Software Engineer I

About the position

This role performs and implements activities that impact limited components / processes of specified functional areas of the Walgreens Digital/Online platform in an Agile environment. Work is typically received in short term assignments that require application of independent judgment. Operates within the context of defined procedures that provide desired functionality to digital solutions, products and programs, typically for small to medium, basic systems. Implements activities that influence entry to mid-level components of the functional area. Team Member demonstrates proficiency in some areas of the professional function.

Responsibilities

• Performs and implements daily operational activities that generally influence mid-level components / processes of technology function, including but not limited to writing code and scripts that provide desired functionality to the software products and programs.
• Participates in improvement and monitoring of deployment operations on pre-release, upgrades and current versions of software.
• Participates in evaluating compatibility of programs with existing communications hardware and software features.
• Participates in development of protocols to support established standards.
• Improves operation and monitoring of standard and advanced features.
• Participates in development of processes and interface requirements.
• Participates in data development and definition of acceptance criteria.
• Creates, develops and maintains software code working in an agile environment.
• Evolves software solutions that meet product functionality and quality needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, schedules and adherence to program goals and principles.
• Analyzes and reviews system requirements.
• Uses requirement and other design documents to gain overall understanding of the functionality of the new or enhanced application.
• Participates in the design, architecture and build phases, to aim at producing high quality deliverables.
• Provides recommendations on product and development environment improvements.
• Reviews and maintains sprint tasks and issue tracking for products.
• Maintains and supports existing and develops web-based prototypes, applications and tools.
• Effectively resolves problems, roadblocks and basic problems as they occur.
• Gathers and updates necessary information and communicates to appropriate parties.
• Coordinates cross-functionally to accomplish activities.
• Interacts with internal and external peers and/or managers to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities.
• Identifies and determines likely reasons for problematic causes.
• Prepares accurate documentation and communication to effectively facilitate elimination of problems / roadblocks as they occur and create efficient fixes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field of study OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 4 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field.
• Knowledge of coding web or mobile applications.
• Knowledge of Agile.
• Willing to travel up to 10 % of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• DevOps.
• Skilled in scripting like Bash, Python, Ruby etc.
• Working knowledge of Automation software like Chef, Puppet, Terraform, Ansible etc.
• Working knowledge of deployments using Containers/Dockers, CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to Cloud technologies like Azure, AWS or GCP and Linux.
• Web/backend Developer.
• Skilled in programming languages, such as Java, Node, .Net, JavaScript, HTML, or other languages.
• Working knowledge of modern UI frameworks like React and Angular JS.
• Knowledgeable in server side relational (Oracle, MySQL) or NoSQL (Mongo) database technologies.
• Exposure to Cloud technologies - Azure, AWS, Google Cloud or Cloud Foundry.
• Mobile iOS - Knowledge of Swift, SwiftUI programming language.
• Mobile Android - Knowledge of Kotlin Programming language.
• Data & Analytics - Knowledge of .Net or C#.
• Knowledge of building analytics solutions in any cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Experience in SQL, Java or Python programming.
• Skilled in scripting languages such as JavaScript and proficient in using TypeScript for scalable, maintainable code development.
• Knowledge in Azure cloud technologies like Data Flow, Data Bricks, Azure Synapse, Power BI Analytics.
• Experience in any of reporting tools like Power BI, Business objects, Cognos or Tableau.