Lead Software Engineer, Master Data Management

Address: USA-IL-Chicago-300 South Riverside Plaza
Store Code: Arch/Data Master Data (5119270)
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 Lead Software Engineer, Master Data Management is an experienced Engineer with a demonstrated track record delivering high-quality, innovative, and fully functional software solutions that adhere to coding standards and technical design. This role will research, design, develop implement new software in addition to enhancing existing software capabilities. This role will work on various, ambiguous and complex issues, where analysis of situations or data requires an in- depth evaluation of variable factors, thorough understanding of the business strategy, operations, markets and key stakeholders. This role will also collaborate with other Squad members, stakeholders and the Product team to ensure that products meet business, functional, and technical requirements and are scalable in nature. This will include translating business and technical requirements into well engineered, tested, and deployed technology solutions by gathering user requirements, defining system functionality, and writing code in various languages. The Software Engineer IV can significantly impact a project both as individual technical contributor, technical leader and mentor to more junior Engineers.
Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC , Chicago, IL, Quincy, MA.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop the technical design for solutions based on the defined scope, requirements, and functional design provided by the Product team and other stakeholders.
• Build and configure technical components (interfaces, conversions, reports, workflows) so that solution design meets business needs and solution architecture standards.
• Write and document programming code to meet the gathered requirements.
• Deliver solutions through ERP or SaaS solutions (e.g. STEP MDM, IBM MDM, or at least one other MDM technology.
• Perform code reviews and quality assurance to ensure compliance to technical standards and business requirements.
• Collaborate with the Squad to support the Product team to create and refine user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Prepare development and test environments, conduct test readiness to proceed with testing, and collaborate with to execute testing.
• Fix bugs identified during quality assurance and testing.
• Continuously reduce technical debt (e.g., create technical debt stories, remove bugs) and decommission legacy applications and solutions.
• Perform updates and enhancements to the solution, as needed.
• Release software into production and perform release testing (system integration, mock conversion, parallel, regression, performance and stress, infrastructure).
• Identifies opportunities and leads specific initiatives for improving way of working in teams and in eliminating technical debt.
• Develops solutions to highly complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple areas or disciplines.
• Communicates with internal team members across multiple areas and client team members.
• Acts as a project/team leader regarding solution design, process and/or approaches.
• Acts as a subject matter expert on technology solution.
• Responsible for coaching/mentoring junior engineers.
• Consistently delivers very high-quality work in cross-functional environments - seen as a consistent and high-performing technical leader among peers.
• Has a balanced approach to team empowerment and leadership driving successful brainstorming sessions and solid technical conclusions to work approaches while modeling self-accountability, continuous development and team contributions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, CIS or related (or equivalent related work experience).
• 8 or more years of experience in relevant job or field of technology.
• Experience in an advanced role or technical capacity.
• Experience, directly or indirectly, managing, guiding, training and onboarding team members in relevant technologies, capabilities or skills.
• Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer.
• Experience designing interactive applications.
• Proficient ability to develop software in Java, JavaScript, Python, or other programming languages.
• Knowledge of C#, ColdFusion, C++, or Cobol is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate).
• Experience developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (e.g. Angular, Ruby, Django, Spring, Express).
• Experience with test-driven development.
• Ability to document requirements and specifications.
• Knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting software issues and debugging a large codebase.
• Skills: Programming, Testing, Analytical Thinking, Agile Development, Problem Solving, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Data Privacy, Application Security, Technical Troubleshooting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in relevant field of study, Additional trainings or certifications in relevant field of study.
• Experience in Agile teams and Product/Platform based operating model.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Experience in retail or grocery preferred.

Salary Range: $146,960.00 to $220,440.00
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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.
We offer an experience where our associates are valued; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business and our employees are representative of the communities that we serve. We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a blend of physical, financial and emotional wellness.
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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