# Java Engineer

**Company**: Sainsbury's
**Location**: London, Greater London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive Plus Benefits
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We are seeking a Java Engineer to join one of our Engineering teams to create exceptional products aligned to best-practice architectural and engineering principles.

As a Java Engineer, you will design and develop large-scale, high-performance services using Java (17+), Spring Boot, Maven, and related tools.

Responsibilities:

- Design and develop large-scale, high-performance services using Java (17+), Spring Boot, Maven, and related tools.

- Build and enhance websites, apps, microservices, and event-driven architectures.

- Contribute to the product technical roadmap.

- Work with cloud and container technologies, including Kubernetes on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

- Lead the design and support of internal frameworks that enhance wider engineering capabilities.

- Engineer across the full product lifecycle, including decommissioning.

- Consider cost, scalability, and support implications in all engineering decisions.

Essential Criteria:

- Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot.

- Solid understanding of engineering and architectural principles, including unit testing and TDD.

- Proven experience in software design and implementation across security, cloud, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD.

- Hands-on experience with Kafka, including event streaming, messaging, and distributed system architectures.

- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerisation (Kubernetes).

- Strong self-drive and commitment to improving processes, teams, and engineering communities.

- Advocacy for Agile and Lean delivery methodologies.

- Passion for delivering customer-focused solutions and owning the full SDLC following DevSecOps principles.

- Curiosity and a genuine interest in emerging technologies.

- Empathy, teamwork, and the ability to support others in delivering high-quality outcomes.

Benefits:

- Generous colleague discount across Sainsbury's, Argos, and Habitat.

- Competitive holiday allowance.

- Bonus scheme.

- Pension plan.

- Flexible / smarter working policy.

- Access to special offers on gyms, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Maven
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Kafka
- Agile
- Lean
- DevSecOps

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