Software Development Engineer II

About the role

As a Software Development Engineer 2 you are in a mid-level
Individual Contributor role at Tesco. Engineers at SDE2 level will continuetheir career development and show potential for an SDE3 role. SDE2 is astepping stone towards SDE3, rather than a career destination in its own right.At this level, your impact reaches across a team, and you provide technicalleadership of medium to large features. You are starting to produce your ownwork by understanding the problems that the team faces and are beginning tosupport other engineers with their own delivery and development. You prioritisesharing your skills and knowledge. You also prioritise quality of work, helpingyour team to continually set the standard. You understand and apply bestpractice within Tesco and across the industry. 

You will be responsible for

My impact reaches across the team in which I work. I
provide technical leadership of medium to large features, participating intheir design and taking accountability for their delivery. I am comfortableimplementing and shipping end-to-end stories and am starting to understand thedeeper problems in my part of the business. I am likely to be considered anexpert in a specific part of my domain. This is the first level at which I domore than complete the work that’s been assigned to me: I am starting to buildand prioritise my own work by understanding the problems my team faces andproposing, implementing, and delivering solutions to them. I am aware of theshort-term and long-term goals across my product. I work within my team,utilising data driven decision making techniques, to encouraging optimaloutcomes whilst accepting appropriate trade-offs. I am comfortable bothsupporting other engineers in their delivery and taking the lead on majorcomponents or small services as appropriate. At this level I display a degreeof ownership for the work conducted by the team and am experienced enough toknow when I need support. I am able to identify risks and raise these asappropriate. At this level I am beginning to support, coach, and mentor thosearound me. As junior engineers join the team, I am assisting them through theironboarding process and leaning on my past experience to help get them up tospeed. Whilst I may not formally be a mentor for other engineers, I am someonethat individuals across the team will come to for advice and help. I prioritisesharing skills and technical knowledge across my team. I contribute to theraising the quality bar of my team’s codebase, both in the code that I produceand by helping to peer review code written by other team members. I proactivelyprovide constructive and useful feedback to other team members on their code. Ihave a good understanding of best practices across the industry and of Tescoarchitectural standards. I make sure to put these principles and standards intopractice when completing my work. I am aware of the best testing and deploymentstrategies in the industry and have a view on the suitability of implementingthese within my team. I am comfortable working in a group context and amcapable of communicating technical concepts to key stakeholders. 

You will need

• At least 5 years of
  experience in backend services development using Java, Springboot and relatedbackend technologies, frameworks.
• Experience of microservices development and deployment in
  the cloud i.e. Azure cloud.
• Knowledge of virtualization; containerization and container
  orchestration technologies like Docker; Kubernetes.
• Experience with using and building REST API services.
• Knowledge of distributed messaging systems like Kafka.
• Knowledge of NoSQL database like Couchbase
• Knowledge of cloud security
• Exposure to the DevOps model.
• Experience in Lean and
  Agile environments and understanding of principles behind methodologies suchas: BDD; and TDD.

Whats in it for you?

At 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. 

About Us

At 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.