About the role
We are looking for individuals to join the Transcend project at Tesco — a dynamic, fast-evolving initiative that offers ample opportunities for personal and professional growth, as well as direct influence on the final product. Our work goes beyond simply fulfilling requirements; we focus on solving real problems and shaping solutions through collaboration and continuous research. Ideal candidates thrive in environments with shifting priorities and are eager to contribute at both strategic and execution levels.
Technology stack which we are using:
Languages: Java 21
Frameworks: Modern frameworks like Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux
Cloud: Azure, Terraform
Architecture: Microservices
DB: Couchbase
CI/CD: GitHub Actions + ArgoCD
Monitoring & alerting: Grafana
Testing: Spock, Gatling
VCS: GitHub
Others: Zendesk, JIRA, Miro
What is in it for you
Salary
UoP 24 000 - 32 000 PLN gross/month B2B 26 000 - 36 000 net/month
Hybrid work
We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about different flexible working options. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. This role requires you to be based in or near Kraków, as you will spend 60% (3 days) of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely.
Benefits
Tesco is a diverse and exciting employer, dedicated to being #aplacetogeton, providing career-defining opportunities to all of our colleagues. If you choose to join our business, we will provide you with (for all):
MacBook as your tool for work
Learning opportunities - certified technical training and learning platforms like Udemy
Referral Bonus
Sports activities with a personal trainer in the office Benefits for colleagues on employment of contract only:
Additional 4 days of paid leave to support your well-being and family life
Up to 20% yearly salary bonus – based on both individual and business performance
Private healthcare (LuxMed)
Cafeteria & Multisport
Supporting those, who are not yet eligible for full holiday entitlement, by expanding their pool from 20 to 25 days
Relocation Help
IP Tax Deductible Costs If that sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you.
Tesco is committed to celebrating diversity and everyone is welcome at Tesco. As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, allowing candidates the opportunity to thrive and inform us of any reasonable adjustments they may require.
You will be responsible for
We operate in a DevOps philosophy. We take responsibility for the software through its entire lifecycle. We practice continuous integration, delivery, and support of our code through to production and beyond.
Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the Tesco business, the following provides an overview of the role’s key responsibilities and measures:
Be a coder; review and contribute code.
Design: design, propose and review architecture design.
Focus on performance, availability, reliability, and security.
Cross-platform, lightweight & mobile-first progressive web applications by design.
Contribute to the definition of features for services owned by your team.
Effectively communicate your and your team’s progress to your team members, your Manager, and wider Tesco colleagues.
You will need
Around 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer within the JVM ecosystem
Working with Agile environment
Demonstrate excellent understanding of language & framework and a good working knowledge of the abstraction layer underneath
Take a business problem and come up with the technical strategy (push vs pull etc, real time vs batches, sync vs async) within the team, high level design and lead the implementation
Need minimal directions or guidance and collaborate with SDEs across teams working on the same or similar business problem
You showcase exemplary behaviour in your work – your design, delivery, code, processes all set examples for your team
Influence your team’s technical and business strategy by suggesting novel approaches
Able to communicate your ideas and get feedback from different stakeholders and drive convergence to achieve the right outcomes
Proactively mentor the rest of the team and help in hiring
Ensure design or architectural deficiencies are addressed and routinely simplify integration of your peer teams with your team’s software
Consistently lead delivery of valuable features
Continually propose and drive process improvements
Help elaborate requirements where necessary
Unsure if you fit all the criteria? Apply and give us the chance to evaluate your potential – you could be the perfect fit!
About us
Tesco is a leading multinational retailer, with more than 330 000 colleagues. Our software is used by millions of people across several countries every day. Whether it’s the tills and websites our customers use, or the systems our colleagues and partners use, you’ll play your part in keeping it running like a well-oiled machine. And when a business problem pops up? You and the creative minds in our team will be challenged to solve it. As Tech Hub we cooperate within the group of Tesco Technology Hubs located in the UK, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and India. What our colleagues like the most at Tesco:
We develop our own products
We make an impact; large scale of operation
Accountability and respect are given to us
We cooperate and support each other
There are great colleagues who are divided into small teams here
We can develop and learn new things
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