Domain Architect

Salary:
Competitive Plus Benefits

Location:

London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA

Hours:

Full time
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 10 September 2026

Requisition :

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 to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety involved. Then you’ll realise this is a modern software engineering environment, because it has to be. We’ve made significant investment in the standards and principles that shape how we work.

We iterate, learn, experiment and champion ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to exciting opportunities across everything from AI to reusable 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.

Joining Sainsbury’s Tech as our Supply Chain Domain Architect means embarking on an exciting journey to tackle some of the most compelling technology challenges in the retail industry. You will have the opportunity to shape and drive the technology strategy and roadmap for our Supply Chain domain across all our brands. As part of an agile and empowered team, you will collaborate with talented colleagues across Engineering, Product, and Architecture to create innovative, scalable, and future-proof solutions.

We foster a culture of collaboration, learning, and ownership, where your expertise and influence will extend across the organisation. With our commitment to ongoing development and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, this is an exceptional chance to make a real impact and shape the future of retail technology.

What you’ll do

As a Domain Architect at Sainsbury’s, you will play a critical role in tackling complex technology problems within the retail industry.

You will partner with Heads of Engineering and Product to deliver strategic, big-picture thinking and define the overall technology direction for a significant area of our business. This involves driving the creation of our north star and technology strategy for our Supply Chain systems as well as ensuring that technical decisions in this space are well informed and meet our technology principles and standards.

As a Domain Architect, you will communicate and champion the technology strategy, inspiring colleagues and teams to contribute and align with the overall vision.

As a part of a wider team driving the migration of our legacy systems over to modern platforms and solutions, you will be key to ensuring we understand the dependencies across the enterprise and that we collectively produce designs that align to our strategic vision.

You will also collaborate with the broader architecture community, sharing expertise and promoting alignment for key strategic initiatives across Sainsbury’s Tech.

Additionally, you will maintain accurate data about your domain, scan the external environment for innovative perspectives, and influence decision-making at all levels through your strong communication and influencing skills.

Who you are

As a Domain Architect for Sainsbury’s Tech, you are a highly experienced and influential professional with a proven track record in building and shaping technology strategy.

You will have previous experience with Supply Chain and understand how to effectively manage impact, identify the key decisions and drive change.

As the Domain Architect for Supply Chain, you will need to foster great relations with our wider architecture team, our trusted partners and senior leaders. You should have a strong background in developing and implementing domain-level roadmaps and…