Full Stack Developer - Retail Solutions

Marsh & McLennan Companies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm based in the UK is looking for a Full Stack Developer to join their Retail Solutions team. This role requires strong expertise in Python and NodeJS, as well as experience with Docker and MongoDB. The position offers flexibility in location between London and Newcastle. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in developing analytical software and a proactive approach to software engineering. The firm promotes a collaborative culture that values diverse experiences and impactful software development.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Inclusive work environment

Opportunities for growth and development

Qualifications

• Proven track record developing complicated, analytical software programs.
• Experience interacting with data repositories to create API services.
• Familiarity with developing from Docker containers is essential.

Responsibilities

• Proactive curiosity to challenge the status quo.
• Advocate for users with a deep understanding of their needs.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder alignment and collaborations.

Skills

Python

NodeJS

API Services / Processing

MongoDB

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Docker

Databricks

VueJS

Job description

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 7,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities.

Oliver Wyman is seeking a Full Stack Developer to join our Retail Solutions team in the UK – our preferred locations are either London or Newcastle, but we can offer some flexibility.

Retail Solutions is a new kind of team within Oliver Wyman: an internal product startup that blends a strong engineering culture and an obsession for creating products that deliver the world’s biggest retail impact.

Our suite of retail tools empowers merchandising teams to address complex analytical challenges and make the most important commercial decisions at the heart of every retailer: optimizing assortments, promotional programs, and pricing strategies.

What is expected of this Full Stack Developer role:

• Proactive curiosity and a willingness to challenge the status quo
• Ability to draw on and practically apply years of engineering experience
• Be an advocate for the users and develop a deep understanding of their needs
• Communicate, communicate, communicate: from getting stakeholder alignment on priorities to negotiating trade‑offs, from managing expectations to collaborating with colleagues, this role demands excellent communication skills

Who we are looking for…

You will have a proven track record developing complicated, analytical software programs with strong knowledge of Python and experience interacting with data repositories to create API services, combined with experience developing from Docker containers. Knowing NodeJS is a huge plus for this role along with MongoDB.

The following are essentials for this role:

• Python, NodeJS, API Services / Processing
• Important: MongoDB, Containers/Docker Familiarity, HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• Nice to have: Databricks, VueJS

We’re also keen to have applications from individuals with Retail industry experience, particularly in any of the following: merchandising optimization, category management, promotions, pricing strategies, supplier negotiations, or assortment/range management.

Exposure to a consulting environment is a bonus but not required.

Why Join Us?

Our team is distributed over several countries, with a center of gravity in the UK and Spain. We believe that by mixing our diverse backgrounds and experiences with the ingredients below, we have a recipe for building great software.

Culture: We are large enough to organize ourselves around a line of four products, but small enough that we all know each other well. We are all team players first and foremost and that results in a strong and inclusive team culture. We are in this team because we love learning and improving how we do things, we love building stuff.

Impact: Our team is growing fast to deliver on ambitious plans to bring our product suite to the largest retailers on the planet in collaboration with Oliver Wyman’s Consumer, Technology and Telecoms (CTT) practice. This is an opportunity to do something different than almost anywhere else: work in multi-disciplinary teams to build great products, and at the same time see up close the real‑world impact you create.

Ownership: You will get the autonomy, trust, and support to make decisions, take on responsibility, and drive our experience forward.

Flat structure: Decision-making is as transparent as we know how to make it. We don’t always get it right, but we get better every day. We do have different levels of experience and responsibility but in the day-to-day we all want to experience a flat structure without unnecessary hierarchy: a strong rationale beats arguments from authority every time.

Oliver Wyman is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – To learn more, please follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter: OliverWyman. www.oliverwyman.com/careers

Marsh & McLennan Companies and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.