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Be part of Ocado Group, driving innovations in AI, robotics, and software to shape the future of shopping.

Sofia is home to a thriving community of colleagues working across technology and business functions. Together, they're helping to redefine ecommerce, fulfilment and logistics across the online grocery and distribution industries.

From engineering, product, AI and data science to the teams that help our business operate and grow, Sofia offers opportunities to make an impact, develop your career and work on challenges with global reach.

Who works here

In Sofia, we have a large community of brilliant professionals including:

  • Software Developers
  • Data Scientists
  • Machine Learning Engineers
  • Product Managers
  • UX designers
  • Mechanical Design Engineers
  • Operational Services Support Specialists
  • Finance
  • Payroll
  • Employee relations

…and more

Our Sofia centre

Since opening in 2016, Sofia has become an important part of our global organisation, bringing together talented colleagues across technology and business functions.

From engineering, product, AI, machine learning and data science to the teams that help our business operate and grow, our Sofia-based colleagues are helping to redefine ecommerce, fulfilment and logistics across the online grocery and distribution industries.

Together, they build products and solutions at the heart of the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP), solving complex challenges and creating technology that makes a real-world impact for retailers and customers around the world.

Renovated in 2022, our Sofia workspace was designed to support collaboration, innovation and community. With specialist laboratories, collaborative workspaces, meeting rooms and dedicated areas to connect and learn, it reflects the way our teams work together to shape the future of online retail.


Our Sofia Location

Sofia Development Centre
42.658893795673634
23.315348643948436

What's it like to work at Ocado Group

We learn and grow.

Clear career pathways across engineering, product, UX, research, data science and business functions. 

Internal mobility.

Opportunities to explore different teams, domains and career paths across the business. 

Development platforms: 

Access to a range of learning resources, development programmes and training opportunities designed to support your personal and professional growth. 

Knowledge sharing community:

Learning from one another is part of how we work. We encourage colleagues to exchange knowledge, share expertise and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

  • Hybrid working model
  • Work from any place we want - for up to 30 days a year
  • Up-to-date equipment of choice: MacBook, Windows PC, or Ubuntu
  • Home office equipment: additional screens, office chairs, and funding to purchase anything you need to feel good.

Employee programmes: life insurance, luxurious health insurance, multisport card

Assistance programme: includes counseling for emotional and psychological support, practical guidance, and support on legal, financial, family, and work matters.

Parental support: +extra maternity and paternity days; аdditional funding to support the moms and dads of newborn babies. Free access to Ucha.se for our team members’ school children.

Mental health support: access to Unmind to manage and improve mental wellbeing & yoga and stretching online.

Company share programs.

Ocado Free Shares or Ocado Shares Purchase Plan.

Monthly benefits program.

  • We give our families and friends the needed care and devoted time, as we highly value the balance between work and life.
  • Team events: pizza parties, wine tasting, chocolate tasting, team get-togethers, board games, and much more!
  • Our tech stack is designed to power and accelerate innovation and enable our teams to focus on problem-solving.

In Sofia, our state-of-the-art laboratories is where we innovate with ease. We build bots across different fleet generations, dextrous robotic arms for robotic pick R&D activities, smart tools and software for bot diagnosis, preventative maintenance servers for automated testing of the communication solutions within our automated warehouses, and advanced computer vision systems.

Meet our people

“Innovation and experimentation are in our DNA. We develop and use Simulations that enable us to create Digital Twins of the incredibly complex systems that are in our warehouses. We are Software Engineers and Analysts, but we are also Researchers, solving unique problems.”

Kostadin, Simulation Team Lead

“We productionize the latest in Machine Learning and Data Science to provide the smartest software for our robotic warehouses.”

Hristo, Data Science Team Lead

Find your next opportunity

Whether you’re looking for your next career step or you’re just starting out, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us. Search our opportunities and see where a career with Ocado Group could take you.