AO.com

is seeking a hands-on Infrastructure Platform Engineer to join our online retail tech team in Bolton. You will design, build, and run platforms that support our website and operations, ensuring reliability and scalability. The ideal candidate should have experience in e-commerce infrastructure, strong knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, and a solid grasp of networking principles. We offer benefits including 25 days holiday, a pension scheme, and health & wellbeing perks.

We're looking for a hands on Infrastructure Platform Engineer to join our online retail tech team. You'll be designing, building and running the platforms that keep our website, warehouses and delivery operations ticking along. From keeping things secure and scalable to making sure our systems are reliable when customers need us most, your work will play a big part in delivering a smooth, hassle free shopping experience every day. Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing You'll be responsible for keeping our core infrastructure running smoothly day to day, whether that's monitoring the health of servers and storage, managing access and permissions, or rolling out upgrades and changes in a safe, well controlled way. You'll work closely with support teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly, helping minimise downtime and keep our systems reliable during peak trading. A big part of the role is also about protecting our data - managing backups across on prem and cloud environments, testing restores, and contributing to strong disaster recovery plans so we're ready for anything. Alongside this, you'll design and build scalable, secure infrastructure that supports our growing business. That includes managing and optimising cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, deploying compute, storage and serverless services, and using Infrastructure as Code and automation to keep things consistent and repeatable. You'll collaborate with engineers across the business, bringing platform expertise to projects, embedding security and compliance best practice, and keeping clear documentation so everyone knows how things work and why. A Few Things About You Required Experience as an Infrastructure Engineer working in e commerce or online retail environments. Strong understanding of Active Directory, servers, storage, networking, and virtualisation. Hands on experience with AWS or Azure. Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, routing, switching, and firewalls. Proficiency with Windows and Linux server platforms. Experience with monitoring tools and performance optimisation. Good understanding of cybersecurity principles. Strong troubleshooting skills and effective communication abilities. Preferred Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, Commvault, or CompTIA Security+. Experience with e commerce, order management, or warehousing systems. Understanding of web architectures and load balancing. Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python, or Bash. Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation. Production experience with AWS Backup and Commvault. Benefits Holidays; 25 days, plus bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 2 years with us !) Pension; Contribute 5% of your annual salary and we'll do the same, giving you a little extra support for the future. Be a VIP at the AO Arena; we have loads of opportunities to win free tickets and pre sale access! Health & wellbeing; discounted gym membership, an onsite spa and our scheme giving you access to virtual GP's, Mental Health support and much more. Discounts; exclusive discounts across our product range. Family leave; Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave. Making a difference; 2 fully paid days a year to donate your time to any charity of your choice. On site perks; start your day with free on site parking, grabbing a complimentary breakfast and a coffee at our subsidised in house coffee shop!

Contract Type Permanent Department Tech Location Crewe Post Code CW1 6BF About The Role The D365 Solution Architect plays a key role in shaping how we use Microsoft Dynamics 365 across Finance & Operations, Supply Chain, WMS and Azure. They're responsible for the end to end design of our solutions, making sure everything hangs together - from functionality and integrations through to data, security and long term supportability. This role keeps us aligned with Microsoft's roadmap, sets clear architectural standards and cuts out unnecessary complexity. The focus is on building solutions that are scalable, reliable and ready for One Version - not just today, but for the long term. Working closely with Functional and Technical Consultants, Integration Engineers, Test Leads, Enterprise Architects and our business teams, the Solution Architect helps create a D365 platform that's secure, cost effective and built to support the way AO operates. Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing As D365 Solution Architect, you own the end to end architecture across Finance & Operations, Supply Chain, WMS and Azure. You set the direction, define clear design standards and make sure solutions are simple, scalable and aligned to Microsoft's roadmap - with minimal customisation and full One Version readiness. You govern configuration, extensions, integrations and ISVs, balancing the right use of D365, Power Platform and third party tools while keeping technical debt under control. You ensure integrations are robust, data flows are reliable and the platform can handle high volume, business critical workloads. You provide architectural oversight across environments, releases, data migration and cutover, making sure the platform is resilient, secure and operationally ready. Working closely with delivery teams, enterprise architecture, Microsoft and vendors, you guide decisions, challenge complexity and help build a D365 platform that's cost effective, secure and built to support how AO runs - especially at peak. A Few Things About You Architecture & Technical Expertise Extensive experience architecting D365 F&O, Supply Chain and/or WMS. Strong knowledge of Microsoft extensibility framework, integration patterns and data architecture. Deep understanding of D365 internals, data entities, dual write/CDS/Dataverse and APIs. Strong familiarity with Azure services (Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, Function Apps). Experience assessing ISVs, AppSource solutions and custom extensions. Engineering, Delivery & Governance Strong skills in solution governance, impact assessments and quality gates. Experience supporting release readiness, regression strategy and One Version compliance. Ability to produce high quality architectural documentation and solution diagrams. Awareness of DevOps pipelines, environment strategy and testing automation needs. Security, ITSM and Operational Awareness Understanding of RBAC, identity patterns, compliance and operational security. Experience designing observable, traceable and monitorable enterprise solutions. Awareness of cloud cost optimisation and operational SLAs. Core Skills Excellent communicator with strong stakeholder influence. Ability to simplify complex architectural decisions. Structured, analytical and proactive approach. Highly collaborative, working across teams to maintain platform and programme alignment. A Bit About Us When it comes to appliances and electricals, we've got the lot. Washing machines? Yep. TVs? Check. Laptops? Absolutely. Everything except doorbells (just kidding, we've got those too). We're known for helping our customers brilliantly - and it's no different for AOers. We care about more than what's on your CV, because together we can do extraordinary things. Our benefits are designed to cover the moments that matter to AOers. From health and wellness to giving back - you'll be rewarded inside and outside of work. Holidays; 25 days, plus bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 2 years with us!) Pension; Contribute 5% of your annual salary and we'll do the same, giving you a little extra support for the future. Be a VIP at the AO Arena; we have loads of opportunities to win free tickets and pre-sale access! Health & wellbeing; discounted gym membership, an onsite spa and our scheme giving you access to virtual GP's, Mental Health support and much more. Discounts; exclusive discounts across our product range. Family leave; Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave. Making a difference; 2 fully paid days a year to donate your time to any charity of your choice. On site perks; start your day with free on site parking, grabbing a complimentary breakfast and a coffee at our subsidised in house coffee shop! To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page. Job Title: Lead Dynamics Solution Architect

