Engineering Manager

2 weeks ago

Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom Sainsbury's Full time
Job Description
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 for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you'll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We've made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.

Why join us

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. Join us to be a part of an organisation that fosters technical excellence and embraces the power of diversity to shape the technology landscape of a leading UK retailer.

What you'll do

  • In your role, you will lead a multi-skilled engineering team to deliver innovative and high-performing solutions that create value and drive efficiency for our business.
  • With end-to-end ownership of products, you will oversee both change and run activities while owning the entire technology stack, including service management.
  • Collaborating closely with product owners and the business, you will use your technical expertise to drive progress and influence outcomes.
  • Your responsibilities will include recruiting and retaining a talented team, mentoring and coaching colleagues, shaping a world-class engineering function, and ensuring the team possesses the right skills for product development.
  • Additionally, you will contribute to defining the technical direction and vision, foster communities of practise, advocate and embed agile / lean delivery methodologies, manage initiative budgets, and oversee service support and SLAs.
  • Your role will involve managing people and product financial data, meeting targets, providing accurate reporting, and seeking value realisation opportunities.
  • Overall, you will lead by example and inspire your team, continuously striving for improvement and delivering impactful solutions while maintaining attention to detail and effectively managing resources.


Who you are

  • You are an experienced and passionate leader with a deep understanding of the critical role that product data plays in the success of a retailer.
  • With your technical expertise, knowledge of the Microsoft stack and end-to-end ownership mindset, you can drive the delivery of innovative solutions that create value, increase efficiency, and enhance performance for our business.
  • With an understanding of how to recruit, retain, and motivate teams, you have excellent interpersonal skills and commitment to fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.
  • You bring cutting-edge processes and technologies to the table, always looking to enhance our engineering practises and driving the adoption of agile / lean delivery methodologies.
  • With your hands-on experience in languages, tools, and infrastructure, you lead by example, inspire your teams, and ensure successful delivery of large-scale platforms.
  • Your attention to detail, strategic mindset, and financial acumen enable you to manage budgets and optimise value realisation, while always prioritising the needs of our customers and the continuous improvement of our engineering capabilities.

Skills and experience we're looking for:
  • Proficient in Microsoft development technologies including .NET.
  • Highly knowledgeable in modern development practices such as Agile, continuous deployment, and DevOps, with experience on both Azure and AWS platforms.
  • Skilled in developing across a wide range of programming and scripting languages.
  • Experienced in configuring and managing CI/CD tooling.
  • Adept at problem-solving and overcoming challenges while adhering to standards, processes, and guidelines.
  • Utilizes technical expertise to collaborate in creating new solutions and delivery approaches, as well as reviewing coding practices for quality and standards.
  • Capable of reviewing estimates provided by the delivery team for accuracy and working to identify and mitigate risks related to integration, performance, and compatibility.

#LI-FP1

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

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 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).

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