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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Domain Architect - **Company:** Sainsbury’s Group - **Location:** London, UK - **Salary:** £83,641.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Warehouse Management Systems, Legacy Systems - **Published:** September 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5884258642 ## About the Role * 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 strategies, in addition to possessing a deep understanding of overall technology principles and standards. * Your expertise in evolving architectures, modern engineering practises and business capability modelling allows you to shape the components being developed to drive simplification and graceful evolution over time. * As a skilled communicator, you can condense complex technology choices into digestible decisions and influence stakeholders at all levels. * Your curiosity, adaptability, and ability to think and plan will make you a valuable asset in navigating the rapidly evolving tech industry and shaping the future landscape of Sainsbury's multi-brand, multi-channel organisation., * Previous experience of creating a technology strategy or setting a north star at an enterprise level or for a large segment of an enterprise. * Solid understanding of retail and the key functionality that would make up our Supply Chain domain. * Experience in working in the Supply Chain domain, identifying dependencies and driving activities to get answers to the key design decisions that are required. * Strong track record of influencing stakeholders at director/senior management level. * A track record of delivering technology transformation by developing influential architecture artefacts (Designs, Decision Records, Transitional Architectures etc.) and can demonstrate the value that they have added. ## Description * 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. ## Related Videos - [Domain-Driven Transformation—How to Bring (Back) Sustainable Architecture to Legacy and Monoliths](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/845-domain-driven-transformation-how-to-bring-back-sustainable-architecture-to-legacy-and-monoliths) - [How to TDD in legacy code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/309-how-to-tdd-in-legacy-code) - [The Data Mesh as the end of the Datalake as we know it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/156-the-data-mesh-as-the-end-of-the-datalake-as-we-know-it) - [We (don't) need a software architect!?!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/663-we-don-t-need-a-software-architect) - [Getting to Know Your Legacy (System) with AI-Driven Software Archeology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1437-getting-to-know-your-legacy-system-with-ai-driven-software-archeology) - [Implementing an Event Sourcing strategy on Azure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/688-implementing-an-event-sourcing-strategy-on-azure) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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