Staff Engineer - Modern Workplace

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Staff Engineer in Tooling, where you'll leverage cutting-edge technology to drive innovation and mentor teams. This role offers the chance to work on strategic projects, enhance technical standards, and enjoy a flexible work environment with attractive benefits.

Benefits

Colleague discount of 10% on shopping

Pensions scheme and life insurance

Performance-related bonus up to 20%

Annual holiday allowance with options to buy additional days

Private healthcare

Support for parental leave

Qualifications

• Seasoned engineer with a wealth of technical expertise.
• Strong interpersonal skills and adaptability.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement and evaluate risks.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical design and maintain high tech standards.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams.
• Contribute to strategic projects and create high-quality solutions.

Skills

Technical expertise

Mentorship

Collaboration

Continuous improvement

Job description

Joining Sainsbury's as a Staff Engineer in Tooling means being part of a forward-thinking organization where you can make a real impact on a large scale. With cutting-edge technology and a focus on innovation, you'll work on strategic projects shaping the company's future. Collaborating with talented teams and utilizing state-of-the-art tools, you'll be at the forefront of solving complex problems and driving continuous improvement. As a key member of our engineering community, you'll have opportunities to broaden your technical knowledge, mentor others, and contribute to team growth—all within a flexible work environment with attractive benefits.

What you'll do

You will drive technical design, elevate team capabilities, and uphold high technical standards while fostering collaborative relationships across domains to ensure optimal decision-making within Sainsbury's tech ecosystem. Your hands-on development skills will be vital as you work with multiple teams on strategic projects, delivering high-quality, well-designed solutions. Your mentorship will enhance engineers' productivity, solution quality, and code standards, supporting broader knowledge sharing and reusability of technology and skills. You will act as a technical backbone, guiding teams, coaching, and helping recruit and mentor top engineering talent, contributing to the ongoing growth and success of our tech teams.

Who you are

You are a seasoned engineer with extensive technical expertise and a broad understanding of software engineering tools and practices. Your ability to drive continuous improvement, assess risks, and make complex decisions contributes to achieving strategic goals and improving technical standards. You excel at mentoring and guiding engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation, and striving for excellence in software design and implementation. Your adaptability, strong interpersonal skills, and commitment to embracing challenges make you a pivotal figure in shaping future technology solutions and driving meaningful change within the business.

We value meaningful work and a healthy work-life balance. Consider the scale involved in feeding the nation—the data, transactions, and diversity—that make our environment modern and robust. We've invested heavily in a Tech Academy and established standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment, and enhance our ways of working through Agile, Scrum, and XP methodologies. Exciting opportunities await in areas from AI to reusable tech.

We are committed to being an inclusive retailer, welcoming colleagues regardless of background or location. There are always opportunities to try new things—whether within evolving teams or across other parts of the business. We prioritize development and support your growth, recognizing and celebrating those who go the extra mile. Where possible, we offer flexible working arrangements. Joining us, you'll enjoy benefits such as:

• A starting colleague discount of 10% on shopping online and in-store at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU, and Habitat, often increased to 15% during the year.
• Coverage for your future through our pensions scheme and life insurance.
• Potential eligibility for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of your salary, depending on company performance.
• Annual holiday allowance, with options to purchase additional days.
• Private healthcare and other benefits such as season ticket loans, interest-free car loans up to £10k, cycle-to-work schemes, health cash plans, salary advances, and retail discounts.
• Support for parental leave, offering up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave, and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

For a full list of benefits and eligibility criteria, please refer to our detailed benefits overview.