Software Development Engineer II

Tesco Bengaluru; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive salary

Health and mental wellbeing support

Flexible time-off

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a Software Development Engineer II in Bengaluru, India. You will provide technical leadership across teams, prioritizing quality and best practices. Qualified candidates should have deep knowledge in Java ecosystems, scripting languages like Python, and UI development with React. The position offers a competitive rewards package and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Java ecosystems including SpringBoot and Hibernate.
• Proficiency in test-driven development (TDD) and clean coding principles.
• Hands-on experience with React for UI development.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for medium to large features.
• Support other engineers with delivery and development.
• Prioritize sharing skills and ensuring quality of work.

Skills

Java ecosystems

Test-driven development

Scripting languages (Python)

UI development (React)

Microservices architecture

Event-driven systems

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps tools (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes)

Secure coding practices

Monitoring and logging

Performance optimization

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Tools

SonarQube

JUnit

Selenium

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

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Overview

As a Software Development Engineer II you are in an Individual Contributor role at Tesco. At this level, your impact reaches across a team, and you provide technical leadership of medium to large features. You are starting to produce your own work by understanding the problems that the team faces and are beginning to support other engineers with their own delivery and development. You prioritise sharing your skills and knowledge. You also prioritise quality of work, helping your team to continually set the standard. You understand and apply best practice within Tesco and across the industry.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Java ecosystems (SpringBoot, Hibernate, REST APIs)
• Follows TDD/BDD, clean code principles, and SOLID design patterns
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python for automation
• Hands-on experience with React for UI development
• Designing scalable, distributed systems using microservices architecture
• Integration of event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and code reviews
• Test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Selenium)
• Code quality tools (SonarQube, Checkstyle)
• Expertise in DevOps tools: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform
• Containerization and orchestration for microservices
• Secure coding practices, OWASP compliance, and vulnerability management
• Monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
• Incident response, root-cause analysis, and SLA/SLO management
• High-availability and fault-tolerant system design
• Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps lifecycle integration
• End-to-end ownership from design to production deployment
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Performance optimization using metrics and logs
• Resolving complex production issues with root-cause analysis
• Experience in working with AI Agents
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced environments
• Advocates for automation, innovation, and process improvements
• Experience leading or contributing to digital transformation initiatives

Location

Bengaluru, India

You will be responsible for

As a Software Development Engineer II you are in an Individual Contributor role at Tesco. At this level, your impact reaches across a team, and you provide technical leadership of medium to large features. You are starting to produce your own work by understanding the problems that the team faces and are beginning to support other engineers with their own delivery and development. You prioritise sharing your skills and knowledge. You also prioritise quality of work, helping your team to continually set the standard. You understand and apply best practice within Tesco and across the industry.

What’s in it for you?

At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you. Our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market-competitive reward package, based on current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.

Total Rewards offered at Tesco are determined by four principles – simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable. Salary, Leave & Time-off, Retirement tools, Health and Mental Wellbeing, Financial Wellbeing, SAYE, Physical Wellbeing, and more form part of our benefits program.

About Us

Tesco Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise and a wide network of teams, we reduce complexity to offer high-quality services.