Senior Software Engineer (all genders) – Analytics & Forecasting Solutions

Description

You will join the Analytics & Forecasting Solutions team in the Logistics Network Planning department of the company as a senior engineer. You will own the technical side of complex network systems and shape the architecture that keeps millions of parcels moving efficiently across Europe.

The team improves logistics forecasts, which affect how well warehouses and transport teams perform. By designing, building and scaling forecasting and planning software, you help operations adapt to shifting demand, manage capacity and allocate resources, and keep customer deliveries running smoothly.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and build of forecasting and planning software that optimizes complex capacity allocation.
• Write scalable, clean and easy-to-maintain Python, and set the coding standards for logistics network planning projects.
• Own large systems end to end, from solution architecture and thorough testing to rollout and monitoring.
• Work closely with subject matter experts to turn difficult operational problems into solid technical solutions.
• Multiply the team's output by mentoring junior engineers, explaining complex technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders, and driving projects through their milestones.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with a record of delivering complex, large-scale systems.
• Ability to design, architect and deliver robust, highly scalable, high-performance distributed systems.
• Hands-on use of AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code to speed up development, with the judgement to review, debug and refine their output to enterprise standards.
• Practical experience deploying or working with machine learning models for forecasting, optimization or advanced planning.
• Advanced Python and SQL skills, plus experience with relational data warehouses, ETL design and data pipeline orchestration.
• Extensive experience with unit, integration and end-to-end testing, and with building robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to turn business requirements into technical roadmaps and write clear, thorough technical documentation.

Conditions

Candidates are assessed on qualifications, skills and contributions, so please leave photos, age and marital status out of your CV.

If you need accommodations during the hiring process, tell the company and it will help.

Benefits

• 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees, rising by 1 day per calendar year up to 30 days.
• 40% off fashion and beauty goods the company sells and ships, 30% off its Lounge range, and discounts from external partners.
• Family support, including counselling and dedicated services for parents and carers.
• Company pension scheme.
• Employee share programme.
• Health and wellbeing options, including Wellhub.
• Mental health support and coaching.
• Training platform and peer-to-peer review twice a year.
• 2 paid volunteering days a year.
• Relocation assistance, subject to prior agreement.