Location
Holborn Store Support Centre
Hours
Full-time
Contract Type
Fixed Term Contract
Salary
Competitive plus benefits
Areas of business
Engineering & Architecture
Job ID
SYS-2903
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Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, 33 Holborn,, London, EC1N 2HT
Job Description
Please note – This is an 10 month FTC position
We’re a multi-channel, multi-brand business serving millions of customers a day, with the UK’s largest loyalty scheme and an ever-evolving set of digital platforms. All of this equals over 1.2 billion transactions each year, presenting a volume, depth and complexity of data that few can match.
We don’t think we’re exaggerating when we say we have the most exciting data set in the country. And from the insights gained, we build scalable, high-performance products using cutting-edge technology that give our customers an amazing shopping experience – like our award-winning Smartshop app. In an inclusive, agile environment, you’ll have the space to be curious, to experiment, and to solve real-world challenges. And you’ll get to see your creations in the hands of millions of people across the UK.
As Engineering Manager, you’ll use your engineering expertise to lead a multi skilled engineering team, enabling the delivery of solutions to create value, drive efficiency and increase performance for our business. You’ll have end-to-end ownership of products, across Change and Run activities, owning the entire stack, including Service Management.
As well as being technically skilled, you’ll be able to drive progress and work collaboratively with product owners and the business to influence outcomes. You’ll be responsible for recruiting, retaining and motivating your team to deliver end-to-end technical solutions for products.
With a constant focus on making things better for our customers, you’ll balance the day to day delivery of technical development and service, while also proactively planning ahead to maximise opportunities and mitigate risks. You’ll also be a key contributor to the continued progress of engineering practice, including frameworks and tools to support continuous improvement across the business.
More about the role
You’ll recruit diverse teams who are both exceptionally talented and fit the culture of the business
Mentoring and coaching colleagues within your team using your expertise as an engineer
Help shape a world class engineering function by bringing your experience of cutting edge processes and technologies into the business
Ensure your team possesses and develops the right skills by deeply understanding the requirements of the product you are building.
Work with Product Managers and Engineers to define the vision and technical direction
Encourage and facilitate communities of practice to ensure we share best practice across the engineering teams
Work with the Agile and Team Coaches to advocate and embed Agile/lean delivery methodologies
Responsible for managing and delivering against initiative level budgets, working closely with Product to do this
Responsible for the service support and SLA’s, DORA metrics and change, problem and incident management processes within our engineering capabilities
Manage the people and product financial data for your team, meeting targets, providing timely and accurate reporting, and creating opportunities for value realisation in line with our internal processes
More about you
You’ll be an engineer with a passion for leading and coaching teams of engineers, building a culture to bring out the best in your teams by inspiring them and developing strong relationships
Someone who likes to roll up their sleeves and has hands on experience of the languages, tools, and infrastructure
You’ll be self-driven and constantly striving to improve your teams, focusing on continuous development
You’ll have substantial experience leading engineering professionals in a DevOps environment or high-tech company
Record of developing and delivering large scale, distributed or complex scale platforms
Advanced working knowledge of a coding language/framework such as JavaScript and React and open to learning new languages
Ability to prioritise and focus to manage multiple deliveries in different areas
Attention to detail, able to foresee potential pitfalls before they arise
Ability to manage Capex and Opex lines in the P&L
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.
