Principal Engineer Architect [T500-20346]

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 the 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, we're not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we're 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 company’s 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.

Position Title : Principal Engineer Architect

Function : Tech

Job Description :

Roles & responsibilities :

• Lead the discovery phase of strategic initiatives to come up with a high-level architecture and design.
• Lead the cross functional architecture teams to identify the impact and work with them to deliver the architecture and design.
• Deliver Architecture Strategies, Vision and Roadmap
• Deliver Technology Vision and Roadmap
• Deliver Target State Architecture and Roadmap for key strategies initiatives
• Manages a team of Architects and Tech Leads to define, own and implement the architecture.
• Lead the architecture and design review board and meetings.
• Develop, Own and manage functional architecture for one or more domains
• Provide technical leadership, architecture and design solutions of digital capabilities and business opportunities within Browse, Search and Selection domain to enable creation of impactful customer experiences / engagement across channels and markets for Albertsons customers.
• Drive the architecture and design of modern user interfaces for both web and mobile interface based on consumer design principles for next generation user interface platforms.
• Is the resident expert on cutting edge / emerging solutions / technologies on Cloud, IoT, Mobile, Progressive Web Apps, Single Page Apps, Content Management System, AI / ML, Social etc.
• Define data and integration architectures to support automation and own the detailed integration patterns for integrating catalog solutions.
• Work closely with Product Management, Architecture, Data Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Information Security groups to define and deliver the overall solution including contributing to the roadmap of the backlog of priorities.
• Participate in Architecture Review of solutions within the Domain and for the other domains.
• Develop and strengthen partnership with enterprise architecture team, cross functional teams, including vendor partners, to ensure all solutions are being developed with continuity of the enterprise solution ecosystem, while meeting all security, data governance, legal, risk and compliance standards.
• Integrate with Enterprise and Data Architecture teams to shape enterprise architecture guardrails, standards, and patterns.
• Lead the development and implementation of quality guidelines and control processes for the technology platforms and products working with engineering teams.
• Drives modular, services-oriented integration and solution with tech leads and Architects.
• Present architecture and design strategies in larger forums both internally and externally.

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