Full-Time

Team Lead – Site Reliability Engineer

SRE

Updated on 7/22/2026

Loblaw Companies

Loblaw Companies

10,001+ employees

Retailer operating grocery and pharmacy chains

Compensation Overview

CA$128k - CA$176k/yr

Brampton, ON, Canada

In Person

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure (1)
Required Skills
Bash
Kubernetes
Microsoft Azure
Python
Grafana
Java
Postgres
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
AWS
Go
Prometheus
Terraform
Ansible
DevOps
Google Cloud Platform

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Requirements
  • Proven experience leading Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering teams in large-scale, production environments.
  • Demonstrated success building, mentoring, and leading high-performing engineering teams while influencing technical strategy and organizational outcomes.
  • Proven ability to influence technical direction, drive strategic initiatives, manage competing priorities, and build strong partnerships across engineering, infrastructure, security, and product teams.
  • Experience defining engineering standards, operational processes, and best practices that improve reliability and scalability across multiple teams.
  • Experience leading major incident response, driving blameless postmortems, and implementing continuous improvements to strengthen operational resilience.
  • Deep expertise in Site Reliability Engineering principles, including service level objectives (SLOs), service level agreements (SLAs), error budgets, capacity planning, and resilient system design.
  • Extensive experience designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes platforms at scale, including distributed and edge computing environments.
  • Hands-on experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP, leveraging Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible.
  • Strong knowledge of observability and operational excellence practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Strong software engineering and automation skills, with proficiency in Python, Bash, Go, or similar scripting languages.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise application ecosystems, including Java-based applications and their operational characteristics.
  • Experience managing and optimizing enterprise database platforms, including DB2, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
Responsibilities
  • Drive Reliability Strategy – Define and advance reliability engineering practices that improve availability, scalability, resilience, and operational excellence across our platforms. Establish engineering standards and champion a culture of reliability by design.
  • Influence Engineering Direction – Partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, and product leaders to establish reliability standards, align priorities, and drive strategic initiatives that improve engineering effectiveness across the organization.
  • Build and Lead a High-Performing SRE Team – Mentor, coach, and develop engineers while driving hiring, workforce planning, performance management, succession planning, and career development. Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
  • Lead Operational Excellence – Own incident management practices, guide major incident response, drive blameless postmortems, and ensure long-term improvements that strengthen platform resilience and operational maturity.
  • Drive Automation Strategy – Champion automation-first principles and invest in tooling that improves developer productivity, reduces operational overhead, and increases platform reliability.
  • Lead Infrastructure Engineering Practices – Establish best practices for Infrastructure as Code, platform provisioning, configuration management, and Kubernetes operations while promoting consistency, security, and scalability.
  • Advance Platform Delivery – Guide the evolution of CI/CD capabilities and deployment practices to enable secure, scalable, and reliable software delivery.

Loblaw operates a large network of grocery stores and pharmacies across Canada, selling food, health, and beauty products. Stores use self-serve formats to keep prices low, and Loblaw sells private-label brands No Name and President’s Choice alongside national brands, with Shoppers Drug Mart providing pharmacy services within the same retail ecosystem. It combines grocery and pharmacy under one umbrella with an extensive store footprint and strong private-label programs. Aim: be Canada's leading retail destination for food, health, and beauty by delivering value, convenience, and a wide selection through its connected stores and brands.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Brampton, Canada

Founded

1919

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Discount banners like No Frills capture trading-down shoppers during inflation.
  • Private-label brands support loyalty, margin, and differentiated basket mix.
  • Cross-selling groceries, prescriptions, and financial services deepens customer engagement.

What critics are saying

  • Costco, Walmart, and Metro intensify price competition across core grocery categories.
  • Pharmacy labor shortages weaken Shoppers Drug Mart service and front-store sales.
  • Regulatory scrutiny over food inflation and pricing increases legal and reputational pressure.

What makes Loblaw Companies unique

  • Largest Canadian food retailer with grocery, pharmacy, banking, and apparel banners.
  • No Name and President's Choice create powerful value and premium private labels.
  • Shoppers Drug Mart adds pharmacy traffic and one-stop convenience nationwide.

