Software Development Engineer III - Developer Platform

TN United Kingdom; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Development Engineer III, where you'll lead the development of a cutting-edge Developer Platform. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance your platform engineering skills while working with a diverse team committed to operational excellence. You'll be responsible for shaping platform features, ensuring high software quality, and collaborating across teams to drive impactful solutions. Enjoy a hybrid work environment, generous holiday allowance, and a comprehensive benefits package, including a substantial annual bonus. This is your chance to make a real impact in a dynamic and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

Maternity and adoption leave

Free virtual GP service

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience with Java 8+ and cloud platforms is essential.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and Infrastructure as Code practices is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the Tesco Developer Platform (TDP).
• Ensure software quality and raise the quality standards of the TDP codebase.

Skills

Java 8+

Golang

Cloud Platforms (Azure)

SQL/NoSQL Databases

Infrastructure as Code

Scaling Systems

CI/CD Tools

Kanban Methodology

Commit-to-Production Processes

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05.05.2025

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Tesco UK • Welwyn Garden City • Hybrid • Full-Time • Apply by 25-Jun-2025

About the role

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. During your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We recognize that life looks different for each of us, and we welcome conversations about flexible working.

The Engineering Effectiveness organisation within Technology aims to make the work of over 2,000 Tesco software engineers as frictionless and delightful as possible. We enable quick access to information, provide valuable platforms and abstractions, and reduce toil. Our goal is to make the standard way the easiest way to develop, build, and deploy software.

Our team comprises product managers, software and systems engineers from the UK, Hungary, and India. We are customer-focused, data-led, and committed to solving the most valuable problems with high standards of engineering.

The Tesco Developer Platform (TDP) is a new platform that allows developers to build, deploy, and operate software in a self-service manner. It provides a golden path for automated build and deployment, improving quality, security, and standardization. The platform integrates various tools and technologies to streamline the pipeline to production, reducing cognitive load and manual work, and enabling faster, more secure software releases with better observability.

What is in it for you

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day and bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, plus 13 weeks statutory maternity/adoption leave, and 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and mental wellbeing support

You will be responsible for

• Providing ownership and leadership in developing TDP, understanding its short- and long-term goals
• Contributing to shaping platform features and impacting across teams
• Coaching the TDP team/engineers and developing key platform features
• Ensuring software quality and raising the quality standards of TDP codebase
• Participating in design and planning sessions to ensure quality, scalability, and resiliency
• Collaborating with peers and stakeholders, driving operational excellence, and resolving production issues

This role offers an opportunity to enhance your platform engineering skills, gain hands-on experience with building platforms from the ground up, develop standards, and explore cloud-native technologies. You will also participate in broader engineering communities and share knowledge.

You need

• Experience with Java 8+
• Golang experience is a plus
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, etc.)
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code practices
• Experience scaling systems
• Experience with CI/CD tools and processes
• Familiarity with modern development methodologies like Kanban
• Experience with commit-to-production processes is a plus

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favorite way to shop, whether at home or on the move. Our core purpose is to serve our customers, communities, and the planet better every day, acting responsibly and sustainably. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves, ensuring equal opportunities for all.