Software Development Engineer II - Customer Fulfilment

About the role

We are in the process of building and
rolling out our next generation, dynamic, scalable, and resilient Fulfilment
platform for Tesco, to address both manual, and robotic powered automated
fulfilment operations, across all the customer order fulfilment locations. This
highly optimized and continuously improving fulfilment platform is designed to
be used to fulfil all product categories - Grocery /GM and Fashion, of Customer
Orders.

This platform, Fulfilment Point
System (FPS), enables all the customer order fulfilment centres across different
geographies to pick, marshal and dispatch customer orders on one hand and
manage the site workflow through a real-time visualisation and intervention
tool, on the other hand.

Ours is a globally distributed, full
stack java tech team and our building blocks consist of a set of Microservice components,
backend APIs, Rich UI, robust Eventing Platform and Data layer components
utilising a wide range of modern technologies including:

• Java, RxJava, SpringBoot
• Kafka, PostgreSQL and Couchbase
• Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Azure
  DevOps, GitHub Actions, Splunk, New Relic
• Azure Cloud

We are responsible for the software
throughout the lifecycle. We follow a strong DevOps culture, owning services
end-to-end from development through to production support.

You will be responsible for

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer
(SDE2) with strong experience in building scalable, distributed Java systems.
This is a mid-level individual contributor role where you’ll work on meaningful
backend features, support others, and develop your technical leadership skills.

As a key member of our engineering
team, you will develop robust, scalable and efficient backend services to
optimise fulfilment operations and drive operational success.

Backend Development: Build scalable,
resilient Java-based backend services, APIs, and microservices to support
fulfilment workflows and systems.

Feature Delivery: Implement and
ship end-to-end stories, primarily focused on frontend with some backend
integration.

Technical
Contribution: Take ownership of medium-sized features and
participate in their design and delivery.

Collaboration: Work closely with
engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand problems and
propose solutions.

Code Quality: Write clean,
maintainable code and contribute to peer reviews to raise the team’s quality
bar.

Support &
Mentorship: Help onboard junior engineers and share knowledge
across the team.

Continuous
Improvement: Apply best practices and contribute to improving
development processes and standards.

You will need

Experience
relevant for this job:

• Previous experience of having done
  product development using agile methodologies
• Hands-on experience of building and
  supporting reliable and operationally robust distributed Java applications /
  products
• Any previous experience of having contributed
  in a globally distributed software engineering teams would be a big plus.

Tech
Skills

• Relevant
  Experience
• Demonstrated
  impact across a software engineering team.
• Experience
  designing, developing and operating backend components or services
• Exposure
  to agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Ability
  to support and collaborate with other engineers.
• :

o Development
Practice

o Infrastructure

o Software Security

o Operations and
Maintenance

o Development
Lifecycle

o Strategic Thinking
& Problem Solving

o Curiosity &
Learning

o Embracing and
Enabling Change

Whats in it for you?
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
 

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.


• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).


• Private medical insurance.


• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.


• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details
About Us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues. 
 
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. 
 
We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here  for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.