Engineering Manager (Machine Learning Engineering)
Join Tesco Technology as an Engineering Manager in our Data & Analytics team. Lead a cross‑functional team of software engineers and data scientists to deliver robust data science products that scale across Tesco’s retail, online, fulfilment and CRM operations.
About the role
As a Software Development Manager in Data Science Engineering, you will manage a passionate and high‑performing development team. You are responsible for the complete software lifecycle, maintaining a DevOps culture and enabling continuous integration and delivery. Your work spans the entire data platform ecosystem, bringing together engineering best practices, MLOps, and scalable architecture.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain an engaged development team, coaching and nurturing growth, while keeping close involvement with code without becoming a blocker.
- Drive engineering excellence across data science products, promote MLOps practices, and deliver quality production software.
- Work closely with Product Management to minimise risk, prioritise technical solutions and deliver outcomes.
- Contribute to system design, architecture, and platform strategy discussions.
- Build globally consistent approaches across all Tesco locations.
- Inspire teams to produce quality solutions and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Participate in engineering hiring and help build diverse teams.
- Continuously improve technology, processes and practices; stay updated on emerging tools.
Experience & Qualifications
- Management of software engineering teams.
- Track record of driving technical excellence and change.
- Experience in global distributed teams.
- Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle.
- Experience with Scrum & Kanban.
- ML engineering – feature engineering, versioning, packaging, training and deployment.
- Experience with distributed computing frameworks, microservices, event sourcing, and containerisation.
- Knowledge of automation, configuration management, multi‑cloud, IAAS, PAAS.
- Experience in enterprise integration patterns and system architecture.
Skills
- Problem solving, analysis and computational skills.
- High emotional intelligence and self‑reflection.
- Strategic thinking and big‑picture articulation.
- Customer focus – balancing delivery and technical excellence.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Team player with collaborative mindset.
- Influence technical teams and senior stakeholders.
Salary & Working Arrangement
Salary (UoP): 31 000 – 40 000 PLN gross per month
Hybrid Working: Role requires working 60 % of the week (3 days) in Kraków office, remaining remote.
Benefits
- Permanent contract.
- MacBook and required work tools.
- Learning opportunities – certified training and platforms such as Udemy.
- Referral bonus.
- Sports activities with a personal trainer.
- Additional 4 days of paid leave.
- Up to 20 % yearly salary bonus based on performance.
- Private healthcare (LuxMed).
- Cafeteria and multisport.
- Extended holiday entitlement for those not yet eligible.
- Relocation help.
- IP tax deductible costs.
About Us
Tesco is a leading multinational retailer with over 330 000 colleagues. Our software serves millions of users across several countries each day. Tesco Technology develops products that power sales, operations and customer experience.
Tesco Technology is part of the Tesco Technology Hub network located in the UK, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and India.
About the hiring process
Our hiring process values diversity and provides an inclusive experience. We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome candidates of all backgrounds.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Retail
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