Software Engineer - Backend (Colleague Clubcard API)

The Colleague Clubcard & Pension team at Tesco Technology builds and runs enterprise grade APIs powering colleague benefits such as the Colleague Clubcard and Retirement Savings scheme. The team designs secure, scalable, and highly reliable services with a strong DevOps mindset, owning services end to end through design, development, deployment, and production support. The role is based in or near Kraków with a hybrid work model (60% office, 40% remote).

• 4+ years of hands-on experience as a Software Engineer within the JVM ecosystem (Java / Spring Boot).
• Good understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and experience with Infrastructure as Code, e.g., Terraform.
• Solid grasp of software engineering fundamentals, including testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and code review practices.
• Capability to take a business or product requirement and contribute to defining the technical approach.
• Able to work independently day-to-day with minimal guidance.
• Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum or Kanban).
• A proactive mindset, comfortable proposing improvements, identifying risks, and helping shape better ways of working.

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly reliable backend services that power colleague benefits.
• Contribute to feature design and technical discussions for services owned by the team, ensuring solutions meet business and compliance requirements.
• Apply DevOps mindset by owning services end to end, including development, deployment, monitoring, and operational support.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement robust long-term fixes.
• Communicate progress, risks, and technical insights effectively within the team and wider Tesco stakeholders.

This role requires you to be based in or near Kraków, as you will spend 60% (3 days) of your week collaborating with colleagues at office locations or local sites and the rest remotely.