Senior Java Engineer - Payments

The payment services team is at the heart of Tesco Technology, serving 28 million+ shoppers in the UK and abroad. We deliver HTTP services that reliably manage payments at global scale, 24 hours a day every day. We also provide capabilities that detect and prevent fraud and build upon innovative technologies to reduce loss. 100M+ transactions and billions of events per day, a billion pounds every week.

At the core of our operation are the APIs that handle a variety of payment methods including cash, card and gift card across stores, at our fuel stations and online. We also support wallet behaviours, repeat payments, refunds and identity checks. They are built around an event sourcing architecture using various of Java, Akka, Cassandra, Postgres and Kafka. We embrace DevSecOps wherever possible. Automation is a key area of focus for us. Our scale and workloads demand that we continuously improve our approaches to testing and deployment. Kanban is the way we manage our work. We support what we code.

You will be responsible for:

Translating requirements into tasks & code.
Producing test-driven features and demonstrating your familiarity with the TDD cycle.
Applying your understanding of cohesion and the SOLID principles to create well structured, maintainable software.
Working effectively with product stakeholders to communicate and translate needs into product improvements.
Leading group discussions on system design and working with Product Managers to drive value.
Supporting production systems, resolving incidents, and performing root cause analysis.
Sharing knowledge with the wider engineering community.
Mentoring and developing others around you.
Producing proof of concepts to evaluate new tools.

You will need:

Experience relevant for this job:

5+ years of experience as a Java backend developer with the eagerness to take on new technologies
Experience with cloud platform(s) (e.g. AWS, Azure, etc.)
Experience with both SQL/NoSQL databases
Experience with Ecommerce and search systems would be a nice to have, but not necessary.
Experience with reactive programming is considered a plus.

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What's in it for you:

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
Private medical insurance
Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
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 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
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
A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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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 a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

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