Senior Software Java Engineer - Customer Fulfilment

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Híbrido; GBP 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Annual bonus up to 20%

Private medical insurance

Holiday starting 25 days + personalDay

Maternity/adoption leave - 26 weeks

Paternity leave 6 weeks

24/7 virtual GP and EAP

Descripción de la vacante

Tesco is hiring Software Development Engineers to design, develop and deploy next-generation fulfilment software. You will build scalable Java-based applications, integrate with enterprise APIs, and optimise warehouse operations within a globally distributed team.

The role blends office and remote work, in Welwyn Garden City and broader UK contexts. You will work in a DevOps culture with CI/CD pipelines, modern tooling, and a focus on performance and reliability.

Formación

• Experience developing software using agile methodologies.
• Hands-on experience building and supporting reliable, scalable full-stack Java applications.
• Experience in globally distributed software engineering teams is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Architect and build high-performance Java applications to optimise warehouse operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance system efficiency, scalability and reliability for mission-critical apps.
• Develop APIs and microservices to integrate with enterprise and third-party platforms.
• Write clean, well-documented code adhering to best practices and coding standards.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in real time to ensure uninterrupted operations.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster continuous improvement.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and collaborate with hardware, data science and operations teams.

Conocimientos

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Couchbase

CI/CD

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Splunk

New Relic

Descripción del empleo

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 automate 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, Splunk, AppDynamics, New Relic
• Azure Cloud

We are responsible for the software throughout the lifecycle. We maintain a DevOps culture employing continuous integration and delivery, supporting our code through to production and beyond.

You will be responsible for

We are seeking highly skilled Software Development Engineers (SDEs) for a green field project to drive the design, development and implementation of software solution for next generation customer fulfilment system. As a key member of our engineering team, you will develop robust, scalable and efficient java-based applications to optimise warehouse operations and drive operational success. You will directly contribute to evolving product, reducing cost and increasing profitability.

Design and Develop: Architect and build high-performance applications.

System Optimisation: Collaborate with cross functional teams to enhance system efficiency, scalability and reliability for mission critical applications.

Integration: Develop APIs and microservices to integrated with enterprise API and third-party platforms.

Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and well documented code, adhere to best practices and coding standards.

Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in real-time to ensure un-interrupted operations.

Mentorship: guide junior engineers and foster culture of continuous improvement.

Innovation & Collaboration: Stay ahead of industry, work closely with hardware, data scientists and operation team.

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 full stack and distributed Java applications / products
• Any previous experience of having contributed in a globally distributed software engineering teams would be a big plus.

Tech Skills

• Programming
  • Demonstrate in depth knowledge of IDE, language, and toolset in language of choice.
  • Implement critical path components in a large or complex or project.
  • Demonstrate excellent understanding of language & framework and a good working knowledge of the abstraction layer underneath
  • Comfortably test drive any feature/comfortable with TDD cycle
  • Comfortably debug/find complex problems
• Design
  • Identify and apply appropriate design patterns to problems
  • Understand Idempotence
  • Actively practice the boy scout principle, leaves design, code in a better state than when arrived
  • Understand importance of domain model and can coherently model a problem domain within a given context
  • Understand design patterns such as CQRS and eventual consist
  • Understand how to design for performance at all levels
• Development Practice
  • Automate everything by default
  • Build a CI/CD pipeline
• Tech Stack Specialization
  • Java, Spring boot
  • Kafka
  • Postgres
  • Couchbase
  • CI/CD: Azure pipelines / Git Actions.
  • Cloud: Azure

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.

• 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 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

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We're a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.