Software Development Engineer III - Customer Fulfilment

About the role

We are in the process of building and rolling out our next generation, dynamic, scalable, and resilient Fulfilment platform for Tesco, to address both manual, and robotic powered automate fulfilment operations, across all the customer order fulfilment locations. This highly optimized and continuously improving fulfilment platform is designed to be used to fulfil all product categories - Grocery /GM and Fashion, of Customer Orders.

This platform, Fulfilment Point System (FPS), enables all the customer order fulfilment centres across different geographies to pick, marshal and dispatch customer orders on one hand and manage the site workflow through a real-time visualisation and intervention tool, on the other hand.

Ours is a globally distributed, full stack java tech team and our building blocks consist of a set of Microservice components, backend APIs, Rich UI, robust Eventing Platform and Data layer components utilising a wide range of modern technologies including:

Java, RxJava, SpringBoot

Kafka, PostgreSQL and Couchbase

Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Splunk, AppDynamics, New Relic

Azure Cloud

We are responsible for the software throughout the lifecycle. We maintain a DevOps culture employing continuous integration and delivery, supporting our code through to production and beyond.

You will be responsible for

We are seeking highly skilled Software Development Engineers (SDEs) for a green field project to drive the design, development and implementation of software solution for next generation customer fulfilment system. As a key member of our engineering team, you will develop robust, scalable and efficient java-based applications to optimise warehouse operations and drive operational success. You will directly contribute to evolving product, reducing cost and increasing profitability.

Design and Develop: Architect and build high-performance applications.

System Optimisation: Collaborate with cross functional teams to enhance system efficiency, scalability and reliability for mission critical applications.

Integration: Develop APIs and microservices to integrated with enterprise API and third-party platforms.

Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and well documented code, adhere to best practices and coding standards.

Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in real-time to ensure un-interrupted operations.

Mentorship: guide junior engineers and foster culture of continuous improvement.

Innovation & Collaboration: Stay ahead of industry, work closely with hardware, data scientists and operation team.

You will need

Experience relevant for this job:

Previous experience of having done product development using agile methodologies

Hands-on experience of building and supporting reliable and operationally robust full stack and distributed Java applications / products

Any previous experience of having contributed in a globally distributed software engineering teams would be a big plus.

Tech Skills

Programming

Demonstrate in depth knowledge of IDE, language, and toolset in language of choice.

Implement critical path components in a large or complex or project.

Demonstrate excellent understanding of language & framework and a good working knowledge of the abstraction layer underneath

Comfortably test drive any feature/comfortable with TDD cycle

Comfortably debug/find complex problems

Design

Identify and apply appropriate design patterns to problems

Understand Idempotence

Actively practice the boy scout principle, leaves design, code in a better state than when arrived

Understand importance of domain model and can coherently model a problem domain within a given context

Understand design patterns such as CQRS and eventual consist

Understand how to design for performance at all levels

Development Practice

Automate everything by default

Build a CI/CD pipeline

Tech Stack Specialization

Java, Spring boot

Kafka

Postgres

Couchbase

CI/CD: Azure pipelines / Git Actions.

Cloud: Azure

Whats in it for you?

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.

Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).

Private medical insurance.

26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.

Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

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About Us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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