Senior Backend Engineer - .net

Job description

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.

 

Sainsburys Tech - Senior Backend Engineer - .net

Why join us

As a .Net Engineer, you’ll apply architectural and engineering principles to define and deliver technology that provides better customer experiences and business efficiency, and reduces business costs. We’d also like you to be yourself – analytical, curious and unafraid to learn new skills or challenge the status quo. You’ll always look to improve the way things are done in your team, too.

 

What you'll do

You’ll contribute to the design and development of large-scale high performance services using the latest Standards, React JS, SQL, MongDB, Kubernetes and Docker. It will include server less functions and event-driven architecture too.

 

You’ll also help implement cloud technologies such as AWS and Google Cloud Platform, drive the product technical roadmap design and support services and internal frameworks that enhance Sainsbury’s Group capabilities. Throughout, you’ll share your technical knowledge and ideas with the wider team.

 

Who you are

You’ll have programming expertise in relational and non-relational database technologies, backed by expertise in engineering practice and architectural and engineering principles. In addition, you’ll need experience in software design and implementation, security, cloud, infrastructure as code and CI/CD and relevant hardware.

 

As well as all this, we’ll look for self-drive and a push for advocacy of agile/lean delivery methodologies plus a passion for delivering solutions and living the DevSecOps principles. If you also want to learn more about emerging tech and help the whole team deliver, we should be talking.

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).