Tesco Poland Kraków Hybrid Full-Time Apply by 31-Aug-2025
About the role
At Tesco, we're not just a retail giant; we're the UK’s largest private employer and a global retail leader. We are on a mission to enhance our colleagues' daily work experience, creating exceptional propositions. This program aims to introduce innovative systems that empower our colleagues.
We are actively seeking a dynamic Software Development Manager to lead our engineering team in delivering cutting-edge, cloud-based solutions for Tesco Retail's Workforce Management.
The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise, outstanding leadership skills, and a passion for fostering innovation. Your role will be crucial in ensuring project success, effective stakeholder communication, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement. In our fast-paced, agile environment, your focus on quality, security, and user impact will be key.
We always welcome conversations about flexible working, so feel free to talk to us during your application about how we can support you.
We value connecting, collaborating, and innovating with our colleagues in person. At Tesco Technology, we work in a hybrid model. This role requires you to be based in or near Kraków, as we currently meet in the office three days a week.
What is in it for you
Salary
UoP: 31 000 - 40 000 PLN gross/month
Hybrid working
We always welcome conversations about flexible working, so feel free to talk to us during your application about how we can support you. We value connecting, collaborating, and innovating with our colleagues in person.
At Tesco Technology, we work in a hybrid model. This role requires you to be based in or near Kraków, as we currently meet in the office 3 days a week.
Benefits
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:
- Permanent contract from the go – as a sign of our trust in your abilities
- MacBook as your tool for work
- Learning opportunities - certified technical training and learning platforms like Udemy, Pluralsight and O’reily
- Referral Bonus
- Sports activities with a personal trainer in the office
- Additional 4 days of paid leave to support your well-being and family life
- Up to 20% yearly salary bonus – based on both individual and business performance
- Private healthcare (LuxMed)
- Cafeteria & Multisport
- Supporting those, who are not yet eligible for full holiday entitlement, by expanding their pool from 20 to 25 days
- Relocation Help
- IP Tax Deductible Costs
If that sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you.
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.
You will be responsible for
- Manage application performance and asset monitoring (e.g., Splunk, New Relic) for seamless operationImplement security tools (e.g., SonarQube, Snyk) and oversee adherence to security best practices
- Create comprehensive technical documentationInspire the team to deliver clean, efficient code based on industry standardsFoster innovation and explore new tools/methodologies
- Monitor project progress, mitigate risks, and maintain alignment with enterprise standards
- Define project scopes, timelines, and ensure alignment with business goals
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, shaping technical strategy and roadmap
- Communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders
- Ensure processes and standards that enable high-quality software delivery
- Mentor the development team, ensuring the implementation of best practices, design principles, and coding standards
- Conduct performance assessments, provide feedback, and guide career development for team members
You will need
Technical Skills:
- Strong understanding of Java or NodeJS
- Expertise in modern testing frameworks and tools, including Playwright. Ability to guide and support test automation efforts
- Comfortable with DevOps practices involving configuration management, CI/CD pipelines and IaaC
- Experience in building and maintaining testing environments
- Proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools (for eg. Docker / Kubernetes)
- Experience and familiarity with Public Cloud platforms such as Azure
- Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
Personal Skills:
- A minimum of 3-5 years of hands-on experience managing software development teams of 6-8 people
- At least 5 years of hands of testing / QA experience
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Proven success in building, developing, and leading high-performance software engineering teams
- Experience in hiring, retaining, and developing engineers, ensuring growth opportunities and maintaining motivation
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to addressing challenges
- Passion for staying updated with the latest industry trends and technologies
- Expertise in defining and executing QA strategies through the entire product lifecycle (influencing the requirements and creating comprehensive test cases)
- Deep understanding of various testing methodologies and testing types (e.g., functional, performance, security, usability).
Unsure if you fit all the criteria? Apply and give us the chance to evaluate your potential – you could be the perfect fit!
About us
Tesco is a leading multinational retailer, with more than 330 000 colleagues.
Our software is used by millions of people across several countries every day. Whether it’s the tills and websites our customers use, or the systems our colleagues and partners use, you’ll play your part in keeping it running like a well-oiled machine. And when a business problem pops up? You and the creative minds in our team will be challenged to solve it.
As Tech Hub we cooperate within the group of Tesco Technology Hubs located in the UK, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and India.
What our colleagues like the most at Tesco:
- We develop our own products
- We make an impact; large scale of operation
- Accountability and respect are given to us
- We cooperate and support each other
- There are great colleagues who are divided into small teams here
- We can develop and learn new things