Location
Holborn Store Support Centre
Hours
Full-time | Part-time
Contract Type
Permanent
Salary
Competitive plus benefits
Areas of business
Engineering & Architecture
Job ID
SYS-2606
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Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, 33 Holborn,, London, EC1N 2HT
Job Description
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 Senior Engineer, you’ll be part of one of our Engineering teams, applying architectural and engineering principles to define and deliver technology that will better customer experiences, improve efficiency and reduce business costs, helping us to lower prices. You’ll support your team by enabling performance, compliance, and risk management by sharing your expertise, judgement, and passion for delivering quality products for customers.
The role
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to grow our Search & Product Recommendations Platform team. It is an autonomous, agile product development team building microservices that ensure the results of our customer searches across our multiple brands and channels are accurate and relevant. The team builds high performing microservices by interpreting and following best practice architectural and engineering principles, operating frameworks, and modern tech solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a domain where we have a huge impact on millions of our customers and drive significant incremental sales for our business.
More about the role
Coding in Java/Kotlin with tools and frameworks like Spring Boot and Gradle.
Working on cloud and container technologies such as EMR on AWS (where we train some of our machine learning models) and Kubernetes (where we deploy our APIs).
Producing test-driven features and demonstrating your familiarity with the TDD cycle.
Lead the design, development, and ultimately operation of the search and recommendations engine at scale.
Be responsible for the quality, performance, and stability of the system.
Work with other teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve high impact issues.
Write high quality code, automated tests, and adhere to engineering best practices.
Identify and guide the adoption of best practices in code development, continuous integration (CI), testability, and maintainability
Propose and implement new features based on an analysis of customer requirements, industry trends, and competitive offerings
More about you
Commercial experience developing in Java/Kotlin(preferable).
Experience with Elasticsearch or a NoSQL document store.
Experience with AWS cloud.
Experience with building Event driven applications with the likes of Kafka.
Proven experience of software design and implementation, security, cloud, infrastructure as code and CI/CD and any relevant hardware
Drive for advocacy of agile/lean delivery methodologies
A passion for delivering solutions to customers, owning the whole software development lifecycle, 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 team to deliver.
Good spoken and written English.
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.
