Software Development Engineer II - Customer Fulfilment

Tesco Technology; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 20%

25 days holiday + personal day

Private medical insurance

Maternity/Adoption leave 26 weeks

Paternity leave 6 weeks

24/7 virtual GP and EAP

Job summary

Tesco Technology is building a next-generation Fulfilment platform (FPS) to support Tesco’s manual and robotic-powered operations across global locations. The Backend Engineer (SDE2) role focuses on scalable, distributed Java services and microservices to optimise fulfilment workflows.

You’ll own medium-sized features, contribute to design, and collaborate with product managers and other engineers to deliver robust backend solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in product development using agile methodologies.
• Hands-on experience building and supporting reliable distributed Java applications.
• Experience in globally distributed software engineering teams is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, resilient Java-based backend services and microservices to support fulfilment workflows.
• Implement and ship end-to-end stories, with frontend focus and backend integration.
• Take ownership of medium-sized features and contribute to their design and delivery.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand problems and propose solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to peer reviews to raise quality.
• Help onboard junior engineers and share knowledge across the team.
• Apply best practices and contribute to improving development processes and standards.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Distributed Java

Backend development

Java backend

DevOps practices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

SpringBoot

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Couchbase

Splunk

New Relic

Azure Cloud

Job description

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.

About the role

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.
• :

• Development Practice
• Infrastructure
• Software Security
• Operations and Maintenance
• Development Lifecycle
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving
• Curiosity & Learning
• Embracing and Enabling Change

Whats in it for you?

• 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.

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. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.