- 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
In this job; I am accountable for:
- My impact reaches beyond my immediate team; and I provide perspective and context for technology choices across my directorate
- The work that I do has foundational impact across teams in my area and the directorate that I am a member of
- I am a technical leader for my teams and others will regularly come to me for mentorship and support
- I am comfortable both supporting other engineers in their delivery and taking the lead on key features as appropriate
- I have delivered multiple projects that move the needle for the business
- I have demonstrated technical breadth and depth; I am an expert in my domain
- At this level I display a high degree of ownership for the work conducted by the team
- I am accountable for the quality of every result; produced by individuals and teams
- I am an advocate of best practices across my directorate
- I build maturity in the way we develop; deliver and operate services
- I ensure that we're learning from the best in the industry; designing and implementing appropriate testing and deployment strategies
- I can anticipate feature evolution of my product
- I utilise this when facilitating design sessions to ensure that the system architecture evolves to support future requirements
- I understand the wider Tesco architectural strategy and champion its application to the systems that I work on
- At this level my job starts to become just as much about exercising technical judgment as it does about implementation
- I am comfortable managing competing priorities and am able to bring order to ambiguous scenarios
- I create optimal outcomes combining short-term and long-term goals; utilising data driven decision making techniques to take appropriate trade-offs
- I can identify risks and proactively engage with product and programme managers
- I am a strong communicator within my team and to my stakeholders
- I am a trusted mentor; a role-model for more junior engineers
- I am approachable and am frequently asked to mentor those around me
- I prioritise sharing skills and technical knowledge across the directorate; both informally in 1:1 discussions and by arranging more formal training opportunities
- I build capability and raise the bar by contributing to hiring and interviewing practices
- I regularly participate in recruitment assessments
- Externally I represent the best of Tesco Technology to attract new talent and encourage interest in our organisation
Operational skills relevant for this job:
- Programming
- System Design
- Development Practise
- Infrastructure
- Software Security
- Operations and Maintenance
- Core Technology
- Development Lifecycle
- Product Methodologies
- Retail Technology Awareness
- Communication Influencing
- Data Analytics Insights
- Strategic Thinking Problem Solving
- Finance Procurement
- Curiosity Learning
- Embracing and Enabling Change
Experience relevant for this job: - Successfully had impact on teams of teams.
- Demonstrated experience designing; developing and running highly-scalable distributed systems.
- Experience implementing a range of design and architecture patterns.
- Experience of technical leadership within a team. Coaching; supporting and mentoring those around me.
- Experience in Voice Automation and IVR technologies.
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