Senior Engineer – Kafka

Job title:

Senior Engineer – Kafka

Company:

Sainsbury’s

Job description

Job Description:Senior Engineer – KafkaJoining Sainsbury’s Tech as a Senior Engineer means becoming part of a leading technology organisation that powers the UK’s top multi-channel, multi-brand retailer. We are a community of passionate engineers who are empowered to define and deliver through the use of technology. With a focus on continuous improvement and technical excellence, you’ll have the opportunity to shape our engineering vision, drive adoption of best practises, and work with cutting-edge technologies. Not only will you contribute to innovative solutions that impact millions of customers, but you’ll also be part of a progressive community that fosters growth, collaboration, and the advancement of engineering expertise. With the support and resources available, you can accelerate your professional development and enhance your skills within a dynamic, agile environment. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact within the retail industry while staying at the forefront of technological advancements.We support and run multiple Kafka clusters, Confluent managed and self-managed in AWS.Our AWS Kafka stack utilises Ansible roles to create AMI’s, which are deployed to AWS using Cloud Formation.We provide self-service pipelines to allow engineers to use the Kafka clusters via GitHub actions.We have a number of services running in Kubernetes to manage the cluster, Metrics, Kafka-Connect, Schema Registry, and GUI Tools.We keep track of everything using Git, Jira & Confluence, with daily stand-ups, and empowered teamwork!You don’t need experience with everything in this list!About the role:Managing and running a Kafka Platform, Confluent and Self-Managed.Creation of self-service pipelines to empower engineers to utilise the cluster quickerSupporting migrations from one cluster to another.Create supporting infrastructure as code and use CI/CD pipelines to deploy your code into the cloudEmploy agile ways of working to discover, assess and build products.Assist in architecting systems and productsVisualise your product’s behaviour in productionWhat we’re looking for:Required:In depth knowledge of Kafka, Kafka eco-system and administration of a Kafka platformAWS; EC2, EBS, Lambda, Cloud FormationEnthusiastic and motivated team playerBe open to learning other languages and platforms – don’t worry, we will support you to do thisNice to have:TerraformKubernetesAnsible, Cloud FormationAgile MethodologyIn addition we expect the candidate to:Have an eye for great customer service and deliveryEnjoy working on end-to-end stories in a multi-disciplinary teamHave previous experience working on Integration projects#LI-EB1Responsibilities: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.Qualifications: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).About Us: Sainsbury’s company vision
Our vision is to be the most trusted retailer, where people love to work and shop. That means harnessing the talent, creativity and diversity of our colleagues to ensure that customers receive great service every time they shop with us.
If you would like to hear more about our vision and values, be sure to visit our corporate page.
We invest in training, development and multiple initiatives to ensure our teams feel enabled to offer the best shopping experience to our customers and that Sainsbury’s is truly a ‘Great Place to Work’.About the Team:We’re in the business of looking after our biggest asset. Our people.
That means making it our business to properly take care of the potential and wellbeing of our truly outstanding teams. Join us in HR, and we’ll make it yours too.
They bring the spark, the funny, the graft, the grit. And they’re literally the most important asset we have. So it’s in our interests to give the people at Sainsbury’s everything they need to feel valued, engaged and motivated, and truly able to shine.
That’s where our HR colleagues have a pivotal role to play. From our ‘centre of excellence’ teams in Reward and Recruitment, through to our core teams in Change and Talent, they’re creating environments that allow our colleagues to thrive and we’re proud of their incredible ability to understand Sainsbury’s inside out.

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Location

London

Job date

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 03:43:38 GMT

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