Tesco India Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full-Time Permanent Working hours 45 Apply by 27-Feb-2026
About the role
Software Development Managers (SDMs) establish and sustain the environment for development and delivery operations to exist and succeed. Their primary focus is to hire retain guide and develop our Engineers (SDEs/SEs/SAs etc) through creating and aligning individual's objectives and development plan alongside the goals of the wider team and business. They evolve the right tailored approaches to manage and develop their Engineers including regular 1-2-1 meetings identifying mentors or mentees and providing impromptu coaching and feedback inputs getting right mentorship to grow expertise etc. SDMs help split the scope of work across one or more Engineers depending on their strengths and areas of improvement. Apart for managerial skills we are looking for people who have a passion for Technology. You will demonstrate experience of different platforms and technologies. We expect to see some or all of the following:
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
Qualifications:
• 8+ years of commercial software development experience in Kotlin/Java and/or Swift/Objective C
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience delivering complex mobile applications
• Firm understanding of software development principles capabilities and limitations of mobile platforms (iOS and Android)
• Passion for mobile development
. We would love to hear about apps you've developed.
• Strong experience and understanding of industry standard mobile accessibility
• A desire to create readable maintainable modular and extendable code
• Experience in full development life cycle; design coding test build QA deployment and maintenance
• Exposure to the DevOps(CI/CD) models
• Experience in Lean and Agile environments and understanding of principles behind methodologies
You will need
Qualifications:
• 8+ years of commercial software development experience in Kotlin/Java and/or Swift/Objective C
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience delivering complex mobile applications
• Firm understanding of software development principles capabilities and limitations of mobile platforms (iOS and Android)
• Passion for mobile development
. We would love to hear about apps you've developed.
• Strong experience and understanding of industry standard mobile accessibility
• A desire to create readable maintainable modular and extendable code
• Experience in full development life cycle; design coding test build QA deployment and maintenance
• Exposure to the DevOps(CI/CD) models
• Experience in Lean and Agile environments and understanding of principles behind methodologies
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.