Analytics Engineer – SQL and Python

Sainsburys Tech – Analytics Engineer – SQL, Python

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

As an Analytics Engineer at our 150-year-old retail chain, you will play a vital role in our data-driven transformation journey. Your typical day will involve writing efficient SQL queries, drawing out domain models to identify complex data relationships, collaborating with your team to solve challenging problems, fine-tuning queries through pair programming, engaging with stakeholders to understand their needs, and building strong relationships with colleagues by mentoring and sharing knowledge. Working closely with Data Architects, Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Data Engineers, you will use your expertise to deliver robust data products that enable data-informed decision making. Your passion for data, strong analytical skills, SQL proficiency, and adherence to core Software Engineering principles, such as automated testing and Git version control, will contribute to our ongoing success. Additionally, your curiosity, willingness to learn, sense of ownership, and openness to collaboration will drive our culture of innovation. Join us to unlock petabytes of untapped potential and shape the future of retail through data-driven insights.

Who you are

As an Analytics Engineer at Sainsbury’s, you are a Tech professional with a passion for data and a strong background in roles such as Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Analyst, or Data Scientist. You thrive in an environment where you can unleash your creativity and problem-solving skills to unlock the untapped potential of petabytes of data. With your expertise in SQL and core Software Engineering principles, you excel at writing complex queries, building robust data products, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Your affinity for organisation, love for learning, and ability to take ownership of your work make you a valuable asset in leveraging data to drive innovative solutions and deliver exceptional experiences for both colleagues and customers.

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.

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).