Salary – Between £38,000-£57,000 + annual bonus & benefits.
Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Reigate, Southampton (Whiteley) or Newcastle
Office Attendance – Hybrid; you should be able to travel to our Southampton office at least 2 days per week.
Closing Date – Applications close Friday 6th February at 5pm.
Job Overview
Software Engineer to join our Tesco Insurance and Money Services team. The role involves designing, building, testing, supporting, and delivering our claims applications, deployed on the IBM i platform. There’ll also be opportunity to train in low‑code on the OutSystems platform.
Responsibilities
* Working closely with our internal stakeholders and third‑party suppliers.
* Analysing systems to re‑engineer, update or add new features.
* Understanding business requirements, documenting when required, including creating user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
* Designing system changes according to modular software design principles.
* Writing high‑quality code and unit tests, according to defined standards.
* Completing work according to agreed commitments.
* Reviewing work produced by other members of the team.
* Analysing and identifying the root causes of problems and defects and design suitable fixes.
* Producing documentation describing new and existing systems.
Qualifications
* At least 5 years of recent experience showing the ability to analyse, design, and develop systems on the IBM i using RPGIV ILE free & fixed format, Embedded SQL, CL, DB2 (DDS and SQL DDL), HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
* Knowledge of Agile practises and ceremonies.
* Insurance or other financial services background.
* Exposure to DevOps toolsets and CI/CD concepts.
* RPG Smart Pages (RPGSp).
* Understanding and exposure to integrating REST/SOAP API endpoints.
* Writing Swagger/YAML specifications.
* Programming with 2E (CA/Advantage/Synon).
* Using PTC Implementer (formerly MKS Implementer).
* Developing interfaces with JDE.
* Developing EDI interfaces (ideally ABC).
* OutSystems low‑code.
Benefits
* Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
* Virtual GP Service for you and your family 365 days a year. Plus Critical Illness cover.
* Performance related annual bonus.
* Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
* Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday (worth up to £2K). As an added perk, we’ll give you a second card to share with someone else.
* Access to Green Car Leasing Scheme.
* Benefit from our family‑oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8‑week paid paternity leave.
* Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as you Earn share schemes.
Inclusive Workplace
We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We’re committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business.
Interview and Application
Interviews commencing Feb 2026. Applications close Friday 6th February at 5pm.
We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, as we’re committed to exploring part time and flexible working opportunities, at every level of the organisation.
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