Full Stack Engineer – Node/React/AWS

Sainsburys Tech - Nodejs/Typescript Engineer Why join us 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. We don't think we're exaggerating when we say we have the most exciting data set in the country. And from the insights gained, we build scalable, high-performance products using cutting-edge technology that give our customers an amazing shopping experience - like our award-winning Smartshop app. In an inclusive, agile environment, you'll have the space to be curious, to experiment, and to solve real-world challenges. And you'll get to see your creations adding value to millions of people across the UK. What you'll do You'll be part of one of our Engineering squads working on Ad-tech, interpreting and following architectural and engineering principles, operating frameworks, and new and improved technology and solutions. With your technical craft, curiosity and experimentation, you'll use judgement to apply specific techniques to deliver focused outcomes that support our 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 constantly strive to improve the way things are done in your team, contributing as a progressive member of the engineering community. Additionally you will; Actively contribute to developing large-scale services for optimal performance, utilizing technologies like Node.JS, Typescript, Mongo DB, Postgres, SQL, AWS Lambda, and GraphQL. This extends to microservices and event-driven architecture. Collaboratively contribute to the design and support of services and internal frameworks Actively participate in research, scoping, and planning activities led by engineering and product managers for the development of new domain and platform capabilities. Troubleshoot and resolve issues in production web applications, databases, services, and related components. Actively participate in the support rota, providing timely assistance to ensure system reliability. Foster team growth and development by providing support and mentorship to teammates, both through collaborative efforts and direct pair programming sessions. As part of the operations and run process, actively consider ways to optimize our OPEX and CAPEX budget for efficient resource allocation. Who you are You are a highly skilled professional in developing and utilising enterprise APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases. Additionally you will come with proven experience in software design and implementation, security, cloud infrastructure & monitoring CI/CD.. With industry experience, expertise and passion for customer-focus and continuous learning (e.g. emerging Tech), you will come with experience in owning the entire SDLC, and embodying DevOps principles. Additionally the below experience is also highly desirable; Proficiency in AWS (AWS Certification is a plus) Terraform & Serverless framework. Exposure in event-driven architectures #LI-NR1 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 10% 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, 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. 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).