Software Development Engineer

As a Software Development Engineer, you will be an expert in different backend technologies and develop software that helps both our customers and colleagues in their daily lives. You will be responsible for the entire development and support process for a software programme. Your applications will make previously complex tasks simple with the impact ranging from saving time, effort, or money to re-defining normal.
Our team provides observability for Tesco cash registers. This means several different projects, one of which is collecting, storing, and displaying metrics. Today we have 35k cash registers connected to our system which provides 6 million data points per second.

What will you do?

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of IDE, language and toolset in Java
• Comfortably test drive any feature
• Identify and apply appropriate design patterns to problems
• Demonstrate a good understanding of cohesion, SOLID and how to apply it
• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of one relevant operating system
• Script and automate within the relevant environment

Requirements

and relevant experience for this job

• Experience of operating in the cloud (AWS or Azure)
• Understanding NoSQL technologies (Redis, MongoDB or similar)
• Hands-on experience with Java or Golang
• Exposure to a variety of frameworks and libraries (Spring Boot, Micronaut or similar)
• Experience with Terraform or Terragrunt
• Experience using Docker and Kubernetes (or similar) for containerization, scalability and monitoring applications
• Experience in Lean and Agile environments and understanding of principles behind methodologies such as BDD, ATDD and TDD
• Nice to have: Prometheus or Victoria Metrics, Grafana

Additional information

Tesco is a diverse and exciting employer, dedicated to being #aplacetogeton, providing career-defining opportunities to all of our colleagues. If you chose to join our business, we will provide you with:

• Permanent contract from the go – as a sign of our trust in your abilities
• Yearly salary bonus – based on both individual and business performance
• Minimum 25 days of paid holiday/year for everyone
• Extensive private healthcare - complex care package including a wide range of specialists, medical services, and free flu vaccination
• Cafeteria
• Relocation Help - professional service to secure relevant working permits and other necessary documents
• Learning opportunities - certified technical training and learning platforms like Udemy, Pluralsight, and O'Reilly
• Referral Bonus
• A learning culture and excellent opportunities to develop your career within your chosen field or something altogether new
• Varied and exciting projects to play a part in – there is always something new and exciting in the pipeline

Tesco is committed to celebrating diversity and everyone is welcome at Tesco. As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, allowing candidates the opportunity to thrive and inform us of any reasonable adjustments they may require.

If that sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you!

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