Job Description
Sainsburys Tech
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.
Senior Engineer – FinOps, AWS
Your Mission at Sainsbury’s Tech and in FinOps, Cloud
As a Senior Engineer for FinOps, you will join the team that helps the company evolving it FinOps Practice, with the mission of helping Sainsburys being the most cost-effective retailer in the UK. The team is part of the Cloud Org, which has the mission to enable product engineering teams to deliver value faster, more safely and at reduced cost by providing reusable, resilient, scalable, and secure environments to run their applications on.
What Sainsbury’s Group is all about
We’re a multi-channel, multi-brand business (e.g. Sainsbury’s, Argos, Nectar…) serving millions of customers a day, with the UK’s largest loyalty scheme and an ever-evolving set of digital platforms. All of this equals over 1.2 billion transactions each year, presenting a volume, depth and complexity of data that few can match. We live every day by our Valued Behaviours: Own it, Make it Better, Be Human.
Engineering at Sainsbury’s Tech
We don’t think we’re exaggerating when we say we have the most exciting data set in the UK. 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 in the hands of millions of people across the UK.
What we look for in a Senior FinOps Engineer
We are looking for an AWS Senior Engineer with proven experience in FinOps, ideally within a large retail enterprise. You thrive in a fast-paced, Agile environment and are dedicated to continuous improvement, driving the adoption of best practises and staying up to date with emerging technologies. Your are a clear communicator and your drive, curiosity, and customer-centric mindset enable you to mentor and support your colleagues, contributing to the success of our engineering community and the delivery of high-quality products.
You will have proven experience in FinOps and Cloud Cost Management tooling and methodologies, with strong AWS and programming skills.
More about the role
As a Senior FinOps Engineering, you will be responsible for:
Cloud Cost Optimization
- Propose and implement strategies for optimizing cloud costs while maintaining performance and scalability.
- Support the analysis and interpretation of cost patterns, identifying areas for improvement and cost-saving opportunities.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to implement cost-effective solutions across the company.
FinOps Governance
- Support and collaborate to improve FinOps best practices across the organization.
- Support and collaborate to define and implement policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure efficient cloud financial management.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including finance, engineering, and leadership teams, providing the necessary reporting.
Automation and Tooling
- Propose and Implement automation tools and scripts to streamline FinOps processes.
- Evaluate and recommend cloud management and FinOps tools to enhance efficiency.
Please do not consider everything in this job ad as a "must have". It is more a guiding list for the type of person we look for. We know that no candidate will be the perfect match for all we've mentioned in this posting, so don't be afraid to apply if you feel you're close to the brief but not necessarily "spot on".
Your Progression
You'll report to the team’s Engineering Manager, who'll work with you on your progression — aiming to ensure you're suitably challenged, have effective feedback loops, and are able to do great work whilst learning from it. They'll also help you find training and development opportunities. Progression is about the scale of the impact you can have, and there’s no shortage of opportunity at Sainsbury’s.
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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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. 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 up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private heathcare. 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, salary 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 eligibiity criteria may apply).