Lead Software Engineer "Remote"
- Military veterans preferred
2022-07-25 WALGREENS
Other
/yr
full-time
employee
Chicago Illinois United States
Job Summary
This role demonstrates proficiency in all areas of the professional function and advanced in-depth specialization to perform and implement activities that impact components / processes of specified functional areas of the Walgreens Digital/Online application. This role is typically assigned to strategic, complex undertakings. Receives work in the form of short- and mid-term outcomes that regularly require the application of independent judgment and creativity. Mentors less experienced members of the team. May lead teams / projects.
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 establishes and enhances coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedent.
Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
Leads the daily work of assigned work group / team. Recommends modifications to the daily operations of the assigned work group / team. Makes needed adjustments to short-term priorities.
Owns a functional area. Breaks large requests down into sub-tasks, gives higher-level status updates. Writes test plans. Takes operational responsibility. Sets measurable goals, and meets them. Reviews code changes.
Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Interacts with direct team of accountability, peers and/or managers in other teams. May interact with vendors and/or customers to share information and improve workflow processes.
May design specifications of assigned projects and may lead in implementation.
Demonstrates proficiency in all areas of the professional function and advanced in-depth specialization in some.
Participates in developing technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools. Has proven expertise in software design, architecture and software and system interrelationships. Has expert knowledge of programming languages important to the organization.
Sets software engineering project schedules, defines project parameters and tasks and monitors project tasks. Develops and keeps the "vision" of the project, leading others toward its completion.
Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
Owns the development and rollout for an entire product, or large project. Champions process (Scrum, TDD, etc). Writes tech specs and identifies risks before starting major projects. Sets standards. Goes out of their way to reduce complexity. As needed, takes on additional “tech lead” responsibilities for driving an initiative to completion.
Allocates and tracks the work of individual contributors. Participates in teaching and training members of work group / team.
The following information is applicable to Colorado only, in accordance with the Colorado Pay Equity Act. In Colorado, an employee in this position can expect a salary/hourly rate between $ 122,600 and $159,400 plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan, if applicable will depend on experience, seniority, geographic locations, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please click here . Walgreens will provide applicants in other states with information related to the positions, to the extent required by state or local law, by calling 1-866-967-5492.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree and at least 4 years of Engineering, Software Engineering or related field OR High School/GED and at least 7 years of Engineering, Software Engineering or related field
Experience writing code for moderate to complex online applications, microservices or mobile applications or deployment automation
Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices or mobile applications or deployment automation
Experience in operationalization high traffic Web and Mobile applications through monitoring and alerting for a polyglot application stack
Web/backend Developer
Prior experience in mentoring a team of engineers, tech lead or a leading an engineering team
Enthusiastic about promoting high quality standards in the team across documentation, unit testing, code reviews, test automation & CI/CD
Hands on full stack proficiency (e.g., Java, NodeJS, ., SQL, NoSQL, React, JavaScript etc.)
Mentor team in the choice of Enterprise Integration patterns for a seamless integration with other enterprise & external assets
Big picture person with obsession about functional completeness, performance, security & resilience of end-to-end solution
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
6+ years of Mobile App development experience in Swift, SwiftUI, Objective C ( iOS)
6+ Years of Mobile App development in Kotlin( Android)
Experience in Test Driven Development and Testing Automation using cloud based products like AppCenter, ADO
Experience in ReactNative Programming.
Knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations
Accessibility Experience
Experience in building Design patterns, modularized apps
Excellent Debugging, Optimization and Performance Skills.
Data & Analytics
6+ years of SME experience 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
6+ years of experience working with Product Owner and domain experts to deliver data analytics and data Integration solutions
Experience in SQL, Java or Python programming
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as Cosmos, Cassandra
Experience in Azure cloud technologies like Azure Data Flow, Data Bricks, Azure Synapse and Analysis Services
Knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations
Experience in any of reporting tools like Power BI, Business objects, Cognos or Tableau
Working experience with dimensional data modeling and strong knowledge of best practices and solution patterns
Hands on experience in Data Pipeline and integration tools like Talend, Change Data Capture (CDC), Spark & Azure APIs
Coach and guide technical engineers for source data understanding, designing analytical solutions and critical operational support
