Senior Software Engineer
Company: WALGREENS
Location: Deerfield
Posted on: May 23, 2023
Job Description:
Job Summary:
Seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of
area of specialization, who will perform and implement activities
that impact components / processes of specified functional areas of
the Walgreens Digital/Online application. Anticipates and prevents
problems and roadblocks before they occur. Typically assigned to
important / complicated undertakings. Implements activities that
generally impact important components / processes of the work of
own unit / team / projects of the platform operation in an Agile
environment.
This role is developing design skills, but has a comprehensive
understanding of the organization's current software applications
and tools. Has in-depth knowledge of programming languages
important to the organization and is proficient with them. Receives
work in the form of short- and mid-term assignments that regularly
require the application of independent judgment. Mentors less
experienced members of the team.
Job Responsibilities:
- Plans, designs, develops and tests back-end software systems or
applications for software enhancements and new products including
cloud-based or internet-related tools.
- Writes code that meets specifications for large and highly
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. An Equal
Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans
About Walgreens and WBA
Walgreens () 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."
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology
or related field of study and at least 4 years of professional work
experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or similar.
- At least 3 years of experience writing code for moderately
complex applications
- At least 3 years of experience with programming languages for
online applications, microservices or mobile applications
- At least 3 years of 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
- Experience in design, development, security & scalability of
high-volume services implemented in Java, Node/Typescript, .NET, or
Python etc.
- Experience of design, development, query & database
optimization of distributed SQL (e.g., Oracle, MySQL) & NoSQL
(MongoDB, Cassandra) databases
- At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial
decisions in the workplace.
- At least 2 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
- Experience with full stack development ranging from front-end
user interfaces to back-end systems
- At least 3 years of experience with 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
- 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.)
- Experience with implementation, security, capacity planning &
performance tuning of solutions deployed to Cloud technologies -
Azure (ACS, AKS), Google, IBM, AWS or Cloud Foundry
Keywords: WALGREENS, Arlington Heights , Senior Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Deerfield, Illinois
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