We're
Ocado Technology. We design and build the platform that powers Ocado,
the world's largest online-only grocery retailer. We're also putting the
world's retailers online, including Morrisons (the fastest growing
online supermarket in the world), Fetch, Sizzle, and Fabled by Marie
Claire.
We write and build all our own systems, from website to
warehouse control systems, van routing systems to mobile apps, every
system involved in our e-commerce and logistics operation has been
carefully crafted by our team of passionate software engineers.
We have a rapidly expanding portfolio of amazing software
products being developed in Barcelona. And we work closely with our
development teams in our other centres around the world.
What are we looking for?
Someone with good software skills, who also is an expert
in network engineering or system administration. Typically, we look for
about a 50/50 mix of people who have more of a software background and
people who have more of a systems engineering background. We feel this
would be a really good mix.
In a nutshell
As a Software Engineer on the SRE team, you will have the
opportunity to tackle the complex problems while using your expertise in
coding, algorithms, complexity analysis and large-scale system design.
Your tasks will focus on operational assets of the software. You will be
part of the team that uses software instead of people to run operations
on site.
What will I be doing
- Design, write and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Ocado’s services.
- Solve problems relating to mission critical services and
build automation to prevent problem recurrence; with the goal of
automating response to all non-exceptional service conditions.
- Influence and create new designs, architectures, standards and methods for large-scale distributed systems.
- Engage in service capacity planning and demand forecasting, software performance analysis and system tuning.
- Working in cloud environment with instrumentation and automation in mind.
What I need to know
- Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis and software design.
- Experience in one or more of: Java, Python, NodeJS, Scala.
- Expertise in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience in cloud environments.
- Familiarity with running web services at scale; understanding of Unix systems internals and networking.
- Understanding of Unix/Linux systems from kernel to shell
and beyond, taking in system libraries, file systems, and client-server
protocols along the way.
- Networking: knowledge and understanding of network
theory, such as different protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, etc), MAC
addresses, IP packets, DNS, OSI layers, and load balancing).
- Systematic problem solving approach, coupled with a strong sense of ownership and drive.
We can offer you:
A relaxed, international, talented, creative and friendly
environment (phew!) where we will provide you with the best tools to
develop amazing stuff. We invest in our employees, ensuring we provide
them with the best in house and external training programs available. We
also really encourage people to attend conferences and be involved in
the local developer community.
- Flexible working hours with short Fridays
- Reduced hours in August
- Private Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Ticket Restaurant Scheme
- Free fresh fruit, snacks, tea and coffee
- Monthly drinks events
- Table football
- English and Spanish language courses
We are right next to Sants station, a central area of
Barcelona. We are just getting going, which makes it a very exciting
time to join!
Anything else?
There’s a lot going on at Ocado Technology! Find out more about us at http://www.ocadotechnology.com
Due to the fast paced nature of our business our vacancy close dates may be subject to change.