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TESCO LABS - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER (Hybrid)
About the Team
Tesco Labs is Tesco Technology’s research and development team. Based in both the UK (Welwyn Garden City) and in Central Europe, the team was conceived to shine a light on future opportunities and challenges for Tesco. Working both independently and with start-ups, enterprise partners, and other teams in Tesco Technology, Labs is a trusted source for emerging technology and is focused on prototyping and testing new ideas in areas that could significantly impact customers and the business in the future.
We develop full-stack solutions for platforms including web, desktop, mobile & tablet (both iOS and Android), wearables, mini-computers and microcontroller devices, creating end-to-end solutions including cloud-hosted or on-premise backend services when required. You’ll architect in a service-oriented way where appropriate, investigating new development tools, languages, frameworks, and libraries to enhance or speed up the creation of our solutions along the way.
The Role
As a senior engineer in Tesco Labs, you will focus on creating applications to demonstrate innovative concepts or new disruptive technologies. Working with product managers and UX designers you will be responsible for rapid prototyping, testing hypotheses, solving problems and developing new propositions to the required level of performance and scalability.
Being in a research lab environment you’ll be an early adopter, maintaining a good knowledge of the latest technologies and devices (both consumer and business), keeping abreast of technological developments, and looking for opportunities to use those new technologies to benefit customers or colleagues.
You’ll need to be a great coach, sharing your knowledge amongst other team members, and advising, mentoring, teaching and inspiring our Technology graduate groups during their placements in the Tesco Labs team.
Key Responsibilities:
* Working with our product, research, and program teams to ideate, define propositions, and define how success will be measured
* Translating requirements into tasks & code
* Use your knowledge of the required languages and frameworks to lead the creation of everything from proof of concepts to complete systems
* Supporting both development and production systems, resolving incidents, and performing root cause analysis
* Sharing knowledge within the team and the wider engineering community
Experience relevant for the job:
* Good knowledge of the full development stack, including databases & APIs
* Experience using SQL & NoSQL Databases
* Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure)
* Exposure to the DevOps model
* Any experience with additional technologies including Machine Learning/AI, image or voice recognition, electronics, etc. would be very beneficial but not essential
Skills relevant for the job:
* A passion for technology, thinking differently and trying new things
* A positive and robust mental attitude with the ability to handle setbacks
* Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment
* Strong initiative, with ability to research new technologies and demonstrate how they can benefit our business
* Great communication and presentation skills, ability to speak to stakeholders at all levels
* Problem solving, analysis and computational skills
* Innovative approach to problem solving
The job requires to be based in/close to Prague.
About Tesco Technology
* We build systems to solve problems at scale, with impact on tens of millions of people
* Technology is a key competitive advantage, allowing us to shape the future of retail
* We are agile and contemporary in our approach to building software and teams
* Teams have a high level of autonomy
* We value and promote flexible working
YOU WILL ENJOY WORKING WITH US BECAUSE WE CAN OFFER YOU:
THE CLASSIC - You can look forward to being given your own laptop, a cell phone for personal use, 5 weeks of vacation, a meal allowance, a contribution to Multisport card, a 15 % discount on every purchase at Tesco, modern offices in Prague - Vršovice, free parking in the shopping mall Eden and much more...
WELLBEING FIRST - We know how important family is and that is why we offer a wide range of benefits focused on family support, such as maternity and paternity leave up to 100 % of salary, above-standard support for adoptive parents and foster parents. We also offer a gift basket for a newborn or adopted child and additional time off for important life events such as weddings, moving out, accompanying a first grader on the first day of school and much more...
COMPANY CULTURE - We offer a flexible and friendly environment that allows you to be yourself and combine family life with work. We organize various community events several times a year, such as BBQs, summer games, St. Nicholas Day, or Christmas parties.
VOLUNTEERING - Our mission is to give something extra to our customers, communities, and the planet every day. That's why we engage in multiple charitable activities that you can be a part of and take up to 2 days of paid time off to volunteer.
SUPPORTING YOUR MIND, BODY AND LIFE - It doesn't matter if you prefer to release the endorphins while relaxing or at the gym. In the benefit system Cafeteria, you can choose how you want to take care of yourself. Free fruit in the workplace will encourage you to eat healthier. We organize themed lectures and workshops to support your personal well-being, focusing on your mental and financial health. For colleagues in difficult situations, we offer our Employee Assistance Program or financial support from our charity program, Tesco Angel.
CAREER AND PERSONAL GROWTH - Are you eager for new challenges and don't like falling into a rut? Our dynamic environment of a large international company will allow you to discover a world of different career opportunities and your own self. We offer career advancement, training, online English classes, or an internal mentoring program.
FLEXIBILITY – We know how important work life balance is. We respect the needs of our colleagues and offer them flexible start and finish at work and home office with a minimum of 3 days/week in the office.
If this sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you!
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Information about the vacancy
Employment type: Full-time work
Type of employment: employment contract
Duration of employment: Permanent
Benefits: Cell phone, Contribution to sport / culture / leisure, Corporate events, Corporate recreational facilities, Discount on company products / services, Educational courses, training, Flexible start/end of working hours, Meal tickets / catering allowance, Notebook, Occasional work from home
Required education: Secondary education or professional training with a school-leaving exam
Language skills: English (Proficient) and Czech (Basic)
Company: Tesco Stores ČR a.s. - Centrála
Work location: Vršovická 1527/68b, 10000, Praha - Vršovice, Hlavní město Praha, Česká republika (Show on map)
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