Senior Software Engineer – Java, Azure & CI/CD Lead

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Stores Limited is seeking an SDE3 in Welwyn Garden City to provide technical leadership across the team, design and ship end-to-end stories, and take ownership of delivery. You will implement robust Java solutions and contribute to architecture with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will work with Microsoft Azure and Terraform, advocate CI/CD best practices, maintain quality documentation, and mentor fellow engineers, while building tools to improve efficiency and secure coding

Qualifications

• Solid experience delivering Java or other JVM languages; familiarity with JS/TypeScript is a plus.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and infrastructure automation (Terraform).
• Good understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases and monitoring/alerting tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software with Java and related frameworks.
• Lead design and delivery of medium to large features across the team.
• Mentor engineers and foster a growth-oriented culture.
• Implement and advocate CI/CD best practices for reliable delivery.
• Maintain documentation and support system design decisions.
• Apply security-first thinking and vulnerability management practices.
• Ensure robust, scalable, and efficient solutions; own system reliability.
• Automate workflows and build internal tools to boost efficiency.

Skills

Java (JVM)

JavaScript

TypeScript

Microservices

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Documentation

Mentoring

Security-first

Tools

GitHub

Snyk

Apiiro

Terraform

Azure

Splunk

New Relic

xMatters

Job description

Tesco Stores Limited is seeking an SDE3 in Welwyn Garden City to provide technical leadership across the team, design and ship end-to-end stories, and take ownership of delivery. You will implement robust Java solutions and contribute to architecture with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will work with Microsoft Azure and Terraform, advocate CI/CD best practices, maintain quality documentation, and mentor fellow engineers, while building tools to improve efficiency and secure coding