As Principal Software Development Engineering at Tesco, I am responsible for driving the technical strategy and design of Identity and Access Management solutions, which underpins the security and the overall defence capability of Tesco. This includes technology leadership for a team of Developers and System Engineers, covering software and system development of IAM technologies, systems and tools related to identity lifecycle, identity & Access governance, privileged access management, and overall access management.
I work in an agile manner, responding to the changing threat landscape, and working closely with Product Management and Identity Security Controls teams to ensure that what we are designing and developing is optimal in terms of scalability, availability, operability, cost and usability.
I am seasoned Architect and have outstanding understanding and knowledge of Cyber Security practices, and dynamic professional, will efficiently collaborating with other stakeholders like Workplace and System Infra, Network and Cloud Platform teams.

Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence and have these specific risk responsibilities:
System Performance and Scale
Help product in proof of concepts and technologies evaluation
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Development Engineer to technically lead our Identity and Access Management (IAM) team and serve as a leader with vision in this space. This role requires close collaboration with the IAM operations team and product management to ensure the integrity and security of our systems and data.

Spearhead a highly skilled IAM engineering team, providing mentorship and guidance to ensure high performance and top notch development team and systems.
Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex IAM solutions, including authentication, authorization, identity governance, and access controls.




Build and maintain robust IAM platforms to modern engineering excellence practices, ensuring scalability and resilience to meet the needs of Tesco.
Engage with existing / new vendors and third party IAM solutions to ensure effective implementation and support.
Drive continuous improvement of IAM processes, tools, and practices to enhance security, user experience, and operational efficiency.
Deep technical and engineering skills, such as from a background in system administration or software engineering
Experience relevant for this job:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. 12+ years of experience in IT and full stack Software development, with at least 5 years in technically leading a team, ideally within Security space.

- Strong software development background (preferably with Java, React.js, Postgress, Kafka, Azure Cloud services) with experience in architecture, designing and building inhouse solutions, preferably IAM systems
- Experience of implementing and improvising DevOps practices for in-house and cloud platforms
- Experience of building/leveraging LLM for product development and processes automations
- Demonstrable experience in building and maintaining IAM or similar platforms in complex, large scale environments.
- Great understanding or IT infrastructure components such as network perimeter, domain controllers, VSphere, Kubernetes and cloud.
- Experience of mentoring a highly skilled team of developers and system engineering.
- Demonstrable experience of improving an existing system for better performance and resiliency with help of technologies and DevOps processes
- Bachelors or Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Experience of developing and architecting backend/full-stack system while leading a dev team
Familiarity with IAM tools and platforms such as Okta, Onelogin, Cyberark, Sailpoint, Saviynt, ForgeRock etc
Experience of working in Agile methodologies

📌 Cybersecurity Software Engineer (Fullstack) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tesco
📍 Bengaluru