Senior Java Engineer (SDE II) — Cloud, CI/CD & Security

Tesco; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Profile team builds scalable solutions for securing and managing customer data across online, mobile, in-store and service channels. As an SDE2, you will provide technical leadership, start owning your work, and help peers deliver quality software aligned with Tesco standards and security practices.

You will work with Java and Spring Boot, Azure, Terraform, and modern CI/CD workflows while mentoring engineers and driving reliability, performance, and documentation across services.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Java (or JVM language) in production systems.
• Proficient in Spring Boot or Micronaut frameworks.
• Comfort with Microsoft Azure and Terraform for IaC.
• Experience with microservices architecture and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with security-first coding and vulnerability tools (Snyk, Apiiro).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on medium to large features.
• Mentor and support other engineers to raise code quality.
• Deliver robust, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.
• Advocate and implement CI/CD best practices across projects.
• Document system design and decisions to support teams.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Security

Tools

GitHub

Splunk

New Relic

JIRA

Zendesk

Job description

Tesco Profile team builds scalable solutions for securing and managing customer data across online, mobile, in-store and service channels. As an SDE2, you will provide technical leadership, start owning your work, and help peers deliver quality software aligned with Tesco standards and security practices.

You will work with Java and Spring Boot, Azure, Terraform, and modern CI/CD workflows while mentoring engineers and driving reliability, performance, and documentation across services.