Software Development Engineer III

About the role As an Android Engineer at SDE 3 level, you will design, develop, and maintain high-quality Android applications that deliver exceptional user experiences. You will work closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to build scalable, performant, and secure mobile solutions. 

As a Software Development Engineer 3 you are in a senior Individual Contributor engineering role at Tesco. Your proficiency with foundational computer science and software engineering concepts is taken as a given, and you will have proven significant technical depth and breadth. At this level you will be playing an active role in technical leadership, with proven impact across teams and the wider directorate. You take ownership and accountability of the development of the products in your domain. You participate in activities that build capability across the organisation: coaching and mentoring of existing colleagues, and interviewing/hiring of new colleagues. Once you have reached the SDE3 level, progression will vary significantly, and is likely to include more lateral opportunities than vertical promotion. This is also the level of core technical knowledge you must reach before considering a sideways move to the management track.

You will be responsible for Develop and maintain Android applications using Kotlin and Java.Implement clean architecture, MVVM, and best practices for maintainable code.

Optimize app performance, memory usage, and battery consumption.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.

Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers.

Stay updated with the latest Android SDKs, tools, and industry trends.

Applied practical expertise in Jetpack Compose to develop modern Android UIs, improving rendering performance, reducing boilerplate code, accelerating feature delivery, and enhancing maintainability.

You will need Primary Skill:

• Strong expertise in Android development (Kotlin/Java)

• Deep understanding of Android architecture (MVVM, Clean Architecture), performance optimization, and mobile user experience

• Experience building scalable, high-performance, and secure Android applications

Secondary Skills: • Java / Spring Boot

• Web technologies (React or similar frameworks)

• Ability to collaborate effectively with backend teams to define service contracts, optimize data exchange, and ensure efficient end-to-end system performance

Good to Have:• Familiarity with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed system interactions

Whats 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…