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The ideal candidate will possess deep\nexpertise in Java/Spring Boot, microservices, event-driven architectures, API design, cloud\ninfrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and modern platform engineering practices.\nThe role requires strong technical leadership, architecture and design experience, work\nbreakdown and initiative sequencing capabilities, cross-team collaboration, mentoring, and\nhands-on software development.\nWhat is in it for you\nAt Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.\n As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.\n Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.\n Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles -simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.\n Salary - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.\n Leave & Time-off - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.\n Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.\n Health is Wealth - Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws.\n Mental Wellbeing - We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.\n Financial Wellbeing - Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.\n Save As You Earn (SAYE) - Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.\n Physical Wellbeing - Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.\nYou will be responsible for\nCore Skills & Experience\nExpert in Java/J2EE/Spring Boot or equivalent enterprise technology stack.\nStrong experience designing and building scalable microservices and distributed systems.\nExpertise in event-driven architecture using Kafka or similar messaging platforms.\nHands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).\nStrong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform or equivalent tools.\nExperience with API design, API gateways, service mesh technologies, rate limiting,\nresiliency, and traffic management patterns.\nDeep understanding of observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, performance tuning,\nand operational excellence.\nStrong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.\nExperience with CI/CD, automated testing, security scanning, and deployment\nautomation.\nHands-on expertise with TDD, BDD, multithreading, concurrency, and performance\nengineering.\nExperience integrating LLMs into enterprise applications, implementing guardrails, and\nbuilding agentic workflows/skills.\nStrong architecture, solution design, work breakdown, estimation, dependency\nmanagement, and delivery planning skills.\nProven ability to mentor engineers, perform high-quality code reviews, and drive\nengineering best practices.\nExperience with Couchbase or other NoSQL databases.\nHands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, service platforms, and platform\nengineering.\nYou will need\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign and implement scalable, secure, and resilient software solutions.\nLead technical design discussions and drive architecture decisions across teams.\nTranslate business requirements into technical solutions, APIs, services, and event\ncontracts.\nBreak down large initiatives into deliverable workstreams and define implementation\nsequencing.\nCollaborate with product, architecture, platform, and partner teams to align on delivery\nand technical strategy.\nWrite high-quality, maintainable, and testable code while promoting engineering\nexcellence.\nReview code, mentor engineers, and provide technical guidance to the wider team.\nBuild and operate cloud-native applications with strong observability and operational\nownership.\nDrive automation across build, deployment, testing, security, and infrastructure\nprovisioning.\nSupport production systems and lead troubleshooting of complex technical issues.\nGood to Have\nExperience with Event Sourcing and Domain-Driven Design.\nKnowledge of security engineering, threat modeling, and security certifications.\nExperience with OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, Datadog, Splunk, or\nequivalent observability tools.\nBuilt autonomous agents or multi-agent AI systems in production environments.\nExperience with MCP server integrations and AI platform security.\nExperience leading large-scale modernization or cloud transformation programs.\nAbout us\nAt Tesco, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating everyone fairly and with respect, valuing individuality and uniqueness to create a true sense of belonging. Diversity and inclusion are deeply embedded in our values-we treat people how they want to be treated. Our goal is for all colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work, and we are committed to helping them thrive. Across the Tesco group, we are building an inclusive workplace that actively celebrates the cultures, personalities, and preferences of our colleagues, who in turn contribute to the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.\n At Tesco Bengaluru, we are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, highlighting our commitment to creating a supportive environment for individuals with disabilities. We are dedicated to offering equal opportunities for all candidates and encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. Our recruitment process is fully accessible, and we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during interviews. If you need any accommodations to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to ensure that everyone has the chance to succeed.\n We also believe in fostering a work environment where you can excel both professionally and personally. Our hybrid model allows you to work flexibly-spend 60% of your week collaborating in person with colleagues at our office locations or local sites, and the rest of the time working remotely. We understand that everyone’s life journey is unique, whether you are starting your career, pursuing passions, or navigating life changes, and we are here to support you. 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