Engineering Manager - Frontend

About us

Tesco is a leading multinational retailer, with more than 330 000 colleagues. 

Our software is used by millions of people across several countries every day. Whether it’s the tills and websites our customers use, or the systems our colleagues and partners use, you’ll play your part in keeping it running like a well-oiled machine. And when a business problem pops up? You and the creative minds in our team will be challenged to solve it. 

As Tech Hub we cooperate within the group of Tesco Technology Hubs located in the UK, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and India. 

What our colleagues like the most at Tesco: 

• We develop our own products 

• We make an impact; large scale of operation 

• Accountability and respect are given to us 

• We cooperate and support each other 

• There are great colleagues who are divided into small teams here 

• We can develop and learn new things 

About the role

We're seeking a dynamic Frontend Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team and deliver high-quality solutions at Tesco Technology.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in Frontend technologies, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for fostering innovation.

You'll play a key role in project success, stakeholder communication, and driving a culture of innovation. As a team player, you'll excel in a fast-paced agile environment, focusing on quality, security, and user impact.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading a few projects within Colleague area

• Foster the careers of engineers reporting to you by finding opportunities for growth, coaching, addressing concerns, and if necessary, implementing performance management.

• Regular 1-2-1s with all direct reports

• Build and nurture effective, high-performing teams that consistently deliver quality software whilst balancing time frames and needs.

• Represent the teams within wider technical discussions across different stakeholder groups, and be effective in doing so by constantly broadening your understanding of our technology landscape.

• Take ownership for the delivery of specific outcomes, or work across wider groups in conjunction with program management to deliver more significant outcomes. 

• Remain a hands-on coder. Contribute code during team sprints.

• Lead and evangelize a team focus on performance, availability, reliability, and security.

• Contribute to the definition of features for services owned by your team.

• Continuously improve yourself and your team by suggesting and helping implement new Engineering processes and practices.

• Mentor less experienced developers.

• Effectively communicate your and your team’s progress to your team members, your Manager, and wider Tesco colleagues.

  
  

You will need

Technology stack:

• TypeScript

• ReactJS

• Single SPA -> Micro Front-Ends Framework

• NodeJS + Express -> Backend for Frontend

• Styled Components

• Vite (Good to have)

• Webpack (Good to have)

Experience:

• Previous experience with management of software engineering teams of around 8 people.

• Problem solving, analysis and computational skills. You are comfortable designing systems and reasoning about them. When tackling problems, you take a thorough and logical approach to solving them and you retain ownership through to resolution.

• Experience working within an e-commerce or at-scale business where security, availability and reliability are valued

• Customer focus. You can find the right balance between outcome delivery and technical excellence. You place the needs of our customers above the needs of you and the team.

• Designing and developing systems for high availability and scalability

• Experience of operating in the cloud would be a big plus

Unsure if you fit all the criteria? Apply and give us the chance to evaluate your potential – you could be the perfect fit!

What is in it for you

Hybrid working

We always welcome conversations about flexible working, so feel free to talk to us during your application about how we can support you. We value connecting, collaborating, and innovating with our colleagues in person. 

At Tesco Technology, we work in a hybrid model. This role requires you to be based in or near Kraków, as we currently meet in the office 3 days a week.

Benefits

Tesco is a diverse and exciting employer, dedicated to being #aplacetogeton, providing career-defining opportunities to all of our colleagues. If you choose to join our business, we will provide you with (for all):

• Permanent contract from the go – as a sign of our trust in your abilities

• MacBook as your tool for work

• Learning opportunities - certified technical training and learning platforms like Udemy, Pluralsight and O’reily

• Referral Bonus

• Sports activities with a personal trainer in the office

• Additional 4 days of paid leave to support your well-being and family life

• Up to 20% yearly salary bonus – based on both individual and business performance

• Private healthcare (LuxMed)

• Cafeteria & Multisport

• Supporting those, who are not yet eligible for full holiday entitlement, by expanding their pool from 20 to 25 days

• Relocation Help

• IP Tax Deductible Costs

If that sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you.

Tesco is committed to celebrating diversity and everyone is welcome at Tesco. As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, allowing candidates the opportunity to thrive and inform us of any reasonable adjustments they may require.