▷ (12/10/2025) Software Development Manager

Job Description About the role As a Software Development Manager you are the first engineering management role. You impact positively the teams you lead, the people you manage and the products you are responsible for whilst helping build the right culture within your domain. You hire, develop, and retain our Software Development Engineers to set them up for success. You build performing teams that consistently deliver quality software, whilst empowering your engineers to own technical decisions. You work effectively with your stakeholders and product teams to ensure the right outcomes are delivered. You play a key role in formulating the technical strategy and roadmap for your area. You will play an active role in people management and technical leadership. You will impact the teams you lead, the people you manage and the products you will be responsible for, whilst having a direct impact upon the environment and continuous improvement within my domain. You will be responsible for building and developing high performing teams. You will take accountability for the environment that your teams operate within and the processes and standards that facilitate high quality software delivery. Ensuring the right product outcomes through the right technical strategy and trade-offs. You will build capability by hiring, retaining, and developing the careers of our engineers, ensuring opportunities for growth and maintaining a level of challenge and motivation. You will establish and sustain the environment for development to succeed. Your primary focus is to hire, develop and retain our Software Development Engineers (SDEs). You lead and develop our SDEs through tailored plans, 1-2-1 meetings, coaching and mentoring whilst aligning opportunities to grow expertise alongside the goals of the wider team and business. You ensure SDEs are set up for success and provide course corrections when needed. You will be responsible for building performing teams that consistently deliver quality software whilst balancing the demands of timeframes and needs. You ensure the right levels of processes, practices, and standards to build and operate products, aligned to the wider Technology strategy and standards. You drive continuous improvement across my teams and directorate, capturing the right data to affect our practices and delivery. You guide and empower my engineers to own technical decisions whilst understanding when guidance is needed. You play a major role in the process of releasing value to our customers. You will be accountable for the products you work on and proactively identify risks, propose mitigations, and understand when to escalate or ask for help. You build balanced, empathetic relationships with my stakeholders and product teams, collaborating effectively to ensure the right outcomes are delivered. You are a great communicator. You play a key role in formulating the technical strategy and roadmap for your area to support the growth of our business objectives and maintaining our competitive advantage. You drive architecture, design, implementation, adoption, and re-usability of technology within your teams and the wider technology community, crafting a culture of innovation and technical excellence. You will be responsible for Skill Description Programming - Backend Java, Open source stack, No-SQL (Couchbase, Mongo DB etc.) System Design - OOAD, SOLID, DDD Development Practise - Agile, Scrum Infrastructure - Public Cloud like Azure, AWS etc. Software Security - Secure code scan, vulnerability management etc. Operations and Maintenance - Incident management, Disaster Recovery Development Lifecycle - Modern SDLC Product Methodologies - Product thinking Retail Technology Awareness - Experience in retail domain is good to have. Communication & Influencing Data Analytics & Insights Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving Finance & Procurement Curiosity & Learning Embracing and Enabling Change You will need Qualification Youhold Bachelor or Masters Degree inComputer Scienceand Engineering. You have minimum 14+ years of experience in similar role. 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 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. About Us Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise, a wide network of teams, and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high-quality services for our customers. Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3,30,000 colleagues Tesco Technology Today, our Technology team consists of over 5,000 experts spread across the UK, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and India. In India, our Technology division includes teams dedicated to Engineering, Product, Programme, Service Desk and Operations, Systems Engineering, Security & Capability, Data Science, and other roles. At Tesco, our retail platform comprises a wide array of capabilities, value propositions, and products, essential for crafting exceptional retail experiences for our customers and colleagues across all channels and markets. This platform encompasses all aspects of our operations - from identifying and authenticating customers, managing products, pricing, promoting, enabling customers to discover products, facilitating payment, and ensuring delivery. By developing a comprehensive Retail Platform, we ensure that as customer touchpoints and devices evolve, we can consistently deliver seamless experiences. This adaptability allows us to respond flexibly without the need to overhaul our technology, thanks to the creation of capabilities we have built.