Senior Java Engineer - Customer Fulfilment

About the Role

We are building and rolling out a next generation, dynamic, scalable and resilient Fulfilment Platform for Tesco to support both manual and robotic‑powered automated fulfilment operations across all customer order fulfilment locations. The platform, Fulfilment Point System (FPS), enables the centres to pick, marshal and dispatch orders and manage site workflows through a real‑time visualisation and intervention tool.

Join our globally distributed, full‑stack Java tech team. We build micro‑service components, backend APIs, rich UI, an eventing platform and data layer using modern technologies such as Java, RxJava, Spring Boot, Kafka, Postgre

SQL, Couchbase, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Azure, Splunk, App Dynamics, New Relic and Azure Cloud.

We manage the software across the entire lifecycle and maintain a Dev Ops culture with continuous integration and delivery, supporting code through to production and beyond.

• Design and develop high‑performance Java applications.
• System optimisation - collaborate with cross‑functional teams to enhance scalability, reliability and efficiency of mission‑critical applications.
• Integration - develop APIs and micro‑services that integrate with enterprise APIs and third‑party platforms.
• Code quality - write clean, maintainable and well‑documented code, following best practices and coding standards.
• Troubleshooting - diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in real‑time to ensure uninterrupted operations.
• Mentorship - guide junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Innovation & collaboration - stay ahead of industry trends, working closely with hardware, data scientists and operations teams.

• Hands‑on experience building and supporting reliable, operationally robust full‑stack and distributed Java applications.
• Product development experience using agile methodologies.
• Experience with globally distributed software engineering teams is a plus.

• Programming – Proficient use of IDEs, the chosen language, and related toolset.
• Design – Ability to select appropriate design patterns, understand idempotence, apply the boy‑scout principle, model a domain, and design for performance at all levels.
• Development Practice – Automate everything by default, build a CI/CD pipeline.
• Tech Stack Specialization – Java, Spring Boot;
  Kafka;
  Postgres;
  Couchbase; CI/CD with Azure Pipelines/Git Hub Actions;
  Azure Cloud.

• Annual bonus scheme up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday: 25 days plus a personal day plus bank holidays.
• Private medical insurance.
• Maternity and adoption leave – 26 weeks at full pay after 1 year of service; paternity leave up to 6 weeks fully paid.
• 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme, mental well‑being support.

We are an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and valued. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.