Lisa Li
Head Of Engineering Retail Sainsbury S Tech at Sainsbury's Digital, Tech and Data
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLisa Li is a seasoned engineering executive with nearly two decades of experience building and scaling software, data, and cloud platforms across retail, fintech, travel, and e-commerce. Currently Head of Engineering for Retail at Sainsbury’s Tech, she combines hands-on technical understanding of distributed systems, AI/ML and DevOps with P&L ownership and delivery of multi-million pound programs. She has a track record of transforming organisations—recruiting and mentoring high-performance teams, modernising platforms, and embedding data-driven decision making to serve millions of users. Comfortable toggling between strategy and execution, Lisa has led platform modernisation and an £18M+ AI-driven revenue programme while optimising budgets and operational resilience. Her background from full-stack development to leading global AI product teams gives her a pragmatic appreciation for developer experience and secure, human-centred systems. Outside the obvious metrics, she’s passionate about engineering culture and open collaboration, consistently prioritising team growth alongside technical outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Computing (Software Engineering), Software engineering, Software development, Information security, Agile software development, Master of Science in Computing (Software Engineering), Software engineering, Software development, Information security, Agile software development at The Open UniversityHND Advertising and Media Communication, HND Advertising and Media Communication at Southampton Solent UniversityBA (hons) Graphic Design, BA (hons) Graphic Design at University of West London
Github Skills (3)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lisaliwebdesign/gatsby-contentful-starter
Sep 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
lisaliwebdesign/LinksApp
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:13 pushes, 2 branches in 5 days
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