Job Description

Every week we move millions of products to our customers at record speeds. Brilliant customer experiences at this kind of pace, require fresh and appealing products to be available whenever and however our customers shop with us. And in this area of our business, we help to make sure that happens.

By engineering innovative, smart technology, we put the tools in our colleagues’ hands to power a global supply chain. Whether it’s wine from New Zealand or milk from the local dairy farm, our tech performs. We solve problems at scale. We process billions of records, predicting and planning to make our customers lives easier. We keep our warehouses and stores operating smoothly around the clock, because what’s important to our customers, is important to us.

As an Engineer (.Net), you’ll be part of one of our Engineering squads, applying architectural and engineering principles to define and deliver technology that will provide better experiences, improve efficiency and reduce business costs, helping us to lower prices. You’ll support your squad by enabling performance, compliance and risk management by sharing your expertise, judgement and passion for delivering quality products for customers.

In the role, you’ll contribute towards the design and development of large-scale services with high performance using technologies such as the latest .Net Standards, React JS, SQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes & Docker. This includes utilising serverless functions and event driven architecture.

We use a variety of tech here and you need to be willing to pick up new tools and techniques. We’d also like you to be yourself – analytical, curious and unafraid to challenge the status quo. You’ll be a role model for best practices, championing a customer centric mindset and a passion for finding creative ways to solve problems, mentoring fellow engineers as a progressive member of the engineering community.

More about the role

• You’ll contribute towards the design and development of large-scale services with high performance using technologies such as the latest .Net Standards, React JS, SQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes & Docker. This includes utilising serverless functions and event driven architecture
• You’ll also be involved with the implementation of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform
• You will help to drive the product technical roadmap through an understanding of technology and broader understanding of roadmaps across CTO’s
• Design and support of services and internal frameworks that enhance Sainsbury’s capabilities
• You’ll support and enable performance within the squad through providing technical knowledge and ideas

More about you

• You’ll possess programming language expertise in C# and JavaScript and relational and non-relational database technologies
• Expertise in engineering practice, including knowledge of engineering and architectural principles
• Proven experience of software design and implementation, security, cloud, infrastructure as code and CI/CD and any relevant hardware
• Self-drive and constantly striving to improve your team, division and peers
• Drive for advocacy of agile/lean delivery methodologies
• A passion for delivering solutions to customers, owning the whole SDLC and living the DevSecOps principles
• A passion for enhancing your knowledge and evidence curiosity in emerging tech
• Display empathy and understanding in supporting colleagues in the squad to deliver

As well as lots of on-the-job training and endless opportunities, you’ll get:

• Colleague discount across our multi-brands – Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat
• Holiday allowance
• Bonus scheme
• Pension plan
• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

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