Analytics Engineer
On site
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
27-03-2025
Job Specifications
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 - Analytics Engineer
Why join us
At Sainsbury's, we may be a 150-year-old retail chain, but we're on an exciting journey of transformation. As a Tech professional, you should consider joining us because we're changing the way we operate, embracing nimble thinking, and empowering our teams to push boundaries and create amazing systems and technologies. We're unlocking the immense potential of petabytes of data, leveraging it to make business decisions that are unparalleled. With thousands of shops, hundreds of thousands of colleagues, and millions of customers, we offer an unparalleled opportunity to work on groundbreaking projects.
As an Analytics Engineer, you'll have the chance to write great SQL, design complex data models, collaborate with a talented team, and deliver robust data products alongside Data Architects, Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Data Engineers. Join us to be part of our data revolution and shape incredible experiences for our colleagues and customers.
What You'll Do
Create designs for complex projects (data products), iterating existing components or designing new components as needed.
Influence teams within your area of responsibility to design and build components aligned with the overall roadmap and engineering principles.
Collaborate within teams to contribute to the execution of the organisation's technical strategy, focusing on the development and deployment of data solutions.
Lead outcomes, develop stakeholder relationships, and deliver high-quality insights through data storytelling.
Write code following coding standards and best practices, adhering to a test-driven and behaviour-driven development approach.
Assist in architecting systems, designing efficient data solutions, and facilitating technical decision-making.
Apply insightful domain knowledge to business problems, recommending and implementing data-led approaches.
Ensure high-quality, accurate, and professional outputs that drive real business decisions.
What I Need To Know
Experience with relevant coding languages and unit testing.
Proficiency in SQL for data transformation, analysis and problem-solving.
Understanding of version control systems, continuous integration pipelines, and service-oriented architecture.
Highly numerate background with the ability to drive business change through data.
Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex information in simple terms using available documentation tools.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a curiosity to explore opportunities and solve problems logically.
Proactive attitude towards continuous learning and career development.
Delivery of solutions with longevity and maintainability following the latest Agile practices.
Positive impact on the wider engineering and analytics community through contributions and support.
Understanding of Relational (and non-relational) databases and when to use them.
Working knowledge of modern data architecture frameworks, understanding of Architecture & Engineering
Standards/ Principles and knowing when and how to implement frameworks and when to make suggestions for new Standards.
Understanding the need for different and appropriate design techniques, such as data vault and data warehousing
How Will I Succeed
Proactively communicating risks and challenges about your technical product to both a technical and non technical audience.
Applying technical judgement to deliver solutions with longevity; solutions which can be maintained and serviced.
Driven to deliver for your product family, including setting and contributing to specific team goals.
Share your knowledge and ideas with the team.
Contribute within the Agile team and community of practice spaces.
This role offers a unique opportunity to combine expertise in architecture, data engineering, and data insights to drive innovation and value creation within our organisation.
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).
About the Company
Over 150 years old and still going strong, we’re the UK’s second-biggest retailer. Every day, the nation shops with us because they know they’ll get affordable, good food and excellent service. We focus on great value and convenient shopping across our family of brands, from Argos, Nectar and Habitat to Sainsbury’s Bank, Smart Charge and Tu. What’s next for Sainsbury’s? We've put food back at the heart of our business and we’re taking Sainsbury’s to the next level. We’re investing in technology and people and we’re thinki... Know more
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