Engineering Manager - Akamai CDN

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits

Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA

Contract type: Permanent

Business area: Sainsbury's Tech

Closing date: 04 July 2025

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.

Joining Sainsbury's Tech means becoming part of an inclusive and driven team that is passionate about creating innovative solutions. As an Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading and coaching talented engineering teams, driving the delivery of impactful solutions that drive efficiency and enhance performance across the business. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will have the opportunity to shape a world-class engineering function and contribute to the development of cutting-edge processes and technologies.

At Sainsbury's, we value collaboration, diversity, and inclusivity, and offer a supportive and inspiring environment where you can make a purposeful contribution. Join us to be a part of an organisation that fosters technical excellence and embraces the power of diversity to shape the technology landscape of a leading UK retailer.

As the leader of a multi-skilled engineering team, you will be responsible for delivering solutions utilising the Akamai suite of capabilities across all our brands, including the key Sainsbury's Groceries, Argos, Tu, Habitat brands, as well as other sites in the Sainsburys domain.

What you’ll do:

• You will work closely with Infosec, Product Managers and Engineers to define the vision and technical direction of the capabilities provided by Akamai, as well as manage multiple deliveries and take end-to-end ownership of the Akamai product, including change management and service management.
• You will play a vital role in leading and enabling the delivery of solutions that create value, drive efficiency, and increase performance for the business.
• You will be a key point of contact in the relationship with Akamai, feeding into any appropriate groups and ensuring that as a business we are aware of all changes being made to the product suite and where it can be used to our advantage.
• Drive the development of new features within our teams that utilise Akamai, promoting best engineering practices, and advocating for agile/lean delivery methodologies and automation across the Akamai environment.
• You will line manage and guide a multi-skilled engineering team, ensuring they have the necessary resources and skills to deliver end-to-end technical solutions when working with Akamai.
• Your responsibilities include mentoring and coaching your team members, recruiting diverse and talented individuals, and promoting a culture of collaboration, learning, and respect.
• Additionally, you will manage initiative-level budgets, ensure adherence to processes and standards, and demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours that contribute to a culture of excellence and inclusivity.

Who you are:

• You are a passionate and experienced leader with an understanding of Akamai or CDN products.
• A deep understanding of engineering practices and a talent for coaching and developing teams.
• With a hands-on approach, you lead by example and inspire your colleagues, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Your technical expertise combined with your ability to prioritise and manage multiple deliveries enables you to drive the successful development and delivery of large-scale platforms.
• You excel in making well-informed technical decisions and implementing best practices, while also managing Capex and Opex responsibilities.
• With your strong leadership and communication skills, you build strong relationships at all levels and contribute to the inclusive and diverse culture that Sainsbury's Tech values.

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 www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).