Integration Engineering - Chapter Lead - Tesco Mobile

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

Join our Engineering and Quality Assurance leadership team as Integration Chapter Lead, working with the Engineering & QA Chapter Area Lead. You'll lead, encourage and empower a team of API Gateway developers and Full Stack Developers while being an active squad member yourself!

You'll focus on 'How' we work rather than the 'What' we deliver! You'll be responsible for managing a team of 5-12 colleagues, deploying them to the right squads across the business while developing solutions ranging from building and maintaining APIs on Apigee Edge to building microservices.

You'll spearhead the development and integration of APIs, ensuring seamless connectivity across our systems. Assist colleagues in developing skills, fostering creativity, and encouraging collaboration.

You will be responsible for

• Seen as the expert in your field to support the business in solving complex problems
• Defining standards, methodologies, tooling and practices to optimise chapter delivery
• Support colleagues through coaching, mentoring and training
• Creating inclusive culture embracing our 'We're unique together' behaviour
• Oversee design, development, and maintenance of APIs ensuring high performance and reliability
• Support business in defining strategy and transformation and collaborate with solution architects to deliver scalable and secure API solutions

You will need

• Experienced in leading a team of hard-working engineers in an agile environment
• Proven experience designing and developing APIs using Apigee Edge or equivalent platforms
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Deep understanding of API design principles, RESTful architectures, SOAP services
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (JavaScript, Python, Java)
• Experience with API security, authentication, and authorization mechanisms
• Significant experience using GitHub Actions for CI/CD
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Demonstrable experience as servant leader empowering colleagues to reach their potential

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About us

A 50-50 joint venture between Tesco and VMO2 that was established back in 2003, Tesco Mobile has gone from strength to strength as we’ve launched into new services and markets. With more than 5 million customers, we’re the largest mobile virtual network operator in the UK. We’re proud to have an inclusive culture that’s uniquely Tesco Mobile, with a strong sense of community, plus all the benefits of working for one of the shareholders.

We care for human connection and we keep our customers at the heart of everything we do, which is why we’ve embraced the Agile way of working. Agile is more than just a methodology – it’s a liberating journey that puts customers and purpose first. It empowers us to self-organise, collaborate, co-create and rapidly inspect and adapt everything we do – allowing us to respond at pace to our customers’ needs. It encourages variety of thought and enables us to thrive, both individually and collectively.

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.