Senior Software Engineer – Backend (Product Intelligence) @ Tesco Technology

Overview

The Product Intelligence Platform is an AI-driven system that revolutionizes how Tesco handles product data at scale. The platform leverages multi-agent AI systems to automate product categorization, enrichment, and matching across a vast number of products on a weekly basis. Built on event-driven architecture using Kafka, the platform processes millions of events monthly through core AI capabilities.

A Senior Software Engineer in this team will be responsible for building and maintaining these AI-powered capabilities using Java / Spring Boot and Python, implementing scalable event-driven microservices on Azure Kubernetes Service, and working directly with LLMs to solve complex product intelligence challenges. The role requires someone who can bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI technology, engineering, and practical business applications, contributing to a platform that directly impacts millions of customer interactions weekly.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain microservices for product intelligence capabilities.
• Utilize technologies including Java, Spring Boot, Python, Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL with PGVector for embeddings, and multi-agent systems.
• Build event-driven architectures for high-volume data processing and scalable systems that process over 1 million events per week.
• Implement product matching algorithms using text similarity techniques and image similarity techniques.
• Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform on the Azure cloud platform.
• Participate in architectural decisions to expand the platform’s AI capabilities.
• Mentor junior team members and support engineering excellence standards.
• Integrate with various Tesco systems, including both internal and external platforms.

Qualifications

What is in it for you

Hybrid working

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about different flexible working options. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a career, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

This role requires you to be based in or near Kraków, as you will spend 60% (3 days) of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely.

Benefits

Tesco is a diverse and exciting employer, dedicated to being #aplacetogeton, providing career-defining opportunities to all of our colleagues. If you choose to join our business, we will provide you with (for all) :

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Tesco is committed to celebrating diversity and everyone is welcome at Tesco. As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, allowing candidates the opportunity to thrive and inform us of any reasonable adjustments they may require.

About us

Tesco is a leading multinational retailer, with more than 330 000 colleagues. Our software is used by millions of people across several countries every day. Whether it’s the tills and websites our customers use, or the systems our colleagues and partners use, you’ll play your part in keeping it running like a well-oiled machine. And when a business problem pops up? You and the creative minds in our team will be challenged to solve it. As Tech Hub we cooperate within the group of Tesco Technology Hubs located in the UK, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and India. What our colleagues like the most at Tesco :

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