A leading online electrical retailer in Crewe seeks a Lead Dynamics Solution Architect to own end-to-end architecture for D365 solutions across various business units. The candidate will ensure scalable, secure solutions aligned with Microsoft's roadmap while managing configurations and integrations. Collaboration is key, working with delivery teams to maintain platform readiness. Competitive benefits include 25 days of holiday and a pension plan. Join us in shaping customer experiences with technology.

A leading tech company in Stockport is looking for a Product Owner to guide development teams in building high-quality, customer-centric products. You will collaborate with the Senior Product Owner, manage the product backlog, and ensure agile methodologies are applied throughout the software development process. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and experience with website analytics tools. Benefits include 33 days holiday, a salary sacrifice pension scheme, and opportunities for volunteering.

We've recently welcomed musicMagpie to the AO family, a company that shares our passion for putting customers first, caring about colleagues and making a real difference. Together, we're set to make an even bigger difference and with that comes exciting opportunities to shape the future of sustainable tech. musicMagpie are on a mission to make tech more affordable and help protect the planet by encouraging recycling, refurbishing, and repurposing tech and physical media products. They give millions of customers a smart, sustainable, and trusted way to buy, sell, and rent phones, tablets, games consoles, laptops, and other tech - all in one place. We're looking for a Product Owner to guide development teams in building high quality, customer centric products and features, using feedback from stakeholders to drive continuous product improvement. You'll work closely with the Senior Product Owner to build a roadmap that's suitable for customers, stakeholders and the business that outline key requirements, understanding the personas of the product and then leading product ceremonies to remove any blockers and create a path to help create acceptance criteria. Our Product Owners collaborate with a whole range of different teams, from merchandising and marketing to UX and commercial, to ensure solid user experience and usability principles are applied when making changes to existing and new experiences, and relay results of changes to maintain a positive morale. Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing Reporting to the Senior Product Owner within the Product & UX function Digital Product Owner to the Website Product team, owning the backlog for this team Act as the voice of the customer (whether consumer or business user) to guide all stages of software development, including user story development, sprint planning, and prioritisation of the product backlog. Work with business and technical stakeholders to develop and document user stories Maintain the product backlog and keep the roadmap up to date ahead of key stakeholder meets Use feedback from development retrospectives (and gather stakeholder and customer where possible) to improve and optimise ways of working and refine processes Lead the sprint review meeting to present the output from the sprint to key stakeholders. Analyse feedback from sprint reviews, and other data such as end user feedback and operational metrics, to identify and understand product needs. Work with the development team to create acceptance criteria and definitions of failures and done. Assist the team on the development of feature tests, test cases, and regression tests. Set expectations with business stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities. A Few Things About You Ability to understand complex business problems and identify and interpret business needs. Experience with website analytics tools Advanced knowledge of agile development methodologies. Demonstrated facilitation and influencing skills to drive decision making among stakeholders with diverse perspectives and priorities. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a concise, simple manner for stakeholder understanding Strong problem solving and analytical skills. Knowledge of agile planning tools (e.g. JIRA, DevOps) preferred Relevant experience expert in a product owner role preferred Benefits 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) Holiday purchase scheme on top of your above statutory allowance! Salary sacrifice pension scheme Share save scheme Discounts across the musicMagpie product range Making a difference - 2 days paid leave for volunteering at a charity of your choice Health & wellbeing - Employee Assistance Helpline (EAP) & access to mental health first aiders and much more Chance to learn, grow and innovate alongside a team that's friendly, supportive and always looking ahead!

