Data Engineer II

Category/Area of Expertise: IT & Technology
Job Requisition: 558263
Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive
Store Code: Arch/Data - Business Intell & Analy (5119333)
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.
Primary Purpose:
The Data Engineer II implements data pipelines and platform features, automates routine tasks, and supports monitoring, change execution, and documentation.
*Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office location for this role is Salisbury, NC or Quincy, MA.
*Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply standard modules/templates for ingestion and transformation, contributing consistent, reusable components.
• Automate validations, quality checks, and repeatable runbook steps via scripting; support CI/CD workflows for routine deployments.
• Compile and monitor operational metrics; operate monitoring and escalate incidents with clear diagnostics to support platform reliability.
• Assist with upgrades, migrations, and performance tuning tasks, including basic cloud service configuration and optimization as directed.
• Maintain documentation, inventories, and change records; keep implementation details clear and current for platform users.
• Support infrastructure as code updates using approved patterns and tooling (e.g., Terraform/Ansible/CloudFormation) under guidance.
• Suggest incremental improvements that reduce toil and improve consumer experience; stay curious about new tools and approaches.
• May be called upon to support critical escalations and must be available during urgent IT incidents as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience.
• 3+ years in data engineering or software/platform roles.
• Working knowledge of data modeling, orchestration, and storage options.
• Basic scripting and version control proficiency.
• Collaborative communication and problem solving.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with streaming basics and schema evolution.
• Awareness of privacy/security controls for data.

Salary Range: $101,360 - $152,040
Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
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At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent.
Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.
Our associates are the heartbeat of our organization. We are committed to offering a welcoming work environment where all associates can succeed and thrive. Guided by our values of courage, care, teamwork, integrity (and even a little humor), we are dedicated to being a great place to work.
We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.
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