Tesco India Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full-Time Permanent Working hours 45 Apply by 28-Feb-2026
About the role
We are looking for a Node.js Developer who has experience building back-end services and managing data exchange between the server and user-facing applications. Responsibilities will include the development of back-end logic, definition and maintenance of the database and maintaining the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of the application. You will work closely with the front-end developers to implement their components into the application. This is an exciting opportunity to work on projects that directly impact the experience of our colleagues.
Years of experience: 4 to 8
Work Location: Bangalore
What is in it for you
At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.
As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.
Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.
Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles -simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.
Salary - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.
Leave & Time-off - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.
Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.
Health is Wealth - Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws.
Mental Wellbeing - We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.
Financial Wellbeing - Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.
Save As You Earn (SAYE) - Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.
Physical Wellbeing - Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.
You will be responsible for
Responsibilities
Take a defined problem and come up with the design / implementation with minimal guidance
Have good domain knowledge and deliver with more autonomy
Continuously Learn and apply technologies, techniques and methodologies that add value to the team and the overall portfolio.
Stay updated with emerging backend development trends and integrate them into the team’s workflow.
Fully participate in team retrospectives and other team ceremonies
Identify value of tasks & always work on the highest priority items
The role expects high standard of engineering excellence with practical experience in building and maintaining internet-scale applications and services.
Nurture highly effective relationships with internal business partners such as product management, technical teams, systems operations, and service and support.
Present and communicate complex ideas and features to a broad audience.
Part of OnCall ROTA to support the application 24/7.
You will need
Qualifications - Foundational
In depth knowledge of Javascript
Strong proficiency of NodeJS - Core, and Advanced.
Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
Experience in container solutions such as Docker and Kubernetes
Strong working experience in Linux Environment and debugging tools
Strong in computer science and foundations like data structures, algorithms
Qualifications - Desired Work Experience
Deep expertise in building REST API’s / Backend development using NodeJS
Experience with test automation: TDD, unit/integration/functional testing.
Solid understanding of either object-oriented design or functional programming and relevant programming concepts.
Have a passion for quality and writing clean, SOLID, readable code that scales and performs well.
Understanding and implementation of security and data protection
Have handled User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
A team player who values collaboration, innovation, and inclusion
Proficiency with Git / Jenkins (or relevant tools) and should have an experience in creating CI/CD pipeline.
Experience in building high traffic websites using Nginx / Express.js or similar platforms
Experience with SQL and relational/NoSQL databases like Postgress/MySQL/ MongoDB
Exposure to cloud platforms like Azure, GCP, or AWS.
Experience with event-driven systems and message brokers (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
Behavioral Elements
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyse and infer requirements
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
Ability to cope with rapidly changing priorities and a continual backlog of work.
About us
Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise, a wide network of teams, and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high-quality services for our customers.
Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3,30,000 colleagues
Tesco Technology
Today, our Technology team consists of over 5,000 experts spread across the UK, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and India. In India, our Technology division includes teams dedicated to Engineering, Product, Programme, Service Desk and Operations, Systems Engineering, Security & Capability, Data Science, and other roles.
At Tesco, our retail platform comprises a wide array of capabilities, value propositions, and products, essential for crafting exceptional retail experiences for our customers and colleagues across all channels and markets. This platform encompasses all aspects of our operations – from identifying and authenticating customers, managing products, pricing, promoting, enabling customers to discover products, facilitating payment, and ensuring delivery. By developing a comprehensive Retail Platform, we ensure that as customer touchpoints and devices evolve, we can consistently deliver seamless experiences. This adaptability allows us to respond flexibly without the need to overhaul our technology, thanks to the creation of capabilities we have built.