Software Development Engineer - III

Tesco; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical insurance for you and family

SAYE programme

Job summary

Tesco India in Bengaluru seeks a senior Software Development Engineer 3 to drive architecture and delivery of scalable systems. You will own key features, mentor juniors, and shape technical direction across the directorate.

In this role you will collaborate with teams, influence product strategies, and uphold engineering best practices while delivering impact for Tesco’s platforms in India and beyond.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, developing and running highly scalable distributed systems.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong system design and architectural judgment in complex domains.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end development of products in your domain.
• Mentor and coach engineers; participate in hiring interviews.
• Lead design sessions and drive architectural decisions across teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Interviewing

System design

Job description

# Software Development Engineer - III* Back to job search resultsTesco India • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India • Full-Time • Working hours 45 • Apply by 30-Nov-2026About the roleSuccessfully had impact on teams of teams. Programming System Design Demonstrated experience designing, developing and running highly-scalable distributed systems. Development Practise Infrastructure Experience implementing a range of design and architecture patterns. Software Security Experience of technical leadership within a team. Coaching, supporting and Operations and Maintenance mentoring those around me. Core Technology Development Lifecycle Product Methodologies Retail Technology Awareness Communication & Influencing Data Analytics & Insights Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving Finance & Procurement Curiosity & Learning Embracing and Enabling ChangeWhat is in it for youAt Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles -simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.**Salary** - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.**Leave & Time-off** - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.**Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary** - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.**Health is Wealth** - Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws.**Mental Wellbeing** - We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.**Financial Wellbeing** - Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.**Save As You Earn (SAYE)** - Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.**Physical Wellbeing** - Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.You will be responsible forSame as aboveYou will needAs a Software Development Engineer 3 you are in a senior Individual Contributor engineering role at Tesco. Your proficiency with foundational computer science and software engineering concepts is taken as a given, and you will have proven significant technical depth and breadth. At this level you will be playing an active role in technical leadership, with proven impact across teams and the wider directorate. You take ownership and accountability of the development of the products in your domain. You participate in activities that build capability across the organisation: coaching and mentoring of existing colleagues, and interviewing/hiring of new colleagues. Once you have reached the SDE3 level, progression will vary significantly, and is likely to include more lateral opportunities than vertical promotion. This is also the level of core **In this jo** technical **b, I am accou** knowledge you **n** must **table f** reach **or:** before considering a sideways move to the management track. Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence and have these specific risk responsibilities: My impact reaches beyond my immediate team, and I provide perspective and context for technology choices across my directorate. The work that I do has foundational impact across teams in my area and the directorate that I am a member of. I am a technical leader for my teams and others will regularly come to me for mentorship and support. I am comfortable both supporting other engineers in their delivery and taking the lead on key features as appropriate. I have delivered multiple projects that move the needle for the business. I have demonstrated technical breadth and depth; I am an expert in my domain. At this level I display a high degree of ownership for the work conducted by the team. I am accountable for the quality of every result, produced by individuals and teams. I am an advocate of best practices across my directorate. I build maturity in the way we develop, deliver and operate services. I ensure that we’re learning from the best in the industry, designing and implementing appropriate testing and deployment strategies. I can anticipate feature evolution of my product. I utilise this when facilitating design sessions to ensure that the system architecture evolves to support future requirements. I understand the wider Tesco architectural strategy and champion its application to the systems that I work on. At this level my job starts to become just as much about exercising technical judgment as it does about implementation. I am comfortable managing competing priorities and am able to bring order to ambiguous scenarios. I create optimal outcomes combining short-term and long-term goals, utilising data driven decision making techniques to take appropriate trade-offs. I can identify risks and proactively engage with product and programme managers. I am a strong communicator within my team and to my stakeholders. I am a trusted mentor, a role-model for more junior engineers. I am approachable and am frequently asked to mentor those around me. I prioritise sharing skills and technical knowledge across the directorate, both informally in 1:1 discussions and by arranging more formal training opportunities.About usAt Tesco, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating everyone fairly and with respect, valuing individuality and uniqueness to create a true sense of belonging. Diversity and inclusion are deeply embedded in our values—we treat people how they want to be treated. Our goal is for all colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work, and we are committed to helping them thrive. Across the Tesco group, we are building an inclusive workplace that actively celebrates the cultures, personalities, and preferences of our colleagues, who in turn contribute to the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At Tesco Bengaluru, we are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, highlighting our commitment to creating a supportive environment for individuals with disabilities. We are dedicated to offering equal opportunities for all candidates and encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. Our recruitment process is fully accessible, and we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during interviews. If you need any accommodations to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to ensure that everyone has the chance to succeed.We also believe in fostering a work environment where you can excel both professionally and personally. Our hybrid model allows you to work flexibly—spend 60% of your week collaborating in person with colleagues at our office locations or local sites, and the rest of the time working remotely. We understand that everyone’s life journey is unique, whether you are starting your career, pursuing passions, or navigating life changes, and we are here to support you. Flexibility is a core part of our culture, and we encourage open conversations about how we can best accommodate your needs, so talk to us throughout your application process on the support required.