Software Engineer

Tesco; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in Edinburgh is looking for a Software Engineer to enhance their claims applications. This role involves designing, building, and analyzing systems using IBM i technologies. Candidates should have at least 5 years of relevant experience and expertise in RPGIV, SQL, and Agile practices. The company offers a hybrid working model and encourages continuous learning and development. An annual performance-related bonus and comprehensive benefits package are also included.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Virtual GP Service

Performance-related annual bonus

Generous holiday allowance

Colleague Clubcard discounts

Green Car Leasing Scheme

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of recent experience in system analysis and development on IBM i.
• Knowledge of Agile practices and ceremonies is needed.
• Familiarity with REST/SOAP API integration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and support claims applications.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements.
• Document user stories with acceptance criteria.

Skills

RPGIV ILE free & fixed format

Embedded SQL

CL

DB2 (DDS and SQL DDL)

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Agile practices

Tools

DevOps toolsets

CI/CD concepts

OutSystems low-code

Job description

Tesco Insurance • Edinburgh • Permanent • Apply by 06-Feb-2026

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary - Between £38,000-£57,000 + annual bonus & benefits.

Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Reigate, Southampton (Whiteley) or Newcastle

Office Attendance - Our roles are hybrid; however, you should be able to travel to our Southampton office at least 2 days per week for this position.

Closing Date - Applications close Friday 6th February at 5pm.

We deal in the personal - from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you've worked hard for. And that means we always work with heart. Whether we're helping our customers or looking after our people, you'll find there's a warmth and friendliness to everything we do.

We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our Tesco Insurance and Money Services team. The role involves designing, building, testing, supporting, and delivering our claims applications, deployed on the IBM i platform. There'll also be opportunity to train in low-code on the OutSystems platform.

You'll act as a subject matter expert within Claims Engineering allowing you to showcase and further develop your own expertise. We encourage engineers to share new ideas, challenge existing practices, and look for opportunities to improve their teams and the wider engineering community creating a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

You'll have the opportunity to set the direction with the Senior and Lead Engineers and drive through service improvements, features, and changes. This allows you to make a significant impact on the product and the team.

What you'll be doing

• Working closely with our internal stakeholders and third-party suppliers.
• Analysing systems to re-engineer, update or add new features.
• Understanding business requirements, documenting when required, including creating user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Designing system changes according to modular software design principles.
• Writing high-quality code and unit tests, according to defined standards.
• Completing work according to agreed commitments.
• Reviewing work produced by other members of the team.
• Analysing and identifying the root causes of problems and defects and design suitable fixes.
• Producing documentation describing new and existing systems.

You'll have (min exp)

• At least 5 years of recent experience showing the ability to analyse, design, and develop systems on the IBM i using:
• RPGIV ILE free & fixed format.
• Embedded SQL.
• CL.
• DB2 (DDS and SQL DDL).
• HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Knowledge of Agile practises and ceremonies.
• And if you have any of these, even better
• Insurance or other financial services background.
• Exposure to DevOps toolsets and CI/CD concepts.
• RPG Smart Pages (RPGSp).
• Understanding and exposure to integrating REST/SOAP API endpoints.
• Writing Swagger/YAML specifications.
• Programming with 2E (CA/Advantage/Synon).
• Using PTC Implementer (formerly MKS Implementer).
• Developing interfaces with JDE.
• Developing EDI interfaces (ideally ABC).
• OutSystems low-code.

We don't expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it's worth exploring to further develop your career here with us.

What's in it for you?

• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
• Virtual GP Service for you and your family 365 days a year. Plus Critical Illness cover.
• Performance related annual bonus.
• Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday (worth up to £2K). As an added perk, we'll give you a second card to share with someone else.
• Access to Green Car Leasing Scheme.
• Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8-week paid paternity leave.
• Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as you Earn share schemes.

Everyone's welcome

We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We're committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Additional Information

We also know the importance of balancing work with life's other commitments. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, as we're committed to exploring part time and flexible working opportunities, at every level of the organisation.

Interviews commencing Feb 2026.

How to apply

We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.

Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you're interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Insurance and Money Services looks like, click apply to find out more!