Senior Staff Engineer Software [T500-20344]

About Albertsons Companies Inc. (ACI) :

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 India Capability Center :

At Albertsons India Capability Center, 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 India Capability Center, 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 India Capability Center, 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 : Senior Staff Software Engineer

Job Description :

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 :

10+ years of experience in designing and developing scalable Full Stack applications across web and mobile platforms

4+ years of experience in leading development teams and architecting large-scale, cross-platform applications

8+ years of programming experience in Java, with a strong focus on building Microservices and RESTful APIs

6+ years of experience in developing web applications using ReactJS and / or AngularJS

Extensive expertise with application servers such as Tomcat, Apache Jetty, Reactor Netty

Strong knowledge of database technologies including relational databases (Oracle, Azure SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra), with experience in mobile data synchronization and offline-first strategies

Deep expertise in UI / Web 2.0 development (JavaScript, CSS, SCSS, HTML5, AJAX, jQuery, NodeJS, ReactJS, AngularJS), including responsive design and mobile-first development

Proven experience in mobile application development using frameworks such as React Native, Flutter, or native Android / iOS SDKs

Broad understanding of Web Application flow, Single Page Applications (SPA), Server-Side Rendering (SSR), and Content Management Systems (CMS)

Minimum 4+ years of experience with cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure, GCP, or AWS), including deployment and scaling of mobile and web applications

Experience using GitHub Copilot or similar AI-assisted development tools

In-depth experience with automated unit testing (JUnit / TestNG) and test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, Rest-Assured, Karate), plus mobile testing tools like Appium or Espresso

Comprehensive knowledge of the full software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies

Expertise in analyzing and tuning application performance in high-volume, high-availability environments across web and mobile

Advanced skills in capacity planning, systems performance analysis, and optimization in distributed client / server and mobile ecosystems

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 :

Frontend Skills :

HTML / CSS / JavaScript / ReactJS / AngularJS / Bootstrap

Backend Skills :

Spring Boot / Node.js / REST APIs / Express.js

Automation Testing :

JUnit / Selenium / Playwright / Cucumber / Jest

Microservices

Event Streaming :

Kafka / RabbitMQ / Google Pub Sub

Additional Skills Required :

Github Copilot or similar

Cloud Platform (Azure / GCP / AWS)

Data warehousing - BigQuery / Databricks ETL

Mobile Development / Android Development - Kotlin, Android Jetpack / Compose, iOS