Head of Software Engineering
Tesco Technology | Bengaluru, India

About the role
Tesco operates a large, geographically distributed retail estate where technology is
fundamental to the day-to-day running of our stores. Critical retail capabilities, including
checkout, payments, stock management and colleague-facing applications, depend on
technology that must operate reliably at the edge, close to where our business operates.
The Edge Platform provides the underlying computing workplace and software capabilities
that enable applications to run across our stores. It encompasses edge computing, server
hardware, Linux operating systems, virtualisation, storage, platform software, infrastructure
automation and centralised management capabilities required to deploy, operate, secure and
maintain technology consistently across a diverse retail estate.

The Edge Platform is business-critical to Tesco. Store technology must remain dependable
despite connectivity disruptions, constrained local resources and the complexity of managing




software and infrastructure changes across thousands of locations. Failures or poorly executed
changes can directly affect store operations, colleague productivity and customer experience.
As Head of Software Engineering: Edge Platform, you will lead two major, interconnected
engineering priorities: modernising Tesco’s edge virtualisation estate through the migration
from VMware to Proxmox, and building a robust, scalable software-driven Edge Management
Platform to provision, manage, monitor and maintain the retail edge estate throughout its
lifecycle.

You will define the technology strategy and architecture, lead complex engineering and
migration programmes, and build a high-performing engineering organisation. You will combine
deep software engineering expertise with infrastructure knowledge, strategic thinking and
organisational leadership to simplify complexity, improve resilience, drive automation and
deliver a scalable, secure and cost-e

📌 Head of Software Engineering: Edge Platform (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tesco Bengaluru
📍 Bengaluru