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The Engineering Effectiveness organization within Technology aims to make the work of over 2,000 Tesco software engineers as frictionless and delightful as possible. We enable quick access to information and context, provide valuable platforms and abstractions, and reduce toil. Our goal is to make the standard development, build, and deployment processes the easiest ways to work.
Our team comprises product managers, software and systems engineers, and other experts from the UK, Hungary, and India. We are customer-focused and data-led, prioritizing solving the most valuable problems. We do not build unnecessary solutions and hold ourselves to high engineering standards, taking pride in our work.
The Tesco Developer Platform (TDP) is a newly envisioned platform that allows developers to build, deploy, and operate software in a self-service manner. It aims to provide a golden path with automated build and deployment processes, enhancing quality, security, and standardization. The platform will include various tools and technologies that seamlessly integrate to facilitate a smooth pipeline to production, reducing cognitive load, toil, and manual work, and enabling faster software delivery with better security and observability. The TDP team is responsible for building, running, and maintaining this platform.
* Provide ownership and leadership in developing TDP, understanding its short- and long-term goals.
* Make a significant impact across teams, contributing to shaping platform features for the future.
* Offer coaching to the TDP team and engineers, while developing key platform features.
* Ensure accountability for the platform's software quality, contributing to raising the quality standards of the TDP codebase.
* Participate in design and planning sessions, ensuring TDP is built with quality, scalability, and resiliency for future needs.
* Bring a change mindset and collaborate with peers and stakeholders inside and outside the directorate.
* Take ownership of resolving production issues, driving operational excellence.
This role offers an opportunity to enhance your platform engineering skills, gain hands-on experience in building a platform from the ground up, develop standards, and work with cloud-native technologies. You will also have the chance to participate in the wider Engineering Effectiveness community, learn, and share knowledge.
* Experience with Java 8+
* Experience with Golang is a plus
* Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure)
* Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code practices
* Experience scaling systems
* Experience with CI/CD tools and processes
* Experience with modern development methodologies like Kanban
* Experience with commit-to-production processes is a plus
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favorite way to shop, whether at home or on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day’. We aim to act responsibly and sustainably for all stakeholders, the communities we serve, and the planet.
We foster an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves. We celebrate diversity and value the opportunities it brings. We are committed to creating an accessible and inclusive workplace. For more information on the support we offer, please click here.
As a large organization, we offer diverse full-time and part-time roles across various business areas. We embrace a blended working pattern—combining office and remote work. Our offices are spaces for connection, collaboration, and innovation. If applying internally, please discuss flexible arrangements with your Hiring Manager. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.
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