Software Development Engineer II at Tesco in Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

About the role

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Job Description

As a React Native Software Development Engineer, you’ll be working in an agile team of industry leading engineers upon Tesco’s customer facing mobile application. Working with Product Managers, you will be responsible for the future direction of the products that we build, solving problems and developing new features through quality, scalable, performant and maintainable technical solutions. The solutions that you will be responsible for will have a global reach, impacting millions of customers.

You’ll be a passionate, pragmatic React Native Software Development 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 and be a keen problem solver. Comfortable with modern engineering practices and mobile development tooling and technologies you’ll use innovation to improve the customer experience and efficiency of engineering teams.

What is in it for you

At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.

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.

Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.

Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles -simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.

Salary - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.

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.

Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You will be responsible for

Qualifications and relevant experience for this job

We are looking for people who have a passion for Technology. You will likely have made open-source contributions and have a GitHub account. You will demonstrate experience of different platforms and technologies. We expect to see some or all the following:

Experience in architecting complex mobile applications

Extensive experience working on commercial software development in React Native

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Firm understanding of software development principles, capabilities, and limitations of mobile platforms

Passion for mobile development. We would love to hear about apps you’ve developed.

Understanding and exposure to integrating GraphQL API endpoints

Strong experience and understanding of industry standard mobile accessibility

Experience in full development life cycle; design, coding, test, build, QA, deployment, and maintenance

Exposure to the DevOps model

Experience in Lean and Agile environments and understanding of principles behind methodologies such as: BDD, ATDD and TDD

A strong team player with the ability to influence and lead stakeholders when necessary

Demonstrable ability to self-manage, be proactive, take ownership, build relationships, and drive solutions through from inception to production

You will need

What will you do?

You will be working on the Tesco UK mobile application to implement the capabilities to improve and personalize customer experience and ease of use in the store. In this team we use the latest technologies, working with a GraphQL backend (maintained by another team). This squad of 7 will have both Android and iOS developers and you will work closely with our other native development and platform teams to deliver a high-quality product.

We love to work with smart people who have a strong sense of ownership and strong engineering mindset.

You provide mobile perspective and context for technology choices.

You’re up to the challenge of device and mobile network limitations, device fragmentation, and other mobile development curve balls.

You are motivated to tackle ambiguous situations with new technologies to rapidly produce prototypes.

You outline paths from prototype to product.

You are a technical leader for your team. You contribute to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and the engineering practices on your team.

About us

At 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.

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.

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. Flexibility is a core part of our culture, and we encourage open conversations about how we can best accommodate your needs, so talk to us throughout your application process on the support required.