Tesco Czech Republic Hybrid Full-Time Permanent Apply by 22-Aug-2026
About the role
As an engineer in Tesco Labs, you will focus on creating applications to demonstrate innovative concepts or new disruptive technologies. Working with product managers and UX designers you will be responsible for rapid prototyping, testing hypotheses, solving problems and developing new propositions to the required level of performance and scalability.
Being in a research lab environment you’ll be an early adopter, maintaining a good knowledge of the latest technologies and devices (both consumer and business), keeping abreast of technological developments, and looking for opportunities to use those new technologies to benefit customers or colleagues.
You’ll need to be a great coach, sharing your knowledge amongst other team members, and advising, mentoring, teaching and inspiring our Technology graduate groups during their placements in the Tesco Labs team.
What is in it for you
Tesco is a diverse and exciting employer, dedicated to being #aplacetogeton, providing career-defining opportunities to all of our colleagues. If you choose to join our business, we will provide you with (for all):
- Up to 20% yearly salary bonus - based on both individual and business performance
- Sick leave Compensation
- 1 extra week of annual leave above your legal entitlement of 4 weeks of annual leave of paid leave to support your well-being and family life
- Pension insurance contribution
- Cafeteria benefit system & Multisport card
- Training and Development Plan, supported by certified training and learning platforms like Udemy, Udemy Pro and LinkedIn
- Referral Bonus
- Flexible work time
You will be responsible for
- Working with our product, research, and program teams to ideate, define propositions, and define how success will be measured
- Translating requirements into tasks & code
- Use your knowledge of the required languages and frameworks to lead the creation of everything from proof of concepts to complete systems
- Supporting both development and production systems, resolving incidents, and performing root cause analysis
- Sharing knowledge within the team and the wider engineering community
You will need
Key Responsibilities
- Working with our product, research, and program teams to ideate, define propositions, and define how success will be measured
- Translating requirements into tasks & code
- Use your knowledge of the required languages and frameworks to lead the creation of everything from proof of concepts to complete systems
- Supporting both development and production systems, resolving incidents, and performing root cause analysis
- Sharing knowledge within the team and the wider engineering community
Experience relevant for the job
- 5+ years of experience as a software developer, ideally with some experience of at least three of the following: Java, Kotlin, Swift, C#, JavaScript & NodeJS, HTML & CSS, or Python
- Good knowledge of the full development stack, including databases & APIs
- Experience using SQL & NoSQL Databases
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure)
- Exposure to the DevOps model
- Any experience with additional technologies including Machine Learning/AI, image or voice recognition, electronics, etc. would be very beneficial but not essential
About us
Tesco Technology was established in Prague to support Tesco’s retail business in Central Europe and across the Tesco Group. What began as a regional center over 25 years ago has evolved into a modern, forward-thinking team, driving innovation and digital transformation throughout the region.
With operations in the UK, Ireland, India, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic, we’re committed to delivering great value to our customers every day.
Let’s {code} the future together at {Tesco Technology}!