Senior Backend Engineer

About the role

As a backend

development Engineer, you'll be working in an agile team of industry leading

engineers to define and develop Tesco's xAPI (Experience API) that powers

Tesco's various shopping experiences i.e., , the mobile shop

application, store and other internal facing applications. You'll be a

passionate, pragmatic Engineer with an inquisitive mind who is motivated to

make change for the better and most importantly put our customer first.

You'll enjoy

working as part of a team, liaise with product and program managers to

understand requirements and build new software or extend existing software. You

are a keen problem solver with the expertise and experience building

extensible, maintainable, highly available, scalable, performant and observable

quality software, Comfortable with modern engineering practices and backend

development technologies, you'll use innovation to improve the customer

experience and efficiency of engineering teams. The solutions that you will be

responsible for will have a global reach, impacting millions of customers.

Some of the

tech we are using at scale: Javascript, Typescript, Node.JS, GraphQL, REST,

Kafka, Azure Cloud, Redis, Varnish Cache, Apollo Federation, Docker, Kubernetes

etc.

You will be responsible for

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Use your in-depth knowledge of JavaScript, Typescript, Node.JS, cloud

and the backend services ecosystem to develop, and deploy scalable backend

systems.

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Work with product managers to understand business/product requirements.

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Translate requirements into tasks & code.

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Commit code early and often, demonstrating understanding of version

control & branching strategies.

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Automate everything by default.

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Write secure code by default.

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Write maintainable code and observe basic hygiene practices

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Implement relevant project instrumentation.

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Profile and optimise code.

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Apply understanding of cohesion and the SOLID principles to create well

structured, maintainable software.

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Identify patterns in code and refactor the code towards them where it

increases understanding and/or maintainability with minimal guidance.

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Produce test driven features in a specific programming language and

demonstrate familiarity with the TDD development.

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Follow the best practices of continuous

BDD/TDD/Performance/Security/Smoke testing.

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Work effectively with product stakeholders to communicate and translate

needs into product improvements.

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Lead group discussions on system design and understand domain well

enough to work with Product Managers to drive value.

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Support production systems, resolve incidents and perform root cause

analysis.

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Debug/find complex problems and support/maintain the software solution.

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Share knowledge with the wider engineering community.

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Mentor and develop others around you.

Produce proof of concepts to evaluate new tools

You will need

We are looking

for people who have a passion for Technology. You will demonstrate experience

of different platforms and technologies. We expect to see some or all of the

following:

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7+ Years professional experience as a Backend Software Developer.

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At least 4 years of experience in backend development using Javascript,

Typescript, Node.JS and related backend technologies, frameworks.

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Exposure to a variety of JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as:

Next.JS, React.JS and testing using Jest, Mocha.JS, Cucumber etc.

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Experience of using to create high traffic applications using

, Sails, Koa or similar.

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Knowledge of microservices development and deployment in the cloud i.e.

Azure/AWS/GCP cloud.

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Knowledge of virtualization, containerization and container

orchestration technologies like Docker, Kubernetes etc.

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Experience with usage of GraphQL, building GraphQL servers and GraphQL

Federation technologies like Apollo Federation.

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Experience with using and building REST API services.

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Knowledge of distributed messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ etc.

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Knowledge of distributed caching technologies like Redis.

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A desire to write readable, maintainable, modular and extendable code.

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Exposure to the DevOps model.

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Experience in

Lean and Agile environments and understanding of principles behind

methodologies such as: BDD, ATDD and TDD.

Whats in it for you?
We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more 

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary

• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)

• Private medical insurance

• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave

• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

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 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 click here. 

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.