Manager Engineering - Devops [T500-20940]

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 : Manager Engineering

Job Description :

We are seeking an experienced and driven Engineering Operations Manager to lead core technology functions that ensure the performance, reliability, and quality of our grocery retail platform. Based in Bangalore, you manage cross-functional teams across DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Quality Engineering (QE), Performance Engineering, Release Engineering, and Database Engineering.

This role is critical to our omnichannel business, supporting both digital and in-store operations. You’ll work with a diverse tech stack deployed across major public cloud platforms including Azure and GCP, ensuring seamless customer experiences for online orders.

Roles & responsibilities :

Engineering Operations Leadership :

Build and lead teams across DevOps, SRE, QE, Performance, Release, and DB Engineering.

Develop and execute engineering operations strategy tailored to retail systems.

Partner with product, infrastructure, and application engineering teams to align execution.

DevOps & SRE :

Oversee CI / CD systems and infrastructure-as-code practices across Azure and GCP

Implement observability, monitoring, and incident response frameworks to ensure uptime and resiliency.

Drive cost-effective, scalable infrastructure for both store and digital systems.

Quality & Test Engineering :

Lead test automation strategy covering functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.

Embed quality assurance best practices into the software development lifecycle.

Performance Engineering :

Manage performance benchmarking and tuning of mission-critical systems such as checkout, inventory, and order tracking.

Optimize performance across public cloud environments to handle traffic spikes and peak loads.

Release Engineering :

Drive automated, secure, and reliable release pipelines for web, mobile, and backend systems.

Ensure seamless, low-risk deployments through mature release governance processes.

Database Engineering :

Oversee high-availability, scalable, and secure database operations.

Manage data platform reliability across solutions such as Azure SQL, Cloud SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL.

Required Qualifications :

8+ years of experience in engineering, with 3+ years in leadership / managerial role.

Expertise in DevOps or SRE practices, including experience with Azure or GCP.

Hands-on with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Helm, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Pulumi),

Strong background in database optimization – SQL / NoSQL.

Preferred Qualifications :

Salesforce