Lead Software Engineer (Integration)

at  Walgreens

JOB SUMMARY :

Work location: Deerfield, IL / Chicago, IL / Chantilly, VA
This role demonstrates proficiency in all areas of the professional function and advanced indepth 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.

About Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) is an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader serving millions of customers and patients every day, with a 175-year heritage of caring for communities.
A trusted, global innovator in retail pharmacy with approximately 12,500 locations across the U.S., Europe and Latin America, WBA plays a critical role in the healthcare ecosystem. Through dispensing medicines, improving access to pharmacy and health services, providing high quality health and beauty products and offering anytime, anywhere convenience across its digital platforms, WBA is shaping the future of healthcare in the thousands of communities it serves and beyond.
WBA employs approximately 311,000 people, with a presence in eight countries and consumer brands including: Walgreens, Boots, Duane Reade, No7 Beauty Company and Benavides. The Company is proud of its contributions to healthy communities, a healthy planet, an inclusive workplace and a sustainable marketplace. In fiscal 2024, WBA scored 100% on the Disability Equality Index for disability inclusion.
More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of experience for Engineering, Software Engineering or related field OR High School/GED and at least 7 years of experience for 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 designing/building moderately complex applications
• Experience writing automated test scripts
• Experience creating coding/scripting solutions to fix complex problems/issues
• Experience engaging and the executive level
• At least 2 years 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
• Experience working in an Agile environment, DevOps, Knowledge of Azure Process
• 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 Ansible, Terraform or equivalent (Jav, SQL, Python programming)
• Experience in implementation of CI/CD pipelines for Cloud deployments using containers/Docker for a large ecosystem
• Strong understanding of infrastructure components (e.g. databases, networking, DNS, cloud services, orchestration tools, containerization)
• Experience decomposing complex problems into simple, straight forward solutions
• Experience assisting directly and indirectly in continual hiring and development of technical talent
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as Cosmos, Cassandra
  We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

• 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