduced costs.

Enable operations teams to pro-actively monitor and quickly report across critical systems.

An Associate Software Engineer reports into the Engineering Manager and contributes to the delivery of our mission through a combination of design, build & implementation activity together with working alongside multiple engineering teams across the department, supporting them to adopt new ways of working. The role will involve strong collaboration with others - be it learning from examples of existing great engineering work, collaborating with others to create it or mentoring engineers to use it.

This role will initially focus almost exclusively on Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management ways of working, development, configuration and support, and over time evolve to include the wider goals of the team.

Your Role

Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management

• Administer technical solutions, projects & spaces created by Jira, Confluence and their associated plugins
• Support upgrades to the Atlassian toolset
• Support User access / JML processes
• Contribute to the development of key system-wide customisations
• Train and guide various levels of users within the business
• Provide technical support to end users to help address system queries & issues
• Maintain documentation to aid in queries

General

• Contribute to Licence management of Atlassian and other software
• Work under guidance of Software Engineers to understand problems, analyse requirements & deliver solutions that enhance engineering productivity
• Write code for low latency, highly available and scalable solutions
• Contribute to delivering initiatives to improve system observability, incident response processes and operational efficiency
• Continually update technical knowledge and skills using internal training as well taking time to self-develop utilising external sources
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, experimentation and innovation within the department

What You’ll Need

• Hands-on experience in Jira / Confluence Administration (Project setup including Customisation)
• Familiarity with Jira scripting languages (JQL, Groovy) and Jira APIs
• You will be familiar with at least one of the technologies used in Asda’s wider technology landscape React native/JS, JAVA, C#, .NET, Azure SQL
• Have experience / knowledge within a modern software engineering role including use of automation and the CICD toolchain
• Have experience working to an Agile methodology (e.g. XP, Kanban, Scrum, SAFe)
• Knowledge of monitoring and alerting tools: Knowledge of tools like New Relic or Azure Monitor and Azure App Insights
• Cloud platform knowledge: Experience with container, serverless and other cloud technologies
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Knowledge of tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation for managing and provisioning infrastructure
• Pro-active, enthusiastic, conscientious, detail-oriented and able to work well under general guidance
• Highly resilient, employing a relentless can-do attitude in the face of adversity
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Able to discuss technical information with both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Able to identify and manage risks through to resolution
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Atlassian Certifications would be an advantage

• Access to professional development resources and training is provided
• We have active colleague teams, such as our Women in Digital & Tech team, that support women and other underrepresented groups in tech. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage applications from all backgrounds.

• If flexible working is important to you, then look no further! At Asda, we are proud of our culture and our commitment to flexible working. This role is Leeds based in Asda House with the flexibility to work from home several days a week depending on workload.

If you have any questions, then please email [e-mail]

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves