Software Development Engineer - Java

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. 

About the role

This job requires to be based in/close to Kraków. We currently work in a hybrid model and meet in our office 3 days a week.

As a member of the Time Management API team, you will work on exciting challenges that help and impact the work of over 300,000 Tesco employees We have a very experienced team, and we emphasize quality, development, learning, and sharing our knowledge and experience.

Our API handles over 150 milion requests per month while keeping P90 response time below 25ms and error rate below 0.01%.

Our vision is to deliver cutting-edge, strategic API solutions to manage contracts and schedules, enhancing the experience for colleagues and managers through our advanced compute engines. 

We are authoritative source for colleague contractual shift and schedule data for all Tesco business entities, reliably providing this data for many consumer systems and expanding our reach to include new colleague populations. By providing this data, we will empower colleagues to work more flexibly. 

Technology stack which we are using:

• Languages: Java 21, Kotlin
• Frameworks: Modern frameworks like Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux
• Cloud: Azure, Terraform
• Architecture: Microservices 
• DB: SQL (PostgreSQL) & NoSQL (MongoDB, Elastricsearch)
• CICD: GitHub Actions + ArgoCD
• Monitoring & alerting: Splunk, AppDynamics, xMatters, Runscope etc.
• Testing: Spock, Gatling 
• VCS: GitHub 
• Others: Zendesk, JIRA, Miro

You will be responsible for

We operate in a DevOps philosophy. We take responsibility for the software through its entire lifecycle. We practice continuous integration, delivery, and support of our code through to production and beyond.

Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the Tesco business, the following provides an overview of the role’s key responsibilities and measures:

• Be a coder; review and contribute code.
• Design: design, propose and review architecture design.
• Focus on performance, availability, reliability, and security.
• Cross-platform, lightweight & mobile-first progressive web applications by design.
• Contribute to the definition of features for services owned by your team.
• Effectively communicate your and your team’s progress to your team members, your Manager, and wider Tesco colleagues. 

You will need

• Around 4 years of experience in delivering Java or Kotlin (Kotlin knowledge is not required)
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
• Good English communication skills
• Experience with AWS, Azure or other cloud solutions would be nice to have, but not necessary
• Communication and cooperation skills
• Understanding of System Design
• Proactive attitude

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

What is in it for you

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 

Benefits for colleagues on employment of contract only: 

• 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.