Engineer

Overview

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 to feed the nation.

The level of data, transactions and variety involved.

Then you’ll realise this is a modern software engineering environment, because it has to be.

We’ve made significant investment in the standards and principles that shape how we work.

We iterate, learn, experiment and champion ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP.

So you can look forward to exciting opportunities across everything from AI to reusable tech.

• Sainsburys Tech - Engineer
• Why join us

Joining our team at Sainsbury's means being a part of an exceptionally dynamic and multi-faceted organisation that serves millions of customers daily.

With the UK's largest loyalty scheme and cutting-edge digital platforms, we handle an astonishing 1.2 billion transactions each year, offering a vast and intricate dataset that few can match.

As a Frontend Engineer, you will have the opportunity to create exceptional, high-performance products that deliver an amazing shopping experience to our customers.

In an inclusive and agile environment, your curiosity and experimentation will be embraced, allowing you to tackle real-world challenges and see the impact of your work in the hands of millions of people across the UK.

With endless opportunities for growth and learning, you will be a valued member of our engineering community, continuously striving for improvement and contributing to the innovative techniques and technologies we employ.

Join us and be part of a team that encourages innovation, values your expertise, and prioritises work-life balance while delivering exceptional results.

What you'll do

• Own the design and development of highly performant backend systems using technologies such as Java.
• Contribute to the product technical roadmap and implement cloud and container technologies such as Kubernetes on AWS Platform.
• Lead the design and support of services and internal frameworks that enhance Sainsbury's capabilities.
• Demonstrate engineering expertise throughout the product lifecycle, including decommissioning, with knowledge of engineering and architectural principles, software design and implementation, security, cloud, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD.
• Drive continuous improvement and advocate for agile/lean delivery methodologies.
• Deliver solutions to customers and support colleagues in the team while staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and maintaining work-life balance.

Who you are

• A highly skilled professional with expertise in designing and developing highly performant backend systems.
• Strong background in programming languages like Java, Spring Boot, and AWS, with a deep understanding of engineering and architectural principles to contribute to roadmaps and implement cloud/container technologies.
• Passionate about continuous improvement, agile/lean delivery, and delivering customer-focused solutions.
• Collaborative by nature with a commitment to Dev Sec Ops principles to empower teammates.

Benefits

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work.

When you join our team, we’ll offer a range of benefits including: 10% colleague discount after 4 weeks (increasing to 15% on select days for Sainsbury’s, and 15% at Argos on pay days), pensions scheme and life cover, potential up to 10% salary performance-related bonus, annual holiday allowance with the option to buy additional holiday, season ticket loans, cycle to work, health cash plans, pay advance, employee discounts from hundreds of retailers, and access to an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter: up to 26 weeks’ maternity/adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ paternity leave.

For full details and eligibility criteria, please see www. sainsburys. jobs.

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