Software Engineer Level: C3 – Supplier Portal
About Logistics Reply UK:
Logistics Reply UK is a company within the broader Logistics Reply network and is backed by the €2B+ global Reply Group. We provide transformative warehouse, store and supply chain software for retailers, brands and 3PL’s.
Our solution suite LEA Reply™, is a modern, cloud-native and microservices-based and its recognised in all the major analyst reports, including Gartner, Fraunhofer, Nucleus and IDC.
Our comprehensive suite includes: 🔹 Supplier Portal 🔹 Dock Scheduler 🔹 Yard Management 🔹 Warehouse Management 🔹 Warehouse Execution 🔹 Hub & Network Management 🔹 Delivery Management 🔹 In-Store Picking 🔹 Last Mile Delivery 🔹 In-Store Logistics 🔹 Drop Shipping 🔹 Resource Planning 🔹 Control Tower Visibility 🔹GaliLEA (AI capabilities)
Logistics Reply has a local presence in seven countries across three continents. We drive innovation with a dedicated R&D team and local consulting resources. Leveraging Reply Group's extensive global network, we expand our geographic reach—whether it's consulting, cloud services, support, robotics skills, or AI—allowing us to implement solutions globally with local presence.
Job Title:
· External: Software Engineer Level: C3
· Internal: Consultant 3
Role overview:
As a Software Engineer Level: C3, you will play an important role within the Software Engineering function. Working as part of a small, product-focused team, you will contribute both to the core product development of the LEA Reply Supplier Portal and to customer project delivery where the solution is implemented.
The Supplier Portal is a core component of the LEA Reply suite. It enables brands to meet the shipping, labelling, and Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) integration standards required by major UK grocery retailers when fulfilling orders into regional and national distribution centres. Originally developed in partnership with M&S, the solution has since expanded to support a broad range of leading grocery retailers across the UK.
In this role, you will take responsibility for designing and enhancing reusable product capabilities, improving performance, and contributing to the product roadmap. You will also support our customers by resolving product issues, configuring the solution during project implementations, developing product-aligned extensions where required, and ensuring that real operational feedback influences ongoing product evolution.
This role is suited to someone who enjoys building high-quality product software while remaining close to customer use cases. You will have the opportunity to shape a widely used solution while ensuring it continues to evolve in a valuable, scalable, and practical way.
Your contractual place of work will be either our London or Manchester office, with a hybrid working policy that allows you to work from home unless required to attend the office for collaboration, meetings, training, reviews, or customer engagements, or to work on-site with customers or prospects as necessary
Key Responsibilities:
Software Engineering - Key Responsibilities
Core Product Development
· Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of core features within the LEA Reply Supplier Portal.
· Work as part of a small team to refine roadmap requirements and evaluate technical feasibility.
· Ensure solutions are reusable, modular, scalable, and aligned with the overall LEA Reply architectural standards.
· Participate in code reviews, refactoring, optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Customer Delivery Support
· Support the project team in implementing the Supplier Portal for customer deployments.
· Configure the solution based on functional and operational requirements.
· Develop targeted enhancements or integrations where these align with the broader product direction.
· Provide technical analysis and troubleshooting during testing, go-live, and hypercare.
Quality & Testing
· Write clean, testable code with appropriate unit, integration, and regression coverage.
· Collaborate with QA to support automated testing and ensure product robustness across releases.
Release & Maintenance
· Contribute to product release planning, documentation, versioning, deployment processes, and post-release monitoring.
· Help investigate and resolve product issues raised from live environments, feeding learning back into ongoing development.
Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing
· Share product and technical knowledge with delivery and support teams to strengthen capability across the organisation.
· Mentor and support junior engineers where appropriate.
About the candidate:
This role is well suited to someone who enjoys the balance of shaping a core product while staying close to real customer use cases through project collaboration.
You will be degree educated with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
A Consultant 3 (C3 - Experienced Professional) role is suited to individuals who are capable professionals able to deliver assigned work consistently and with minimal supervision. Candidates at this level manage more complex tasks, contribute confidently in client or project settings, and may begin mentoring junior colleagues. They are expected to identify potential improvements and take ownership of their development and that of their peers. Minimum Industry Experience: 3 - 6 years
Functional Skills:
o Agile development practices and sprint planning
o Code review and version control
o Problem-solving and debugging
o Collaboration in cross-functional teams
Technical Skills:
o Strong proficiency in Java EE and object-oriented programming principles
o Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and problem-solving
o Experience developing mobile applications using Android, Angular, Ionic, React Native, or Flutter
o Extensive experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
o Familiarity with frontend frameworks/libraries such as React.js, Angular, or Vue.js
o Proficiency in database systems, including MySQL and Oracle
o Expertise with integration platforms such as Apache Camel, MuleSoft, and Babelway, including configuration and custom development
o Strong experience with version control and build tools such as Git, Bitbucket, Maven, and JetBrains IntelliJ
o Knowledge of testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, or equivalent
o Experience in test-driven development (TDD)
Commercial Skills:
o Understanding the commercial impact of technical decisions
o Estimating development effort
o Supporting the development of SaaS features that enhance customer value
o Aligning technical deliverables with client expectations
Equal Opportunities:
Reply is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to embracing diversity in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, identity, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status or parental status or any other characteristic protected by the Law.
Reply is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, please let us know of any Reasonable Adjustments you may need.
Application Guidance:
Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to every candidate individually. If your application is not progressed, you will receive a notification via LinkedIn. For this role, we can only consider applicants who are based in the United Kingdom, have the legal right to work in the UK, and meet the required level of professional experience. If these criteria are not met, the application will not be taken forward. We genuinely appreciate your interest and the time taken to apply.