.Net Engineer
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 18 June 2026
Requisition ID: 400061063
.Net Engineer - 12 Month Fixed term contract
About the Role
We’re looking for a talented .NET Engineer to help design, build and deliver high‑performing technology that improves customer experience, drives business efficiency and reduces operating costs.
You will help to build the property data platform which will be a key step in establishing our data strategy and be involved in everything we do over the next several years. Through better access to consistent data, you will be part of an exciting team enabling £millions in business savings
You’ll bring curiosity, analytical thinking and a willingness to challenge how things are done — always looking for ways to improve engineering practices within your team.
What You’ll Do
Design and build large‑scale, high‑performance services using the latest technologies and engineering standards.
Work with technologies such as React.js, SQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Docker, serverless functions and event‑driven architecture.
Implement and enhance cloud-based solutions across Bosun/AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Help lead the technical roadmap, shaping the long‑term architecture and engineering strategy.
Share knowledge, contribute to best practices and enable continuous improvement within the engineering community.
Lead the design and support of internal frameworks that enhance engineering capabilities across the Sainsbury’s Group.
Engineer across the entire product lifecycle—from inception through to decommissioning.
Consider cost, scalability, and operational support implications in your technical decision‑making.
Who You Are
You’re a proactive, driven engineer who is passionate about modern engineering practices, cloud technology and delivering high‑quality solutions. You promote agile ways of working and enjoy solving complex problems in a collaborative environment.
Essential Criteria
Understanding of data stream processing concepts (topics, partitions, consumer groups, schemas).
Experience working with Azure services ( Event Hubs/IoT Hub, Blob storage, Networking).
RestAPI or GraphQL API development experience.
.NET development experience (C#)
Solid debugging, profiling, and root cause analysis.
Nice to have:
Data modelling and experience working with NoSQL databases (Mongo, Timeseries)
Understanding of IoT specific protocols (MQTT, AMQP, etc ).
Experience with Kafka Streams, Azure Stream Analytics, or similar frameworks.
Containerization (Docker),Newrelic and exposure to Bosun/AKS
Ways of Working
Strong advocate for agile/lean delivery methodologies.
Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
Self-driven mindset with a passion for continuous learning and innovation.
What’s in It for You
Colleague discount across Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat
Competitive holiday allowance
Bonus scheme
Pension plan
Flexible / smarter working policy
Access to a wide range of discounts (gyms, restaurants, retail and more)
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).
