Software Development Engineer II

About the role

• Leads valuable features that are used by customers • Leads Scrum ceremonies • Suggests improvements to processes and methodologies to speed delivery • Questions requirements and challenges where necessary • Can identify value of tasks & always works on the highest priority items. • Work effectively with stakeholders to communicate and translate their needs into improvements.
2 • Lead group discussions on design of initiatives within domain. And understand domain wellenough to work with Product Managers to drive value • Support production systems resolve incidents and perform root cause analysis. • Debug/find complex problems and support/maintain the software solution. • Share knowledge with the wider engineering community. • Mentor and develop engineers in the team. • Produce proof of concepts to evaluate new tools.

You will be responsible for

Behaviours & Collaboration • Fully participates in team ceremonies • Comfortable pair programming • Can use whiteboard and other materials to convey designs and principles 
Innovation • Stays abreast of industry news from a variety of sources • Can understand how industry developments may affect team Core Technology Concepts • Understands major HTTP components (UDP/TCP/IP/HTTP/REST) • Understands core infrastructure components (servers networking load balancing) 

You will need

Programming • Good Understanding of Java/J2EE programming language • Good understanding of optimization algorithms (gradient descent hill climbing and other quantitative algo) • Experience with Kafka with the heavy load • Understands framework and enough of tool ecosystem of chosen language to implement end to end component with minimal assistance • Comfortable producing and refactoring code without assistance • Able to test drive features in programming language of choice • Understands different major language paradigms (OOP/Functional) • Understands presence of abstraction beneath language (JVM/CLR) • Can reason about complexity of algorithms (time and space) and code (cyclomatic) • Can debug code • Can understand and resolve complex issues 
Design • Can Identify design patterns in code • Can implement design patterns with guidance • Comfortable translating small behaviour requirements into tasks & code • Understanding of how high quality code can lead to rapid delivery • Good understanding of domains and domain modelling • Seeks out and uses appropriate abstractions • Good understanding of DRY and basic code hygiene factors • Good understanding of patterns for integration (events/services) • Good understanding on how to leverage existing functionality outside immediate project • Understands scope of project and when to move behaviour to other services • Understands the importance of project instrumentation Development PracticeGood understanding of CI and CD. • Writes tests to ensure CI/CD processes work • Good understanding of BDD/TDD/Performance/Security/Smoke testing • Commits code early and often• Understands feature toggling • Understands version control & branching strategies

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.

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  Salary -

   Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.
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  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.
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  Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary -

   In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
•  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

Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary
team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every dayacross markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage forTesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agilitythrough technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even morefor our customers. With cross-functional expertise, a wide network of teams,and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high-quality servicesfor our customers.

Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004 to
enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies,makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simplerfor over 3,30,000 colleagues

Tesco Technology

Today, our Technology team consists of over
5,000 experts spread across the UK, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, andIndia. In India, our Technology division includes teams dedicated toEngineering, Product, Programme, Service Desk and Operations, SystemsEngineering, Security & Capability, Data Science, and other roles.

At Tesco, our retail platform comprises a
wide array of capabilities, value propositions, and products, essential forcrafting exceptional retail experiences for our customers and colleagues acrossall channels and markets. This platform encompasses all aspects of ouroperations – from identifying and authenticating customers, managing products,pricing, promoting, enabling customers to discover products, facilitatingpayment, and ensuring delivery. By developing a comprehensive Retail Platform,we ensure that as customer touchpoints and devices evolve, we can consistentlydeliver seamless experiences. This adaptability allows us to respond flexiblywithout the need to overhaul our technology, thanks to the creation ofcapabilities we have built.

At Tesco, inclusion
is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating everyone fairly andwith respect, valuing individuality to create a true sense of belonging. It’sdeeply embedded in our values — we treat people how they want to be treated. Ourgoal is to ensure all colleagues feel they can be themselves at work and aresupported to thrive. Across the Tesco group, we are building an inclusiveworkplace that celebrates the diverse cultures, personalities, and preferencesof our colleagues — who, in turn, reflect the communities we serve and driveour success.

At Tesco India, we
are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, reflecting ourdedication to creating a supportive and inclusive environment for individualswith disabilities. We offer equal opportunities to all candidates and encourageapplicants with disabilities to apply. Our fully accessible recruitment processincludes reasonable adjustments during interviews - just let us know what youneed. We are here to ensure everyone has the chance to succeed.

We believe in
creating a work environment where you can thrive both professionally andpersonally. Our hybrid model offers flexibility - spend 60% of your weekcollaborating in person at our offices or local sites, and the rest workingremotely. We understand that everyone’s journey is different, whether you arestarting your career, exploring passions, or navigating life changes.Flexibility is core to our culture, and we’re here to support you. Feel free totalk to us during your application process about any support or adjustments youmay need.