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Canadian Grocer
May 6th, 2026
Loblaw not yet seeing price increases due to elevated fuel costs.

Loblaw not yet seeing price increases due to elevated fuel costs. Grocer "fighting back" against "unjustified" requests from suppliers Loblaw opened its first No Frills in Komoka, Ont. in March, debuting a new, modern design. Photography courtesy Loblaw Companies Loblaw Companies said high fuel costs are not yet affecting prices in its stores. Per Bank, chief executive officer, said the food and pharmacy retailer is "fighting back on price increases from suppliers." "So far, we are not seeing any price increases due to [high fuel costs]," Bank said on Loblaw's first quarter earnings call Wednesday (May 6). Richard Dufresne, chief financial officer, added: "It's definitely more in Q2 we see a slight change, but not material." In his opening remarks, Dufresne said Loblaw's inflation measures at the cash register are "more or less" aligned with same-store sales growth. "Our efforts to push back on unjustified cost increases from global suppliers has delivered results, helping to reduce the inflationary pressures on Canadians," he said. Revenue, including the company's retail operations and its PC Financial business was $14.72 billion, an increase of $589 million. Retail revenue alone was $14.48 billion, a $580 million increase. PC Financial is being sold to EQ Bank for $800 million. The deal, announced last December, is expected to close this year. Food retail same-store sales increased by 2.4%. Drug retail same-store sales rose 4.1%. E-commerce sales increased by 20.3%. "We deliver solid financial results, including strong revenue and adjusted EPS growth. And I'm delighted that we are able to achieve this while making significant investments to grow our pharmacy and discount presence, expand our T&T banner into the U.S. and advance two new technology enabled distribution centres," Bank said. The first quarter's food sales growth included results from 28 discount stores that have opened since 2023. "These stores are averaging double digit same-store sales growth," Dufresne said. Loblaw opened 13 stores in the first quarter of its 2026 fiscal year, which ended March 28. That includes eight Shoppers Drug Mart stores and five hard discount supermarkets. On March 26, the retailer opened its first No Frills in Komoka, Ont. No Frills called the location a "fresh take on the traditional warehouse feel," intended to change the way people view discount shopping. The grocer plans to open a total of 30 discount stores this year. "We're confident that we can continue to build about, I don't know, 30 to 40 new No Frills and Maxis per year, and about 70 stores total including Shoppers Drug Mart," Bank said. Dufresne said Loblaw's discount banners remain a key driver of absolute sales growth, but said its conventional business "remains very healthy." "When we look at our same-store performance, our total growth - despite the fact that we're not adding much square footage, if any, that business continues to perform really well for us," he said.

iPhone in Canada
Apr 7th, 2026
Skip, Loblaw bring grocery delivery to more Canadians.

Skip, Loblaw bring grocery delivery to more Canadians. 3 hours ago Skip has officially partnered with Loblaw to bring nationwide grocery delivery to millions of households. This collaboration allows customers to order fresh produce, pantry staples, and everyday essentials from 13 different Loblaw banners directly through the Skip app. Whether it is a last-minute dinner save or a mid-week pantry refill, Canadians can now access a massive variety of products from some of the country's most trusted grocery names. The partnership includes popular banners such as No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Loblaws, Maxi, and Your Independent Grocer. This partnership brings together two of the most recognizable names in Canada. Skip, which began as a Prairies-based startup in 2012, has grown into a massive technology success story, now operating in over 450 cities and towns. On the other side, Loblaw remains Canada's food and pharmacy leader, boasting a massive footprint of over 2,800 locations nationwide. "Our partnership with Loblaw brings together two homegrown brands to redefine convenience and bring the best of Canadian grocery directly to customers' doors," said Paul Sudarsan, Senior Vice President of Partnerships at Skip. He noted that the goal is to meet Canadians exactly where they are, regardless of their postal code or price point. To celebrate the launch of this nationwide service, Skip is offering a significant promotion to encourage users to try the new grocery feature. From now until May 31, 2026, Canadians can receive 30% off their first three Loblaw orders of $45 or more (up to a $15 discount per order) by using the promo code SHOP30. P.S. Want to keep this site truly independent? Support Iphoneincanada by buying Iphoneincanada a beer, treating Iphoneincanada to a coffee, or shopping through Amazon here. Links in this post are affiliate links, so Iphoneincanada earn a tiny commission at no charge to you. Thanks for supporting independent Canadian media! 0 Comments

Cision
Mar 31st, 2026
Leyad acquires grocery portfolio spanning six provinces and Yukon.

