Java Backend Engineer for Scalable Microservices

Tesco - Corporate; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 20%

25 days holiday + personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity & adoption leave

Paternity leave

24/7 virtual GP

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Tesco UK in Welwyn Garden City is hiring a Backend Engineer (SDE2) to help build scalable, distributed Java services powering our Fulfilment platform. You will own mid-sized features, collaborate with product managers, and contribute to reliable backend systems.

The role emphasizes code quality, DevOps practices, and mentoring junior engineers while delivering end-to-end stories and improving development processes.

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable, distributed Java applications.
• Hands-on with agile development and DevOps practices.
• Experience collaborating in globally distributed teams is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, resilient Java-based backend services and microservices.
• Deliver end-to-end stories with frontend focus and backend integration.
• Own medium-sized features and contribute to design and delivery.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Distributed systems

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Mentorship

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

PostgreSQL

Job description

Tesco UK in Welwyn Garden City is hiring a Backend Engineer (SDE2) to help build scalable, distributed Java services powering our Fulfilment platform. You will own mid-sized features, collaborate with product managers, and contribute to reliable backend systems.

The role emphasizes code quality, DevOps practices, and mentoring junior engineers while delivering end-to-end stories and improving development processes.