Backend Engineer - .net

You will be responsible for owning the design and development of highly performant and user-friendly applications and services using technologies such as C# , Kafka, MongoDb , Postgres and React.js. You will contribute to our product technical roadmap and implement cloud and container technologies such as Kubernetes on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Leading the design and support of services and internal frameworks that enhance Sainsbury's capabilities will be part of your role. Throughout the whole product lifecycle, including decommissioning, you will demonstrate engineering expertise, knowledge of engineering and architectural principles, and proven experience in software design and implementation, security, cloud, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD. Your drive for continuous improvement, advocacy of agile/lean delivery methodologies, and passion for delivering solutions to customers will shine through in your work. You will display empathy and understanding in supporting your
colleagues in the team to deliver, while also keeping yourself up-to-date with emerging technologies and maintaining a strong focus on work-life balance.

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.

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 Standards, C#, Kafka, SQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes & Docker and React JS. 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 and 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/lean delivery methodologies

A passion for delivering solutions to customers, owning the whole 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

Joining our team at Sainsbury's means being a part of an exceptionally dynamic and multi-faceted organisation that serves millions of customers daily. With the UK's largest loyalty scheme and cutting-edge digital platforms, we handle an astonishing 1.2 billion transactions each year, offering a vast and intricate dataset that few can match. As an Engineer, you will have the opportunity to create exceptional, high-performance products that deliver services amazing shopping experience to our customers. In an inclusive and agile environment, your curiosity and experimentation will be embraced, allowing you to tackle real-world challenges and see the impact of your work in the hands of millions of people across the UK. With endless opportunities for growth and learning, you will be a valued member of our engineering community, continuously striving for improvement and contributing to the innovative techniques and technologies we employ. Join us and be part of a team that encourages
innovation, values your expertise, and prioritises work-life balance while delivering exceptional results.

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.