At Tesco, technology is at the heart of everything we do – powering the way millions of colleagues and customers live, work, and shop. We are looking for a Engineering Manager to join our Enabling Functions - Colleague technology team, which plays a key role in delivering intuitive, reliable, and innovative solutions for our 300,000+ colleagues globally.

As a Engineering Manager, you’ll lead the design and implementation of strategic systems that enable our HR, Payroll, Learning & Development, and Workforce Management platforms – ensuring every colleague experience is simple, efficient, and empowering.

In this role you will:

• Conduct performance assessments, provide feedback, and guide career development for team members
• Mentor the development team, ensuring the implementation of best practices, design principles, and coding standards
• Ensure processes and standards that enable high-quality software delivery
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, shaping technical strategy and roadmap
• Define project scopes, timelines, and ensure alignment with business goals
• Monitor project progress, mitigate risks, and maintain alignment with enterprise standards
• Foster innovation and explore new tools/methodologies
• Inspire the team to deliver clean, efficient code based on industry standards
• Create comprehensive technical documentation
• Implement security tools (e.g., SonarQube, Snyk) and oversee adherence to security best practices
• Manage application performance and asset monitoring (e.g., Splunk, New Relic) for seamless operation

Experience relevant for this job:

• 10+ years in software development with proven experience with management of software engineering teams.
• Track record of driving technical excellence and change.
• Experience working in a global team distributed across multiple locations.
• Very strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Experience working with multiple software development methodologies including Scrum & Kanban.
• Enterprise integration patterns, microservice architectures and event sourcing.
• Experience of automation, configuration management, multi-cloud and hybridisation, IAAS and PAAS.
• Deep expertise in one or more programming languages (e.g., TypeScript/React, Java).
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, event-driven systems, and distributed computing.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (preferably Azure), Docker, Kubernetes.
• Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Proven experience designing and building scalable mobile and web applications with a focus on usability, performance, and responsiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in large, enterprise environments.

Skills relevant for the job:

• Problem solving, analysis and computational skills. You are comfortable designing systems and reasoning about them. When tackling problems, you take a thorough and logical approach to solving them and you retain ownership through to resolution.
• A high degree of emotional intelligence: you are aware of your own emotions, how you appear and can self-reflect on your actions. You can empathise with others and modify your behaviour and style accordingly.
• Strategic thinking, with a demonstrable ability to see the big picture and articulate it in a way that drives action.
• Customer focus. You can find the right balance between outcome delivery and technical excellence. You place the needs of our customers as the highest priority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. You can communicate effectively and efficiently, knowing your audience and making an impact.
• Team player who works collaboratively with other members of the team.
• Ability to influence technical teams and senior stakeholders