Senior Java Engineer - Quote API or WGC

Position: Senior Java Engineer - Quote API or WGC)

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're building a robust, internet-facing API that runs both in stores and in the cloud, designed to support future innovation s means solving complex distributed systems challenges, ensuring high availability, and optimizing performance. Concepts like the CAP theorem aren't just theory here-they're part of our daily engineering conversations.

Our stack includes Java, Vert.x, RxJava, Groovy, Couchbase, and Kafka, built using Terraform, running in Kubernetes on Azure utilising Git Hub 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 Git Hub

• Design and implement end-to-end systems using your deep JVM and java ecosystem expertise.
• Translate product requirements into well-structured, maintainable code.
• Write test-driven features and follow the TDD and BDD cycle.
• Apply SOLID principles and cohesive design to build scalable software.
• 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.
• Mentor and support fellow engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Share knowledge across the wider engineering community.
• Prototype and evaluate new tools and technologies.

• Strong experience with Java 8+.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, etc.).
• Proficiency with both SQL and No
  
  SQL databases.
• Proven ability to scale systems effectively.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall).
• Exposure to reactive programming paradigms.
• Bonus:
  Experience with eCommerce or search systems

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 proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

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We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.#J-18808-Ljbffr