By Ross Kelly
Publication Date: 2026-10-27 11:07:00
Tesco appears primed to switch to an open source VMware alternative as the supermarket giant continues its feud with the virtualization provider.
The company has posted an ad for a new ‘Head of Software Engineering: Edge Platform’ role in recent weeks, with the ad first spotted by The Register.
According to the posting, the new engineering lead will coordinate “two major, interconnected engineering priorities”.
This includes the creation of a “robust, scalable software driven edge management platform” alongside modernization of the firm’s edge virtualization estate “through the migration from VMware to Proxmox”.
Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE) is an open source server management and virtualization platform based out of Vienna.
Tesco’s “business-critical” focus
The new position, which is based in Bengaluru, is a significant one, according to Tesco.
Indeed, the supermarket giant said the edge platform is “business-critical” and provides the “underlying computing environment and software capabilities that enable applications to run across our stores”.
“Store technology must remain dependable despite connectivity disruptions,…
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