Senior Software Development Engineer - Profile Connect

Salary: £36,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements:

• Solid experience delivering software in Java or another JVM language; familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript is a plus.
• Experience with Spring Boot or Micronaut.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS, and infrastructure automation using Terraform.
• Understanding of microservices architecture.
• Good understanding of SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases such as Cosmos DB or CouchDB.
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools such as Splunk, xMatters, or New Relic.
• Experience with GitHub, Zendesk, and JIRA.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Good English communication skills.
• Experience in system design.
• Experience taking ownership of a project and leading a team from a technical or project perspective.
• Proactive attitude.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for medium to large features, participate in their design, and take accountability for delivery.
• Implement and ship end-to-end stories, and support other engineers.
• Understand team problems, propose solutions, and build and prioritize work.
• Develop high-quality software solutions using Java and relevant frameworks.
• Work with Microsoft Azure and Terraform, or develop the ability to do so.
• Implement and advocate CI/CD best practices for seamless software delivery.
• Maintain high-quality documentation for development processes and system design.
• Use data to inform decisions, balance short- and long-term goals, and make appropriate trade-offs.
• Apply our architectural standards and best practices, including security-first thinking and tools such as Snyk and Apiiro for vulnerability management and secure coding.
• Ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and efficient.
• Take ownership of systems and drive their reliability, maintainability, and performance.
• Mentor and support fellow engineers, fostering growth and collaboration.
• Automate workflows and build tools or scripts to improve efficiency.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Cosmos DB
• GitHub
• Support
• JIRA
• JVM
• Java
• JavaScript
• Kanban
• Mobile
• Network
• NoSQL
• PostgreSQL
• SQL
• Security
• Splunk
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• Terraform
• TypeScript
• Zendesk
• microservices
• DevOps
• REST

More:

We are Tesco, a supermarket, technology company, and mobile network provider. Our colleagues work to make every day better for our customers, colleagues, and communities. This is a full-time, permanent software development role based in Welwyn Garden City, with a hybrid working arrangement: we spend 60% of the week collaborating at our offices or local sites and the remainder working remotely. We welcome conversations about flexible working and are committed to an inclusive, accessible recruitment process. The role offers opportunities for career development and technical growth. Our benefits include an annual bonus of up to 20% of base salary, at least 25 days of holiday plus a personal day and bank holidays, private medical insurance, paid family leave subject to eligibility, a 24/7 virtual GP service, an Employee Assistance Programme, and mental wellbeing support. Employment is with Tesco Stores Limited.

last updated 40 week of 2026