AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, is operating over 17,000 O+O stores under 12 retail brands in 31 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2025, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of US$26 billion. Every year, we are serving over 6 billion shoppers via our O+O (Offline plus Online) technology-enabled platforms.
Together with our 12 retail brands including Watsons, Kruidvat, Trekpleister, Superdrug, Savers, Rossmann, Drogas, ICI PARIS XL, The Perfume Shop, PARKnSHOP, FORTRESS and Watson’s Wine, we set O+O (Offline Plus Online) as the new standard for retail. O+O is more about creating an integrated offline and online experience to better serve customers’ needs through digital transformation, that enables them to shop across any channel, anytime, anywhere. Every day, we work towards a clear purpose: To put a Smile on our customers’ faces today and tomorrow.
Our success depends on our people staying ahead of the game. We believe that our attitude to teamwork and our encouragement for your personal growth comes shining through everything we do. We also know that our success as an employer isn’t just about influencing you on why you should join our business. It’s about asking you to imagine where it could take you.
Come and join a Winning Team
Be remarkable. Be yourself.
Why Should You Join Us?
At ASW, we believe in our people, in teamwork and the importance of your personal growth. If you are looking for the opportunity to join our award-winning international family with over 17,000 stores across 31 markets in Asia and Europe, the ASW family welcomes you…
You can enjoy:
Convenient office location, less than 5 min. walk from MTR
Free round-trip lunchtime shuttle bus services to Shatin
Comprehensive Medical and Life insurance coverage, including your spouse and children
Well-equipped Gym inside our office building
Onsite Clinic and Lactation Room
Why This Role Matters:
This role is pivotal in shaping highly resilient, scalable systems that power seamless customer experiences across our O+O (Offline + Online) ecosystem. By leveraging observability and automation, you will help ensure systems are always reliable, insights are proactive, and incidents are resolved swiftly — ultimately putting a smile on customers’ faces.
Working at the intersection of engineering and operations, you will drive a customer-focused, data-driven approach to reliability, enabling the business to innovate faster while maintaining operational excellence.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Design and own end-to-end observability frameworks (metrics, logs, traces) to deliver deep system visibility and insights
Architect highly resilient, scalable systems to support a seamless O+O business model
Champion observability best practices and embed monitoring into infrastructure and application layers
Develop automation solutions to reduce manual effort, improve reliability, and optimise resource utilisation
Leverage data, AI and anomaly detection to proactively identify and resolve system issues
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and technical partners to evaluate tools, run PoCs, and implement new capabilities
Lead, coach and mentor team members, fostering a strong culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement
Drive a scientific, data-driven approach to system performance analysis and decision-making
What You’ll Bring:
Strong hands-on experience across SRE, DevOps, or system architecture environments with successful project delivery
Practical expertise in observability tools (e.g. Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
Experience with automation frameworks (e.g. Ansible, Jenkins) and scripting/programming for tooling and process automation
Solid understanding of AI/ML-driven observability, including predictive analytics and anomaly detection
Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on data-driven decision making
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Collaborative approach with a strong sense of ownership and continuous improvement
Proficiency in spoken and written Cantonese and English
How You Will Make An Impact:
Improve system reliability and reduce downtime through proactive monitoring and automation
Accelerate incident detection and resolution, enhancing customer experience across digital and physical touchpoints
Enable smarter, faster engineering decisions through real-time insights and analytics
Strengthen cross-team collaboration and drive consistent observability practices across the organisation
Increase operational efficiency by reducing manual work and optimising system performance
Build a future-ready, intelligent infrastructure that supports innovation at scale
What is holding you back?
Don’t miss out on this great chance to shape Your life!
Apply now!
Interested parties, please send your resume with current and expected salary package to our Company’s email.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. The information provided will be treated in strict confidence and be used only for consideration of your application for relevant/ similar posts within the AS Watson Group.
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