Title of Lead Software Engineer (Java)

Walgreens Boots Alliance - Deerfield, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Deerfield, IL

5,001-10,000 employees

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The Lead Software Engineer (Java) at Walgreens is responsible for planning, designing, developing, and testing back-end software systems and applications, particularly for the Walgreens Digital/Online application. This role involves leading teams, mentoring less experienced engineers, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software features. The position requires advanced specialization in software engineering and the ability to manage complex projects while collaborating with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, develops and tests back-end software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products.
• Writes code that establishes and enhances coding specifications for software programs and systems.
• Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
• Works on problems of diverse scope requiring evaluation of identifiable factors and demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods for solutions.
• Leads the daily work of assigned work group/team and recommends modifications to operations.
• Owns a functional area, breaks large requests into sub-tasks, and reviews code changes.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise and interacts with vendors and customers.
• Participates in developing technical/business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools.
• Sets software engineering project schedules, defines project parameters, and monitors project tasks.
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways and champions process methodologies like Scrum and TDD.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• At least 5 years of professional work experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or similar.
• Java back-end development experience with Java Spring boot microservices capabilities.
• Front-end development experience.
• At least 3 years of experience mentoring a team of engineers or leading an engineering team.
• Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices, or mobile applications.
• Experience designing/building moderately complex applications.
• Experience writing automated test scripts.
• Experience creating coding/scripting solutions to fix complex problems/issues.
• Experience engaging with executive level and contributing to financial decisions.

Nice-to-haves

• Enthusiastic about promoting high quality standards in the team across documentation, unit testing, code reviews, test automation & CI/CD.
• Hands-on full stack proficiency (e.g., Java, NodeJS, SQL, NoSQL, React, JavaScript).
• Mentor team in the choice of Enterprise Integration patterns for seamless integration.
• Strong knowledge of implementation, security, capacity planning & performance tuning of solutions deployed to Cloud technologies.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities