Software Engineer III- Mobile (Android)
Summary
Senior Android engineer builds and maintains mobile apps for a large grocery retailer’s omnichannel brands, using Kotlin and cloud-native tooling.
Introduction
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.
Overview
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
Mobile Engineer translate business and technical requirements into well-engineered, tested, and deployed technology solutions. Responsibilities include the analysis, design, development, testing, installation, and maintenance of consumer and back-office systems. They interface with product owners as well as other engineers and stakeholders to determine the most efficient and cost-effective approach to meet business and technical requirements. Solutions utilize a variety of hardware and software technologies and may include new code construction, modifications to existing modules, and/or package implementation. They help to move the business forward by providing better and updated services in terms of the development of software and techniques.
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 Chicago, IL.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Responsibilities
- Individuals who have advanced to expert level skills and abilities and are several years into their career track
- Their ever-growing knowledge and understanding of the business and the full technology stack makes them valued contributors.
- Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
- Deep understanding of the business strategy, operations, markets and key stakeholders
- Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
- Can design software solution to complex technical problem and create technical design specifications.
- Applies professional expertise to contribute to team objectives and outcomes
- Designs software solution to complex technical problem and create technical design specifications.
- Able to manage own work time and priorities and assists others.
- Collaborates efficiently with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise
Requirements
- 7+ years of software development experience
- Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- Proven work on a mobile (Android focused) team setting
- Contributed to a mobile application release on the market
- Advanced knowledge of Open-source tools and technologies (eg Terraform, Consul, Envoy, Kafka, DataDog, Vault, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Kotlin)
- Proficient in "Infrastructure as Code" concepts.
Preferred Qualifications
- M.S. in Computer Science or related field