Senior Software Engineer I

Job Summary:

The Senior Software Engineer encompasses support for our Software delivery systems including (but not limited to) release engineering, release automation, project management, software deployment and configuration, as well as system monitoring. This role requires an in-depth knowledge of DevOps practice, test automation frameworks and a deep understanding of DevOps services as well as proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have technical expertise in this space, but also in mentoring and leading a team towards a high bar of excellence.

Job Responsibilities:

Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools. Writes code that meets specifications, typically for large and highly complex software programs and systems. Develops software applications and tools. Participates in software design.

Writes code that meets specifications for large and complex software programs and systems.

Develops software applications and tools. Participates in software design.

Develops software applications and tools using Agile development methodologies.

Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments

This role is assigned to important / complicated undertakings

Contributes to and participates actively in the design, architecture and build phases, to aim at producing high quality deliverables, working with existing architects where appropriate. Participates in the evaluation of compatibility of programs with existing communications hardware and software features.

Interacts with internal and external peers and managers to exchange complex information related to areas of specialization. Works closely with other team members in guiding software architecture and technology decisions.

Demonstrates proficiency in most areas of the professional function and in-depth specialization in some. Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Anticipates and prevents problems and roadblocks before they occur.

Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities.

Developing professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.

Developing design skills. Has a comprehensive understanding of the organization's current software applications and tools. Has in-depth knowledge of programming languages important to the organization.

Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.

Developing design skills and has a comprehensive understanding of the organization's current software applications and tools. Has in-depth knowledge of programming languages important to the organization

Anticipates and prevents problems and roadblocks before they occur.

Mentors less experienced members of the team.

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or similar field OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field

Experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or similar field

Experience writing code for moderately complex applications

Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices or mobile applications

Experience designing/building moderately complex applications/automation

Experience writing automation test or deployment scripts

Experience creating coding/scripting solutions to fix moderately complex problems

Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems

At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.

Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field

Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems

Experience working in an Agile environment

Specific “Preferred Qualifications” by specialty

DevOps

5+ years of hands-on experience is Deployment automation for various applications IaaS, PaaS platforms on a Linux environment

5+ years of hands-on experience in automation software like Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform or equivalent

Excellent knowledge in implementation of CI/CD pipelines for Cloud deployments using containers/Docker

Strong demonstrable experience in GIT Workflows, Pipelines, and code repository management

Experience in working on Kubernetes platform on a microservices architecture and other DevOps tooling

Good understanding of infrastructure components (e.g. databases, networking, cloud services, orchestration tools, containerization)

Experience in operationalization Web and Mobile applications through monitoring and alerting for a polyglot application stack

Web/backend Developer

Previous experience with full stack development ranging from front-end user interfaces to back-end systems

Expert level knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations

A mindset to take up most challenging coding tasks

Proficiency in design, development, security & scalability of high-volume services implemented in Java, Node/Typescript, .NET, or Python etc.

Strong demonstrated experience of Enterprise Integration Design patterns in development of loosely coupled & resilient systems

Hands on with modern UI frameworks like React with excellent knowledge of client-side security & front-end design pattern (stateless components, conditional rendering, controlled components, hooks etc.)

Demonstrable experience of design, development, query & database optimization of distributed SQL (e.g., Oracle, MySQL) & NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases

Strong knowledge of implementation, security, capacity planning & performance tuning of solutions deployed to Cloud technologies – Azure (ACS, AKS), Google, IBM, AWS or Cloud Foundry

Mobile Developer

4+ Years of Mobile App development experience and excellent hands-on skill in Kotlin( Android)

Experience in building testing automation tools using cloud platforms like AppCenter

Experience in ReactNative Programming.

Knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations

Experience integrating third party SDKs like Facebook, Adobe etc.

Experience with integrating with Back-end Services ( APIs, GraphQL etc.)

Data & Analytics

4+ years of experience in integrating, transforming and consolidating data from various structured and unstructured data systems for building analytics solutions in any cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS or GCP

4 years of Experience in SQL, Java or Python programming

Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as Cosmos, Cassandra

Working experience with dimensional data modeling and strong knowledge of best practices and solution patterns

Knowledge in Azure cloud technologies like Data Flow, Data Bricks, Azure Synapse, Azure Analysis Services and Power BI Analytics

Experience in Data Pipeline and integration workflow management tools: Talend, Store Proc, Change Data Capture (CDC), Spark & Azure APIs

Experience in any of reporting tools like Power BI, Business objects, Cognos or Tableau

Experience in data classification, naming, data design, and the creation of DDL

Experience identifying operational issues and recommending fixes to resolve problems

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary Range: $102800 - $164400 / Salaried

Benefits

Health, dental and vision*

Retirement Savings Plan (401(k))

Paid time off benefits

Onsite fitness center and health center

Work & life resources

Employee discount

with a 30-hour work week