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Principal Software Engineer

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Job ID 1396740BR

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Ready to impact the next generation of healthcare technology, products and services? When you join us, your work will set the standards for database platform deployment and shape our solutions for the future. It’s an opportunity to reimagine the way we support our nearly 9,000, pharmacy-led, health and well-being retail stores worldwide and our entire organization.

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Principal Software Engineer

Job ID 1396740BR

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Job Summary

Leads 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 Responsibilities

Plans, designs, develops and tests software system or application 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 assigned for 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. Champion process (Scrum, TDD, etc.). Writes tech specs and identifies risks before starting major projects. Sets standards. Foes out of their way to reduce complexity. As needed, take 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 ares of expertise and/or gain acceptance of new or enhanced technology / business solutions
May lead teams / projects.

“About Walgreens and WBA
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 170-year heritage of caring for communities. WBA’s purpose is to create more joyful lives through better health. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving nearly 10 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including those that drive equitable access to care for the nation’s medically underserved populations. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and digital platforms supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in communities nationwide.”
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.
"An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans".

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and at least 6 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field OR High School/GED and at least 9 years experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field
Experience writing code for complex online applications, microservices or mobile applications
Experience in algorithms, systems, architecture, bit-and-bytes- and automation
Experience with technical project management
Experience writing and maintaining processes documentation
Experience creating coding solutions to fix complex problems/issue
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 3 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional tea leadership
Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state or 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.