Engineering Manager

Overview

As Engineering Manager at Sainsbury’s Tech, you lead and grow multi-skilled engineering teams to deliver value-driven, end-to-end technical solutions. You partner with Product Managers to shape product vision, manage deliveries, and own change and service management. You’ll champion agile practices, scale best engineering standards, and foster an inclusive, collaborative culture. This role offers impact across core stock and store systems, with opportunities to influence modern processes and technologies at a leading UK retailer.

Pay / Benefits

• colleague discount (10% after 4 weeks; 15% Fridays/Saturdays)
• pensions and life cover
• performance-related bonus up to 20%
• annual holiday allowance plus option to buy more
• private healthcare
• season ticket loans

Responsibilities

• line manage and guide a multi-skilled engineering team to deliver end-to-end solutions
• mentor and coach team members and recruit diverse talent
• define product vision and technical direction with Product Managers and Engineers
• manage multiple deliveries and end-to-end product ownership (change and service management)
• drive feature development, promote best practices, and advocate agile/lean delivery
• manage initiative-level budgets and ensure adherence to processes and standards
• contribute to a culture of excellence and inclusivity through leadership and communication

Key requirements

• demonstrable track record of leading engineering teams and driving performance
• keen enthusiasm for promoting and integrating AI technologies within engineering teams
• solid technical foundation with practical experience in back-end programming languages

• collaboration
• communication
• coaching and mentoring
• back-end programming languages
• AI technologies integration
• engineering practices and agile/lean delivery

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