Leyad acquires grocery portfolio spanning six provinces and Yukon. Mar 31, 2026, 13:35 ET EDMONTON, AB, March 31, 2026 /CNW/ - Leyad today announced the acquisition of a 387,000-square-foot portfolio of single-tenant grocery properties leased to Loblaw Companies Limited. The portfolio spans British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon Territory, marking Leyad's entry into British Columbia and Yukon. Following the transaction, Leyad's footprint now extends across eight provinces - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan - in addition to the Yukon. Leyad has spent the past decade building a portfolio focused on durable commercial real estate tied to everyday consumer needs, with grocery-anchored properties increasingly forming the backbone of that strategy. With the addition of these assets, Loblaw Companies Limited becomes Leyad's largest tenant by revenue, reflecting the company's continued focus on necessity-based retail and tenants that provide essential services to Canadians. "With this acquisition, we are doubling down on the most resilient segment of retail real estate," said Henry Zavriyev, CEO of Leyad. "These are established, high-performing locations that continue to play an essential role in the daily lives of the communities they serve." The transaction reflects sustained institutional demand for grocery-anchored real estate supported by strong credit tenants. Loblaw Companies Limited remains one of Canada's leading food and pharmacy retailers and has recently announced a $2.4 billion investment program to expand and modernize its store network nationwide. About Leyad Leyad is a real estate investment and development firm focused on acquiring and operating high-quality retail, commercial, and residential assets across Canada, with an emphasis on necessity-based real estate. SOURCE Leyad Media & Leasing Inquiries: Gregory Castiel, [email protected], (514) 473-5363; Acquisition Opportunities: Eli Erdstein, [email protected], (514) 216-2920

DanSec
Mar 16th, 2026
Cybersecurity Brief - 2026-03-16

Cybersecurity brief - 2026-03-16. 2026-03-16 Major Incidents or Breaches * Loblaw, a major Canadian retailer, suffered a data breach resulting in unauthorised access to customer personal information, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers. Newly Discovered Vulnerabilities * Google is testing a new security feature in Android 17 as part of Android Advanced Protection Mode (AAPM) that blocks non-accessibility apps from accessing the Accessibility API, aiming to prevent malware abuse of this functionality. Trends, Tools, or Tactics of Interest * Betterleaks, a newly released open-source secrets scanner, is positioned as a replacement for Gitleaks. It offers scanning capabilities across directories, files, and git repositories to identify valid secrets using both default and customisable rules.

MobileSyrup
Mar 11th, 2026
Loblaw logs out all customers after 'low

Loblaw logs out all customers after 'low. Loblaw logs out all customers after 'low-level' data breach. Loblaw says a "criminal third-party" accessed basic customer information. Mar 11, 2026 2:44 PM EDT Loblaw Companies is investigating a "low-level" data breach and has logged all customers out of their accounts. Per details Loblaw published on March 10, the company identified "suspicious activity on a contained, non-critical part of its IT network," and "determined that a criminal third-party accessed some basic customer information such as names, phone numbers, and email addresses." Loblaw says that its investigation indicates the breach did not compromise passwords, health information, or credit card data. It also says PC Financial was not impacted by the breach. "All customers will be automatically logged out of their accounts," Loblaw said, noting that customers will need to log back into their accounts to access its digital services. Loblaw Companies operates several grocery stores and pharmacies in Canada, including Loblaws, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Zehrs, Fortinos, Shoppers Drug Mart, and more. It also employs over 220,000 Canadians. MobileSyrup may earn a commission from purchases made via its links, which helps fund the journalism Wireless Warehouse provide free on its website. These links do not influence its editorial content. Support Wireless Warehouse here.