SeniorBackendEngineer

Senior Backend Engineer (Scala/Java) | Mobile Fulfilment | Hybrid Working | Sofia Who are We The Mobile Fulfilment Systems department at Ocado is at the forefront of developing cutting-edge automation solutions for both in-store and warehouse online order fulfilment. We leverage distributed backend systems, intuitive mobile applications, and advanced autonomous mobile robots to enable fast, scalable, and cost-effective order collection. As part of our Mobile Fulfilment Systems department, we at In-Store Fulfilment (ISF) design and develop distributed cloud-based systems, PWA mobile applications, and web technologies to automate the fulfilment of online customer orders at scale. We’re actively expanding how we use AI across our engineering teams and are looking for strong backend engineers who can help drive this forward. While AI is already part of how we build and ship software, we’re still growing in this space, so we value either hands-on experience or a strong interest in developing it. You’ll help accelerate the adoption of AI practices while continuing to contribute to core engineering work across the team. What is ISF (In-Store-Fulfilment) In-Store Fulfilment is an end-to-end cloud-based solution that enables stores to rapidly and efficiently fulfil online customer orders - enhancing the shopping experience while reducing operational costs. We operate in over 1,000 stores, across 4 continents and 11 countries. More than 300,000 customer orders go through our system weekly. The system governs all aspects of order fulfilment - routing, cubing optimisations, optimal goods handling, picking, buffering, loading and dispatch. As a Senior Software Engineer in our Backend team, you will: Design, build, and maintain large-scale, high-availability distributed systems Lead technical initiatives from start to end, fully owning the planning, coordination, design and execution process from discovery to release Constantly ensure solutions meet quality standards by utilizing