Container deposit scheme platform and operations for beverage recycling
Circular Economy Systems operates the technology backbone for container deposit schemes across Australasia, processing ~10 million containers daily. The tech stack reveals an aggressive cloud migration underway: Azure + Dynamics 365 + Power Platform now anchor the platform, replacing AWS infrastructure. Active projects span high-volume payments, data migration, and core process optimization—all hallmarks of an organization consolidating legacy custom systems onto modern enterprise cloud. Engineering-heavy hiring with senior/lead focus suggests they're building operational depth to support this transformation.
Notable leadership hires: Functional Lead
CES builds and operates container recycling schemes that combine SaaS products with full-lifecycle business services—accounting, payments, trading, customer support, and compliance. The company was formed in 2017 as a joint venture between Lion and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and has scaled to 51–200 employees, headquartered in McMahons Point, Sydney. Beyond software, CES manages scheme logistics, payments processing, materials trading, and partner services for beverage container recovery programs across Australasia.
Azure is their primary cloud infrastructure, supported by Terraform and Bicep for IaC. They are actively migrating away from AWS and consolidating onto Azure, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform.
Azure, Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Power Platform (Apps, Automate, Pages), Snowflake, SQL, Dataverse, API Management, Logic Apps, and testing tools (Cypress, Playwright). They are replacing AWS infrastructure.
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