Location
London - Hybrid working with approximately 60% of the week spent collaborating at office locations or local sites and the remainder working remotely.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary with an annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.

About the Role
Join the team behind Price Service - a mission-critical HTTP API powering pricing and promotions across all of Tesco's channels. From tills to websites and everything in between, our work touches the lives of over 28 million UK shoppers every week, with global reach on the horizon. We are building a robust, internet-facing API that runs both in stores and in the cloud, designed to support future innovation at scale. This involves solving complex distributed systems challenges, ensuring high availability, and optimizing performance. Concepts like the CAP theorem are part of our daily engineering conversations.
Our technology stack includes Java, Vert.x, RxJava, Groovy, Couchbase, and Kafka, built using Terraform and running in Kubernetes on Azure, utilising GitHub Actions pipelines. We follow Agile principles, adapting Kanban and other methodologies to fit the team's needs.
Collaboration is at the heart of our culture - pair programming is common, and all code is reviewed via GitHub.
As a Software Development Engineer III, you will be responsible for designing and implementing end-to-end systems using your deep JVM and Java ecosystem expertise. You will translate product requirements into well-structured, maintainable code, write test-driven features following TDD and BDD cycles, and apply SOLID principles and cohesive design to build scalable software. You will design, build, deploy, and maintain the required infrastructure, collaborate with product stakeholders to shape and refine features, support production systems, resolve incidents, and conduct root cause analysis.
You will also mentor and support fellow engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, share knowledge across the wider engineering community, and prototype and evaluate new tools and technologies.

Experience
- Strong experience with Java 8
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS
- Proficiency with both SQL and NoSQL databases
- Proven ability to scale systems effectively
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall
- Exposure to reactive programming paradigms
- Bonus: Experience with eCommerce or search systems

About you
Collaborative and proactive engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You are passionate about building scalable, maintainable software and enjoy mentoring others. You embrace Agile principles and continuous learning, and you are comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.

Qualifications
Relevant degree or equivalent experience in software development or related fields is preferred but not mandatory. A strong portfolio of Java-based projects and demonstrable expertise in distributed systems and cloud technologies is highly valued.