Senior Architect - Integration - SAAS - Kafka - Oracle

Joining Sainsbury’s Tech means becoming part of a leading, multi-channel, multi-brand retailer where you have the opportunity to shape the technology that powers our business. As a Senior Architect, you will play a vital role in defining the technical roadmap for your area of responsibility, collaborating with engineering teams to design innovative products and services.

We foster an agile and empowered work culture that encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. As part of our inclusive and diverse team, you will have the chance to influence the overall technical architecture, contribute to cloud-native designs, and drive the adoption of cutting-edge technology principles. Join us to make a purposeful contribution, be part of a dynamic and inclusive environment, and embrace the exciting challenges of transforming the retail industry.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Architect at Sainsbury’s Tech, you will play a crucial role in planning and defining the technical roadmap for your area. Working closely with your teams, you will shape and design new products and services that align with our architectural principles. You will be creating cloud-native designs for complex projects, iterating existing components, and designing new systems from a clean slate.

Collaborating with Senior Engineering Managers, you will develop and communicate the technical architecture, roadmap, and strategy for your area. Additionally, you will influence teams within your domain to prioritise and build components that add the most value, while also driving the adoption of our technology principles.

Being an integral part of the architecture community of practise, you will share your expertise, contribute innovative design ideas, and promote collaboration and innovation across teams. Success in this role requires a deep understanding of the technology landscape, staying informed about industry and retail developments, applying modern engineering techniques and cloud-native design principles, building trust and credibility, and delivering results with a focus on problem-solving and collaboration.

• Guide and advise on the overall integration architecture of multiple services. This will include both SAAS and in house applications within the HR and Labour Management space. We work closely with Oracle, UKG and Cornerstone who provide the bulk of our SAAS products

• Provide direct and continuous support for the modernisation and simplification of the integration architecture in-line with Sainsburys Tech Principles.

Who you are

As a Senior Architect in Sainsbury’s Tech, you are a seasoned professional with deep expertise in designing and implementing roadmaps and strategies. You possess a comprehensive understanding of the technology landscape and stay updated on the latest developments in architecture and modern engineering practises, particularly in the context of cloud-native design.

With your strong influencing and communication skills, you are able to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders, including product managers and engineering teams, to shape and deliver innovative solutions that align with the overall architectural vision.

Your ability to think holistically and consider multiple viewpoints allows you to come up with creative solutions to complex technical problems. As a driven individual, you constantly strive for self-improvement and actively contribute to the inclusive and diverse culture of Sainsbury’s Tech.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), Computer or Software Engineering, or related fields, or equivalent relevant experience.

• At least 3 years of experience in delivery or support of Integrations involving any SAAS products.

• At least 3 years of experience in Cloud Technologies such as Oracle Cloud, Azure Cloud, AWS Cloud for Integration design and delivery

• At least 2 years of experience in design and delivery of integration solutions using Event Streaming solutions such as KAFKA

• Knowledge of data solution design and data modelling, as well as agile methods and processes

• Experience in working with multiple engineering teams working across different countries, suppliers and stakeholders to collaborate and drive change

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new – whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business – and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you’ll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We’ve also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You’ll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You’ll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).