Senior Software Engineer

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Department: Mobile Fulfilment Systems

About Us

We are Ocado Technology and we empower global grocery retailers with cutting-edge cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. Our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) powers highly automated Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs), enabling efficient, single-pick online grocery delivery.

About the Role

This role sits within our Hive Workspace, which empowers our partners to efficiently operate, maintain, and analyze performance in their highly automated warehouses. Dive into the world of robotics and innovation with us!

The Hive Workspace cluster provides a suite of applications that aims to make any maintenance (remote or on site) and repair of our smart embedded systems as efficient and effective as possible. Our goal is to ensure our highly automated warehouses can deliver the best for our customers. Hive Workspace suite is one stop shop for all of the work our clients need to do in their warehouse, to have all the tools needed to operate, maintain and analyse performance and all of that with minimal human assistance.

Production Diagnostics is a software product, part of the Hive Workspace suite of applications, designed to standardise and streamline the process of maintenance and repair. It provides an unified workflow and instructions to ensure consistency and efficiency in these operations.

Our Technology Stack includes:

• Java 21
• Spring
• Amazon Web Services like DynamoDB, ECS, SNS, SQS and others
• JavaScript, TypeScript

The list of technologies evolves as we adapt to newer challenges, just as it should be in the dynamic environment of technologies.

About you

Essential:

• Proficient programming skills in Java with an understanding of underpinning techniques
• Knowledge of software engineering from design to support
• Willingness to work across the entire software stack
• Comfort and experience using LLMs (Claude, Copilot, etc.) in daily work
• Proficient in the full delivery lifecycle, from research and technical discovery to customer feedback.

Desirable:

• Experience with distributed, scalable, and highly available systems.
• Experience with Javascript/TypeScript and modern front-end frameworks e.g. React/Angular
• Experience using agentic tools (Claude, Copilot, etc.) beyond code generation.

What we offer

We believe in supporting our people with meaningful, flexible benefits that prioritise well-being and work-life balance. Here’s a snapshot of what you can expect:

• Hybrid office attendance policy that sees you onsite 40% of your time
• 30 days of “Work from anywhere” program
• 30 days of annual leave
• Share plan program
• 150 EUR additional monthly allowance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policy
• Medical plan including health & dental coverage
• Life and disability insurance

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.

 

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