We've recently welcomed musicMagpie to the AO family, a company that shares our passion for putting customers first, caring about our teams and making a real difference. Together, we're set to make an even bigger difference and with that comes exciting opportunities to shape the future of sustainable tech. musicMagpie are on a mission to make tech more affordable and help protect the planet by encouraging recycling, refurbishing, and repurposing tech and physical media products. Giving millions of customers a smart, sustainable, and trusted way to buy, sell, and rent phones, tablets, games consoles, laptops, and other tech - all in one place. Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing As a .NET Software Developer within musicMagpie, your core responsibility is to analyse system requirements and effectively prioritise development tasks. You will be expected to write clean, maintainable, and testable code using .NET programming languages. You will play a key role in the development and enhancement of our bespoke products and systems, which are critical to the success of our Buy, Sell, and Rent services. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain scalable full-stack .NET applications that support business operations Design and implement APIs with a focus on microservice architecture and efficient API management. Write clean, testable, secure, and efficient code following SOLID principles and modern design patterns. Develop technical specifications and system architecture in collaboration with stakeholders. Interface with third-party platforms and services through robust API integrations. Utilise database technologies including MySQL and NoSQL solutions to support application data needs. Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and contribute to backlog refinement. Conduct code reviews, refactor legacy code, and promote high standards of code quality across the team. Support CI/CD pipelines and contribute to continuous integration and deployment practices. Monitor and troubleshoot production systems to ensure performance, reliability, and uptime. Maintain comprehensive documentation and contribute to the development of operational procedures. Use Git and source control tools effectively to manage codebase and collaboration. Mentor junior developers and support knowledge sharing within the team. Stay up to date with emerging technologies and propose improvements to enhance system performance and developer productivity. A Few Things About You Essential Skills and Experience Demonstrable experience in developing web-based applications using the Microsoft .NET framework. Proficient in C#, with hands-on experience in ASP.NET Core, Web API, and Entity Framework. Practical experience working with both relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and NoSQL technologies. Competent in using Git for source control and collaborative development. Familiarity with Agile methodologies and the ability to contribute effectively within iterative development cycles. Working knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues. Desirable Skills and Experience Prior experience in ecommerce or related digital retail environments. Exposure to warehousing or logistics systems and workflows. Understanding of desktop application development using technologies such as WinForms or WPF. Familiarity with courier API integrations (e.g., DPD, Royal Mail) and related logistics interfaces. A Bit About Us musicMagpie is the surprisingly quick and easy way to declutter and get cash for your stuff, which is why millions of people use us every year to sell their mobile phone, games consoles, tablets, smartwatches, CDs, DVDs, Games, Books, Blu-Rays & much more (you can now sell LEGO with us too!). We've paid hundreds of millions to our happy customers - the smart, sustainable and trusted way to shop an sell As a pioneer in the circular economy, we've built a trusted platform using our circular model of recycling, refurbishing, reselling and renting products to give tech a second life and help to reduce e-waste on a massive scale. As a musicMagpie employee, you'll be part of a company that's making a real difference, redefining how people buy and sell tech, and shaping a greener, more sustainable future. Plus, you'll have the chance to learn, grow and innovate alongside a team that's friendly, supportive and always looking ahead! 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) Holiday purchase scheme on top of your above statutory allowance! Salary sacrifice pension scheme Share save scheme Discounts across the musicMagpie product range Making a difference - 2 days paid leave for volunteering at a charity of your choice Health & wellbeing - Employee Assistance Helpline (EAP) & access to mental health first aiders and much more

A leading tech firm in Stockport seeks a .NET Software Developer to analyze system requirements and prioritize development tasks. Candidates should have demonstrable experience in .NET applications, specifically with C#, ASP.NET Core, and MySQL. The role includes developing scalable applications, implementing APIs, and participating in Agile ceremonies. The company offers benefits such as 33 days holiday, a share save scheme, and health & wellbeing support.