Tesco UK Welwyn Garden City Full-Time Permanent Working hours 36 Apply by 10-Aug-2026
About the role
We are in the process of building and rolling out our next generation, dynamic, scalable, and resilient Fulfilment platform for Tesco, to address both manual, and robotic powered automated fulfilment operations, across all the customer order fulfilment locations. This highly optimized and continuously improving fulfilment platform is designed to be used to fulfil all product categories - Grocery /GM and Fashion, of Customer Orders.
This platform, Fulfilment Point System (FPS), enables all the customer order fulfilment centres across different geographies to pick, marshal and dispatch customer orders on one hand and manage the site workflow through a real-time visualisation and intervention tool, on the other hand.
Ours is a globally distributed, full stack java tech team and our building blocks consist of a set of Microservice components, backend APIs, Rich UI, robust Eventing Platform and Data layer components utilising a wide range of modern technologies including:
Java, RxJava, SpringBoot
Kafka, PostgreSQL and Couchbase
Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Splunk, New Relic
Azure Cloud
We are responsible for the software throughout the lifecycle. We follow a strong DevOps culture, owning services end-to-end from development through to production support.
What is in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
You will be responsible for
We’re looking for a Backend Engineer (SDE2) with strong experience in building scalable, distributed Java systems. This is a mid-level individual contributor role where you’ll work on meaningful backend features, support others, and develop your technical leadership skills.
As a key member of our engineering team, you will develop robust, scalable and efficient backend services to optimise fulfilment operations and drive operational success.
Backend Development: Build scalable, resilient Java-based backend services, APIs, and microservices to support fulfilment workflows and systems.
Feature Delivery: Implement and ship end-to-end stories, primarily focused on frontend with some backend integration.
Technical Contribution: Take ownership of medium-sized features and participate in their design and delivery.
Collaboration: Work closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand problems and propose solutions.
Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to peer reviews to raise the team’s quality bar.
Support & Mentorship: Help onboard junior engineers and share knowledge across the team.
Continuous Improvement: Apply best practices and contribute to improving development processes and standards.
You will need
Experience relevant for this job:
Previous experience of having done product development using agile methodologies
Hands-on experience of building and supporting reliable and operationally robust distributed Java applications / products
Any previous experience of having contributed in a globally distributed software engineering teams would be a big plus.
Tech Skills
Relevant Experience
Demonstrated impact across a software engineering team.
Experience designing, developing and operating backend components or services
Exposure to agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
Ability to support and collaborate with other engineers.
Tech Stack Specialization
Backend (Basic): Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Couchbase, RESTful APIs.
DevOps: CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), Docker, Kubernetes.
Cloud: Azure.
Practices: TDD, clean code, automation, performance optimization.
Operational Skills:
Development Practice
Infrastructure
Software Security
Operations and Maintenance
Development Lifecycle
Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving
Curiosity & Learning
Embracing and Enabling Change
About us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.