Software Development Engineer III - Developer Platform

Tesco Technology; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Technology is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to contribute to the Developer Platform team. The role combines team leadership with hands-on platform engineering, focusing on building and maintaining critical software infrastructure. Candidates should have a solid background in Java and cloud technologies, alongside an ability to drive quality and innovation within the team.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary

Holiday starting at 25 days plus personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity/paternity leave

Free 24/7 virtual GP services

Qualifications

• Experience with Java 8+ is essential.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure) considered a plus.
• Previous experience scaling systems recommended.

Responsibilities

• Develop ownership and leadership in the TDP.
• Contribute to shaping platform features across teams.
• Ensure platform software quality and accountability.

Skills

Java 8+

Golang

Cloud platforms

SQL

NoSQL

Infra as Code

CICD Tools

Kanban

Scaling systems

Job description

Software Development Engineer III - Developer Platform

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About the role
At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, 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 also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
The Engineering Effectiveness organisation within Technology exists to make the work of over 2,000 Tesco software engineers as frictionless and delightful as possible. We enable fast access to information and context; provide valuable and useful platforms and abstractions and reduce toil. We make the standard way the easiest way to develop, build and deploy software.
We are a team of product managers, software and systems engineers and other experts from the UK, Hungary and India. We are customer focussed and data-led and focus on solving the most valuable problems. We don’t build things that teams don't want or need. We hold ourselves to a high standard of engineering, taking pride in the solutions we develop.
The Tesco Developer Platform (TDP) is a newly envisaged platform that developers can leverage to Build, deploy and operate software in a self-service capacity. It will provide a golden path, allowing automated build and deployment of software artefacts, driving improved quality, security and standardisation. The Developer Platform will consist of various tools and technologies that integrate seamlessly to provide a pipeline to production, lowering cognitive load, toil and repetitive manual work from development teams and helping to build, deploy and release software faster with improved security and observability. The TDP team builds, runs and maintains the platform.
You will be responsible for

• Provide ownership and leadership in developing TDP, aware of the short and longterm goals of TDP.
• Provide an impact that reaches across teams, able to contribute in shaping up the platform features for the future.
• Provide the right level of coaching to the TDP team/engineers, alongside developing key platform features.
• Provide accountability for the platform software quality, able to contribute tothe raising the quality bar of TDP codebase,
• Participate in various design and planning sessions and ensure that TDP is builtwith quality, scale and resiliency for future requirements.
• Apply for this job
• Bring in the change mindset and collaborate with peers and stakeholders withinand outside directorate.
• Provide the necessary ownership on resolution of production issues, drive the operational excellence.
  

This role will give you an opportunity to enhance your platform engineering skills, you will get hands-on experience with building a platform from ground-up, develop standards, gain experience with cloud native technologies etc. You will also have the opportunity to participate in the wider community within Engineering Effectiveness, broader technology teams, learn and share.
You will need

• Experience with Java 8+
• Experience with golang is considered a plus
• Experience with cloud platform(s) (e.g. Azure, etc.)
• Experience with both SQL/NoSQL databases
• Experience with Infra as a Code processes and practices
• Experience scaling systems.
• Experience with CICD Tools and processes
• Experience working with modern software development methodologies, such as, Kanban
• Experience with commit-to-production is considered a plus
  

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. Click Hereto find out more!

• 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 (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 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
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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Retail

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