Software Development Engineer II (Java) – Customer Fulfilment

Company: Tesco UK
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Location: Welwyn Garden City
Job Description:

Responsibilities

  • Build scalable, resilient Java‑based backend services, APIs and microservices that support fulfilment workflows and systems.
  • Implement and ship end‑to‑end stories, with a focus on backend integration and feature delivery.
  • Own medium‑sized features, taking them from design through to production.
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers and stakeholders to understand problems and define solutions.
  • Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to peer reviews to raise the team’s quality bar.
  • Help onboard junior engineers and share knowledge across the team.
  • Apply best practices and champion continuous improvement of development processes and standards.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Mid‑level individual contributor (SDE2) with strong experience building scalable, distributed Java applications.
  • Hands‑on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL and Couchbase; RESTful APIs.
  • Proficiency in DevOps CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Azure cloud services.
  • Solid background in agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
  • Experience designing, developing and operating backend components or services.
  • Knowledge of TDD, clean code principles, automation and performance optimisation.
  • Previous product development using agile methodologies.
  • Ability to support and collaborate in globally distributed software engineering teams.

Technical Stack

  • Backend: 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 optimisation.
  • Operational Skills: Software security, on‑call support, monitoring, incident response.

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Posted: May 21st, 2026