Job Description:
Job Summary:
Leads a software engineering team in the development of assigned software applications and tools. Serves as the technical lead in design, development, and deployment of successful cross-functional projects in support of next generation Digital/Online platform for Walgreens. Plays a leading role to functionally decompose complex problems into simple & straight forward solutions. Ensures quality of architecture and design of systems. Assists directly and indirectly in continual hiring and development of technical talent. An innovative contributor to patents & intellectual property.
Job Responsibility:
Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud based or internet-related tools for highly strategic and complex/high risk undertakings. Plays a leading role in new software design and development.
Writes code that establishes coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have no precedent .Leads in developing the technical "vision" and design specifications for assigned projects and oversees implementation.
Develops, or may lead in developing, technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools.
Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools for highly strategic and complex/high risk undertakings
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.
Use technical expertise in software design, architecture and software and system interrelationships.
Interacts with internal and external peers and management to share highly complex information / solutions related to areas of expertise and/or to gain acceptance of new or enhanced technology / business solutions.
May lead teams / projects
About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients' care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com
Job ID: 1602964BR
Title: Principal Software Engineer I
Company Indicator: Walgreens
Employment Type:
Job Function: Information Technology
Full Store Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015
Full District Office Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05123-01106-2
External Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 9 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field
Experience writing code for complex online applications, microservices or mobile applications
Experience in algorithms, systems, architecture, bits and bytes and automation
Experience writing and maintaining process documentation
Experience creating coding solutions to fix complex problems/issues
Experience engaging at the executive level
Experience leading cross-functional teams
At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
At least 5 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.
Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology
Experience working in an Agile environment
DevOps
Prior experience in leading a group of automation/DevOps engineering team
Hands-on experience is Deployment automation for various applications IaaS, PaaS platforms on a large complex system
Hands-on experience in automation software like Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform or equivalent
Experience in implementation of CI/CD pipelines for Cloud deployments using containers/Docker for a large ecosystem
Experience in GIT Workflows, Pipelines, and code repository management for agile development
Experience in working on Kubernetes platform on a microservices architecture and other DevOps tooling on high traffic applications
Strong understanding of infrastructure components (e.g. databases, networking, DNS, cloud services, orchestration tools, containerization)
Experience in operationalization high traffic Web and Mobile applications through monitoring and alerting for a polyglot application stack
Web/Backend
Experience leading the design, development, and deployment of successful cross-functional projects in support of next generation web & services platform for Walgreens
Experience decomposing complex problems into simple, straight forward solutions
Experience facilitating technical collaboration across Walgreens IT, increasing productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
Experience assisting directly and indirectly in continual hiring and development of technical talent
Mobile
7+ Years of Mobile App development in Kotlin(Android)
7+ years of Mobile App development experience in Swift, SwiftUI, Objective C (iOS)
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
Experience working with Product development teams in translating standard specs to feature and technical specs.
Experience in building Design patterns, modularized application to help scale the code to empower and enable the development teams
Experience in developing iOS build scripts, Maven integration ( android), Branching Strategy
Experience distributing Mobile app Application for Internal (TestFlight ( iOS). Google Playstore (Alpha & Beta) and Public releases.
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