Engineering Manager

Company: Albertsons Companies
Location: Plano
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

About the company Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. With a fixation on innovation and building culture, our team is rallying our company around a unique vision: forging a retail winner that is admired for national strength, deep roots in the communities we serve, and a team that has passion for food and delivering great service. Albertsons is one of the largest retail employers, providing approximately 300,000 jobs across 2,200 stores, 22 distribution centers, 20 food and beverage plants and various support offices. We operate in 34 states and the District of Columbia under the Albertsons banner, as well as Safeway, Tom Thumb, Jewel Osco, Shaw---s and many more recognizable names. What you will be doing The Engineering Manager will manage and lead the Dev Platform, APIM and Enterprise CICD platform and be responsible for delivery and engineering excellence. This position requires deep technology expertise across these disciplines leveraging advanced leadership skills to influence, guide and ensure our development patterns, technologies and practices are flexible, governed, measured and are kept in alignment across a complex technology base. Superior negotiating, communication and influencing skills are mandatory. This position is located in Pleasanton, California or Dallas, TX. Main responsibilities -- Work closely with their Director to ensure that they clearly understand the business priorities and are working on the right project. -- Accountable for the successful delivery (on-time, on-budget, w/ highest quality) of multiple Products (Dev Platform, APIM, Integration projects) across different tools and technologies. -- Provide technical leadership and direction to design and build Platform components, as per the requirements for -- Ensure alignment with the company's standards and procedures and propose optimizations for existing processes to expedite day to day job. -- Should be data and metrics oriented. -- Work closely with other teams to capture and understand their future needs in advance. -- Foster a strong vendor partnership that encourages collaboration and offers improvement opportunities for functionality, reliability and cost savings. -- Provide team members with an environment of coaching, mentoring, feedback and staff development. -- Hire, coach, train, and lead a high caliber and diverse team of professional technology specialists who will provide development expertise and guidance across IT -- Lead efforts to ensure the workplace environment supports a highly motivated and effective workforce focused on continuous improvement and best practices. What we are searching for -- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or related field of study -- 6 years of experience in developing and delivering quality Software. -- 5 years of experience leading effective development teams that are both technical and functional -- 5 years of experience in Azure Cloud, APIM, leading and building solutions with Kafka, API, Microservices, Kubernetes and Spring Boot. -- 5 years in Product/Agile delivery and provide guidance to the team to better plan, prioritize and delivery with quality. -- Preferred - Certified Azure Cloud Developer certifications or Azure DevOps certification. -- Must have a 5 years of hands-on development experience in past. -- Proven ability to deliver against project schedules and timelines with quality -- Demonstrated ability to proactively manage to key objectives of the costs and benefits associated with the implementation and operation of technology services -- Ability to build team and maintain positive working relationships of the team across the company -- Ability to communicate at both a technical and executive level -- Results oriented, willing to take responsibility and accept accountability for action -- Strong communication and leadership skills with the demonstrated ability to lead and influence IT professionals across the enterprise -- Comfortable with ambiguity as needs change on a regular basis with a high degree of initiative and sense of urgency -- Excellent oral and written skills with the ability to interact with senior management, technical subject matter experts, and business customers are all essential in this role -- Ability to work on multiple initiatives and projects simultaneously Technology: Azure Cloud, APIM, App Gateway, Microservices, Kubernetes, Containerization, Event Driven Architecture, Spring Boot, API Development. What it is like at Albertsons? Albertsons Culture Principles Compassion : We always treat each other with kindness and respect Team : We always support and recognize each other Inclusive : We always value everyone---s perspective Learning : We always strive to grow and develop ourselves and others Competitive : We always act with integrity to win over the customer Ownership : We always take actions to drive our success

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