Senior system engineer

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Tesco is a leading multinational retailer, with more than 336 000 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, Czech Republic, Hungary, and India.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You are a team member that has accountability for the engineering excellence of the systems powering the data platforms and show tenacity and courage while dealing with known and unfamiliar systems.

Your area of responsibility cohesively spans infrastructure, operating systems, big data frameworks, software and resource management and scheduling. Your focus is in researching familiar and unknown systems, designing and building solutions and troubleshooting complex cross functional problems and performance bottlenecks across the stack.

• Contribute to building a team culture for continuous improvement and environment where engineers want to work
• Contribute to the team to make good quality decision and consistently deliver
• Ensure your team meets the required quality standards, commitments, and objectives
• Operate globally, ensuring consistency in approach throughout all our locations
• Ensure operational stability is balanced with engineering and roadmap delivery
• Champion adoption of new tools and techniques being able to understand their value and impact
• Continuously share feedback with the engineering teams for them to meet the required quality standards
• Driving adoption of new tools and techniques being able to understand their value and impact
• Keep your technical skills up to date and keep track of new technologies and processes, understanding how they might benefit the Technology team and wider Tesco

This job requires to be based in/close to Prague. We currently work in a hybrid model and meet in our office 3 days a week.

SKILLS RELEVANT FOR THIS JOB

• Experience with the Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, YARN etc.)
• Familiarity with Spark and HiveServer
• Linux OS fundamentals and troubleshooting
• Docker/Kubernetes fundamentals
• Java fundamentals and troubleshooting a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A methodical/ analytical approach and great problem-solving skills
• Team player who can work collaboratively with other members of the team
• English language knowledge on working proficiency level
  
  
  Unsure if you fit all the criteria? Apply and give us the chance to evaluate your potential – you could be the perfect fit!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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):

• Permanent contract from the go - as a sign of our trust in your abilities
• Learning opportunities - certified technical training and learning platforms like Udemy, Pluralsight and O’Reilly
• Referral Bonus
• Up to 20% yearly salary bonus – based on both individual and business performance
• Cafeteria & Multisport
• Additional 5 days of paid leave to support your well-being and family life
• Shopping discount in our stores

What our colleagues like the most at Tesco

• We develop our own products
• We make an impact; large scale of operation
• Accountability and respect are given to us
• We cooperate and support each other
• There are great colleagues who are divided into small teams here
• We can develop and learn new things

Join our team and be a part of building one of the biggest brands in the retail industry!

Let us know you are interested by pushing the APPLY button!

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