Engineering Manager in Coventry

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. You will be leading a team playing a vital role within Sainsbury's Retail Store Operations domain, managing in‑store stock systems that ensure products are accurately sequenced and placed across stores. The team keeps critical in-store services running smoothly, as any downtime directly affects product ordering and overall store efficiency.

Our tech stack combines reliability and modern development practices. The backend is built with C# and .NET, exposing REST APIs such as the Stock Platform API and Code Control API. On the frontend, we use Next.js with Fable, powering the Colleague Hub – a central web platform that connects multiple store services through single sign‑on. We manage data using MongoDB Atlas for NoSQL storage and Azure SQL Server for Azure-hosted apps. Infrastructure runs across Bosun (AWS) and Azure, ensuring scalability and resilience. Our CI/CD pipelines automate builds, testing, and deployments, with Jira, ServiceNow, and GitHub supporting daily operations. In stores, we deploy mobile applications on Android Zebra TC53e devices, integrated with DataWedge for seamless barcode scanning and stock management.

Responsibilities

• You will play a vital role in leading and enabling the delivery of technology solutions that create value, drive efficiency, and increase performance for the business.
• 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 for products.
• Your responsibilities include mentoring and coaching your team members, recruiting diverse and talented individuals, and promoting a culture of collaboration, learning, and respect.
• You will work closely with Product Managers and Engineers to define the vision and technical direction of the products, as well as manage multiple deliveries and take end‑to‑end ownership of your products, including change management and service management.
• 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.
• You excel in making well‑informed technical decisions and implementing best practises, while also managing Capex and Opex responsibilities.

Qualifications

• You are a passionate and experienced engineering leader with a deep understanding of engineering practises and a talent for coaching and developing teams.
• With a strong understanding of technology environments, 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.
• 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.
• Demonstrable track record of leading engineering teams, encompassing team planning, performance management, setting objectives, conducting one‑to‑one meetings, developing technical roadmaps, and driving enhancements in engineering processes.
• Keen enthusiasm for promoting and integrating AI technologies within engineering teams.
• Solid technical foundation, with practical experience in back‑end programming languages.

Benefits

• 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 as 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).

EEO & Diversity

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you'll be welcomed wherever you are and wherever you work. There is a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion across all levels of the organization. Sainsbury's values an inclusive culture, ensuring all employees and candidates are considered fairly and without bias.