Senior Staff Engineer Software - Applied AI

About Albertsons Companies Inc:

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons Companies India:

At Albertsons Companies India, were not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, were cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the companys technology journey to support millions of customers lives every day.

At the Albertsons Companies India, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons Companies India associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being.

We are excited to announce an opening for Senior Staff Engineer Software at ACI.

Please find below the details of the role and its responsibilities.

Skills Required:

• Python or Java,
• Javascript, React
• Spring Boot, REST API, Microservices
• SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL
• Cassandra, Figma, Claude
• AWS or Azure or GCP
• Multi-Agent Systems or LangGraph Or evals or Langsmith or Traces or Opik

Experience Range:

• 12 - 17 years

Position Title: Senior Staff Software Engineer

Roles & responsibilities:

• Improves code structure and architecture in service of testability and maintainability. Creates reusable code snippets as applicable.
• Writes, co-writes, and reviews design documentation.
• Tech explorations / POCs and owning and managing Tech roadmap for their respective areas
• Is highly proficient in one or more technical areas.
• Interprets business requirements / strategies for assigned groups; articulates capabilities, problem statements and gaps to appropriate audiences
• Continually evaluates technology effectiveness / data interoperability of complex systems; influences vendor roadmap and direction of products
• Leads large complex projects and initiatives
• Assists in presenting proposed future state and strategy / roadmaps to business / tech

Experience Required:

• 12+ years of experience in designing/developing Full Stack applications that can scale.
• 4+ years of experience in leading teams and designing large scale applications
• 8+ years of programming experience in Java building Micro Services and REST APIs.
• 6+ years of experience in developing web applications using ReactJS / AngularJS
• Broad expertise and knowledge with application servers (such as Tomcat, Apache Jetty, Reactor Netty) and database technologies - Relational databases (such as Oracle, Azure SQL Server, Postgres SQL) and/or NoSQL (such as MongoDB or Cassandra) databases
• Broad expertise and knowledge in UI / Web 2.0 Development (JavaScript, CSS, SCSS, HTML5, AJAX, jQuery, NodeJS, ReactJS, AngularJS) and working with Git and / or relevant source code repositories.
• Broad expertise and knowledge of Web Application flow
• Broad expertise and knowledge of SPA, SSR.
• Broad expertise and knowledge of CMS.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience with cloud platform services and application development using Microsoft Azure or GCP or AWS.
• Experience using GitHub Co-Pilot or similar tools.
• In Depth experience with automated unit testing with tools like JUnit / TestNG and test automation frameworks such as Selenium / Playwright / Cucumber / Res-Assured / Karate
• Broad expertise and knowledge with the full software development lifecycle and software development methodologies (Agile).
• Broad expertise and knowledge with analyzing and tuning code / application performance under High volume / High availability environments.
• Broad expertise and knowledge in capacity planning, systems performance analysis and optimization in a distributed client / server environment

Competencies:

• Compassionate and kind, showing courtesy, dignity, and respect. They show sincere interest and empathy for all others.
• Foster innovation through creativity to get to a workable solution. Use analytical thinking through issues using logic and reason
• Show integrity in what is done and how it is done - without sacrificing personal/business ethics.
• Embrace an inclusion-focused mindset, seeking input from others on their work and encouraging the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions
• Team-oriented, positively contributing to team morale and willing to help.
• Learning-Focused, finding ways to improvise in their field and use positive constructive feedback to grow personally and professionally
• Think strategically and proactively anticipate future problems, needs or changes in the work
• Delighting our customers and maintaining customer relationships are top priority and they work to always deliver solutions through this lens
• Retail Industry and eCommerce Experience is a must.
• Extensive experienced in mentoring development teams and delivering large scale application
• Strong expertise in ensuring the application is designed and can run in production environments with an SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) mindset
• Proficient in design patterns and architectural skills, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale initiatives while managing multiple parallel projects effectively

Mandatory Skills Required:

• Python or Java,
• Javascript, React
• Spring Boot, REST API, Microservices
• SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL
• Cassandra, Figma, Claude
• AWS or Azure or GCP
• Multi-Agent Systems or LangGraph Or evals or Langsmith or Traces or Opik

Additional Skills Required:

• Design Pattern / Solutioning / Problem Solving
• Github Copilot or similar
• Cloud Platform (Azure / GCP / AWS)
• SPA (Single Page Application)
• SSR (Server-Side Rendering)