Software Development Engineer III - Tesco Labs

As an engineer in Tesco Labs, you will focus on creating applications to demonstrate innovative concepts or new disruptive technologies. Working with product managers and UX designers you will be responsible for rapid prototyping, testing hypotheses, solving problems and developing new propositions to the required level of performance and scalability.

Being in a research lab environment you’ll be an early adopter, maintaining a good knowledge of the latest technologies and devices (both consumer and business), keeping abreast of technological developments, and looking for opportunities to use those new technologies to benefit customers or colleagues.

You’ll need to be a great coach, sharing your knowledge amongst other team members, and advising, mentoring, teaching and inspiring our Technology graduate groups during their placements in the Tesco Labs team.

You will be responsible for:

Working with our product, research, and program teams to ideate, define propositions, and define how success will be measured
Translating requirements into tasks & code
Use your knowledge of the required languages and frameworks to lead the creation of everything from proof of concepts to complete systems
Supporting both development and production systems, resolving incidents, and performing root cause analysis
Sharing knowledge within the team and the wider engineering community

You will need:

5+ years of experience as a software developer, ideally with some experience of at least three of the following: Java, Kotlin, Swift, JavaScript & NodeJS, HTML & CSS, or Python
Good knowledge of the full development stack, including databases & APIs
Experience using SQL & NoSQL Databases
Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure)
Exposure to the DevOps model
Any experience with additional technologies including Machine Learning/AI, image or voice recognition, electronics, etc. would be very beneficial but not essential

Skills relevant for the job:

A passion for technology, thinking differently and trying new things
A positive and robust mental attitude with the ability to handle setbacks
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment
Strong initiative, with ability to research new technologies and demonstrate and how they can benefit our business
Great communication and presentation skills, ability to speak to stakeholders at all levels
Problem solving, analysis and computational skills
Customer focus
Innovative approach to problem solving

What's in it for you:

Tesco Labs is Tesco Technology’s research and development team. Based in both the UK (Welwyn Garden City) and in Central Europe, the team was conceived to shine a light on future opportunities and challenges for Tesco. Working both independently and with start-ups, enterprise partners, and other teams in Tesco Technology, Labs is a trusted source for emerging technology and is focused on prototyping and testing new ideas in areas that could significantly impact customers and the business in the future.

We develop full-stack solutions for platforms including web, desktop, mobile & tablet (both iOS and Android), wearables, mini-computers and microcontroller devices, creating end-to-end solutions including cloud-hosted or on-premise backend services when required. You’ll architect in a service-oriented way where appropriate, investigating new development tools, languages, frameworks, and libraries to enhance or speed up the creation of our solutions along the way.

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 a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

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 visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility