BGR Senior Platform Engineer

At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered.

We want to be the leaders in new technology that transforms coffee experiences. At the heart of this is our coffee technology hub in Sofia, developing fresh solutions and reimagining the future of coffee to make greatness every day.

We also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, our apprenticeship scheme, and development programmes. At Costa, you can go beyond the day-to-day.

And as a Senior Platform Engineer (Data&AI) you’ll report directly to the Head of Engineering and play a strategic role in shaping our technology landscape.

The Senior Platform Engineer will be the technical owner of the Data&AI platforms. This role requires a combination of hands on technical knowledge, analytical skills, strong communication, planning ability and prominent technical leadership skills to ensure the successful development, implementation, and optimization of Data&AI solutions that align with Costa Coffee's business objectives

So, why Costa?

We're a global coffee brand with bold plans and some pretty brilliant perks to sweeten the deal:

Life, Accident & Disability Insurance

Healthcare Benefits for you and your dependents

Preferential rates on a Multisport Card for you and the family

An annual discretionary bonus scheme, based on business results and individual contribution

25 days of paid holiday

We’re passionate about being a great place to work, where you can bring your real self into our mix. We firmly support diversity, equity and inclusion, and continue to work with our teams to shape the future of our culture and values: Disciplined to Deliver, Passion for Progress, Win with Warmth, Courage to Challenge and Trusted Team Players. To learn more about our Bulgaria hub, our roles, and Costa Coffee, head to our careers site here: https://bit.ly/bulgariahub.

What you’ll do

Being a Senior Platform Engineer is about so much more than bringing our coffee to the world. It’s your chance to stir up real success - which means you’ll:

Take full ownership of Costa’s key Data&AI platforms, driving the vision and technical roadmap to ensure alignment with business goals

Work closely with cross-functional teams including Data Platform Team, Integrations Team and People as well as The Product Division of Data&AI to deliver and evolve high-quality technology solutions.

Develop, maintain, and prioritise the technical backlog, balancing short /long-term priorities and ensuring that we are aligned with the overall product strategy and objectives

Lead the technical evolution of our platforms to ensure a long-term robustness, security and reliability.

Utilise technical knowledge to guide development teams and ensure the feasibility and scalability of solutions

Who you are

It’s your unique ingredients we’re interested in:

Ability to communicate clearly with Dev Teams and Procut Teams towards a vision and defined goals for our platforms.

Ability to author and maintain an emergent technical backlog with the right level of detail in collaboration with the Dev Teams and various stakeholders

Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer of DevOps in a Senior or Leadership role

Proven experience working with Azure Cloud, Azure DevOps, Web Services, AI&ML, Databases

It is considered as an advantage if you have experience with Power BI, Fabric and Databricks

Base Salary: 56,040 - 77,055 EUR

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, experience and skills.

Location – Sofia – Hybrid

The role will be hybrid model with the expectation of being in the Sofia office 2-3 days per week as required. Some international travel may also be required on up to a quarterly basis.

For any reasonable adjustments and general queries, please get in touch with [email protected]