Software Development Engineer III - TSAYS

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 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
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• 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
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues

About the role

Tesco’s Scan As You Shop service is an in-store experience that lets customers build their basket on a handheld device during their shopping journey so that they can keep a close eye on their budget and skip the queues at checkout. Since late 2021, we’ve brought the solution entirely in house, and we’re now live in over 700 stores across UK and Republic of Ireland, with plans to move into Central Europe next year.

The handset application is built on Android OS and consumes data from our Retail Platform enterprise APIs. We’re looking for a lead Java backend engineer that can help us transition into a full stack team, where all of our engineers take ownership of both frontend and backend systems.

We need someone that can lead our backend development and help to upskill our frontend engineers. At the same time, we’ll offer to train candidates in Android development - no prior experience required. This is a unique opportunity to broaden your skills and get involved with all aspects of product development.

We’re a friendly team that takes collaboration and agility seriously, looking for the right person to help us move into an exciting new chapter!

You will be responsible for

• Developing high-quality code that can lead to rapid delivery, following standard methodologies for continuous integration and delivery
• Working efficiently with product partners to communicate and translate their needs into improvements in your product
• Supporting production systems, resolving incidents and performing root cause analysis and identifying patterns in code and refactoring the code towards them where it increases understanding and/or maintainability with minimal mentorship
• Debugging/finding sophisticated problems and supporting/maintaining the software solution
• Leading discussions on the design of the application and understanding the domain well enough to work with Product Managers to drive value

You will need

• Experience with Java 8+
• Experience scaling systems
• Experience working in a collaborative team
• A curiosity about, or experience of, Android mobile development

Recruiter: Lauren Baker Hiring Manager: Greg Hynds

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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.