Tesco India Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full-Time Permanent Apply by 31-Dec-2025
About the role
As one of the world’s largest retailers and the largest private employer in the United
Kingdom (second largest after the UK government), Tesco serves millions of customers a
week in our stores and online portal. Tesco Bengaluru is the only international technology
and retail operations centre for Tesco worldwide - we make the Tesco experience better for
millions of our customers and colleagues. Established in 2004 Tesco Bengaluru is pivotal to
Tesco and we enable its business with our expertise in technology business operations
property finance and commercial services. Tesco is currently in the process of moving to a
Service Orientated Architecture to increase its business agility eventually increasing its return
on investment and to become the world’s leading Multichannel retailer.
Kingdom (second largest after the UK government), Tesco serves millions of customers a
week in our stores and online portal. Tesco Bengaluru is the only international technology
and retail operations centre for Tesco worldwide - we make the Tesco experience better for
millions of our customers and colleagues. Established in 2004 Tesco Bengaluru is pivotal to
Tesco and we enable its business with our expertise in technology business operations
property finance and commercial services. Tesco is currently in the process of moving to a
Service Orientated Architecture to increase its business agility eventually increasing its return
on investment and to become the world’s leading Multichannel retailer.
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
Roles and Responsibility :
Programming :
Good Understanding of Java 17/21 with proven hands-on skills
Practitioner of clean code and SOLID principles
Understands framework and enough of tool ecosystem to implement end to end component with minimal assistance
Comfortable producing and refactoring code without assistance
Able to test drive features
Understands different major language paradigms ( object oriented / functional /reactive )
Can reason about complexity of algorithms (time and space)
Can debug code at ease and ensure quality code is produced
Design:
• Knowledge of design patterns
• Comfortable with agile practices, user stories and task breakdown
• Understands REST principles and Microservices
• Able to identify components and design modular resilient systems
Development Practice:
• Understands BDD/TDD/Performance/Security/Smoke testing
Understands CI and CD, write automated functional and non-functional tests
• Working knowledge of CI tooling
• Understands version control & branching strategies
Infrastructure:
Exposure to IAC principles and cloud technologies
Good working knowledge of one relevant operating system
Can script (shell, curl, terraform etc) and automate within relevant environment
Security:
• Understands application security fundamentals and potential security risks
• Can perform a tool based security scan and articulate vulnerabilities
• Understands OAuth/Saml & identity models
Impact & Value:
• Suggests improvements to processes and methodologies to speed up the delivery
• Participates in retrospectives, Questions requirements and challenges where necessary
• Can identify value of tasks & always works on the highest priority items
Behaviours & Collaboration:
Should be an inclusive team player
Comfortable in pair programming
Uses whiteboard and other materials to convey designs and principles open-mindedly
Identifies the risks proactively and proposes mitigation plans
You will need
Experience & Skills: We are looking for Language agnostic people, however below is the end to end tech stack we use for developing our large scale retail platforms.
Must Have:
Ability to quickly understand domain knowledge
Able to articulate the ideas with clear communication skills
Java 17/ JEE and experience with at least one application framework such as Spring, Micronaut
Continuous Integration - using tools like Maven and Jenkins
Continuous Deployment - using tools like Jenkins or Go
Collaboration - using tools like Git-Hub and JIRA
Experience with a NoSQL database
Hands-on experience in messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ etc
Cloud Solutions - working on Azure or AWS or GCP
Good to have:
RxJava/Spring Webflux and Reactive Programming
Prior experience in Digital Asset management (DAM) is advantageous
Prior experience in Elasticsearch, Couchbase is preferred
Containers Management -using tools like Docker, Rocket and Drawbridge
Elastic Scaling - using tools like Nginx, HAProxy or PAAS like Openshift
Configuration Management - using tools like Zookeeper, Puppet/Chef, Ansible
About us
At Tesco, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating everyone fairly and with respect, valuing individuality and uniqueness to create a true sense of belonging. Diversity and inclusion are deeply embedded in our values—we treat people how they want to be treated. Our goal is for all colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work, and we are committed to helping them thrive. Across the Tesco group, we are building an inclusive workplace that actively celebrates the cultures, personalities, and preferences of our colleagues, who in turn contribute to the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.
At Tesco Bengaluru, we are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, highlighting our commitment to creating a supportive environment for individuals with disabilities. We are dedicated to offering equal opportunities for all candidates and encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. Our recruitment process is fully accessible, and we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during interviews. If you need any accommodations to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to ensure that everyone has the chance to succeed.
We also believe in fostering a work environment where you can excel both professionally and personally. Our hybrid model allows you to work flexibly—spend 60% of your week collaborating in person with colleagues at our office locations or local sites, and the rest of the time working remotely. We understand that everyone’s life journey is unique, whether you are starting your career, pursuing passions, or navigating life changes, and we are here to support you. Flexibility is a core part of our culture, and we encourage open conversations about how we can best accommodate your needs, so talk to us throughout your application process on the support required.