The Co-op has partnered with tech consulting and engineering firm Zühlke UK to form a dedicated software engineering team to support the retailer’s 110-strong engineering team.
The appointment, which is worth a minimum of £8m over three years, will see the convenience retailer’s engineering capacity increased by at least 25% through Zühlke’s range of global delivery centres.
Initially, the team will be for 25 core roles providing software engineering, platform engineering and quality assurance.
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Co-op head of engineering, Gary Wardley said: “The Co-op is going through a really exciting phase of growth. Co-op engineering has seen a demand increase of 30% this year alone in responding to customer and member needs of digital capabilities, meaning we needed the ability to flex our internal capability and capacity to deal with the said peaks in demand.
“We constantly strive for improvement, aiming to enhance quality and achieve delivery excellence by adopting innovative solutions that give us a competitive edge.”
Zühlke director of business development Adam Cole added that Co-op “has a wide range of complex software engineering needs and the challenge of having to continuously innovate while integrating numerous core and legacy software systems”.
