Senior Software Engineer

Category/Area of Expertise:
IT & Technology
Job Requisition:
436156
Address:
USA-IL-Chicago-300 South Riverside Plaza
Store Code:
HF FL Development (5158242)
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
We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Order Capture organization, focused on building resilient, scalable, and high-performance cloud-native systems that power our e-commerce experiences. This role is backend-leaning but ideal for a full-stack engineer who is comfortable contributing to front-end development when needed.
You will partner with cross-functional engineering teams to design, build, and deliver software solutions that power critical consumer-facing order flows. Given strategic objectives, you will independently drive solutions aligned with industry best practices and enterprise standards.
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.
Duties And Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend services and APIs that support critical order-processing workflows across web and mobile.
• Build front-end components and internal dashboards using modern JavaScript frameworks as needed.
• Develop comprehensive automated test suites (unit, integration, contract, E2E) to ensure software quality and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize production systems while driving continuous performance and reliability improvements.
• Create clear technical documentation, architectural diagrams, runbooks, and onboarding guides.
• Build and enhance observability (metrics, logs, traces) using APM tools such as Datadog, New Relic, or Splunk.
• Provide on-call support as part of a rotation, partnering with teams through PagerDuty for incident response and resolution.
• Collaborate with QA, SRE, and Operations teams to ensure service readiness, operational excellence, and smooth deployments.
• Implement robust CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices that enable safe, automated releases across environments.
• Use agentic AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, IDE agents) to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and documentation workflows.
• Contribute to AI-assisted development workflows, including automation patterns and model deployment pipelines integrated into CI/CD.
• Collaborate with product managers and the engineering team during discovery, refinement, and grooming of Jira stories to shape meaningful, well-scoped work.
• Partner with architecture and cross-domain teams to design scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Influence team members through strong engineering judgment, communication, and domain knowledge.
• Mentor junior engineers, promote best practices, and support continuous improvement across the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience.
• 6+ years of experience building and delivering scalable software systems.
• Strong proficiency in backend technologies such as Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot.
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., Vue.js, React, Node.js, Nuxt.js).
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cosmos DB).
• Proven experience designing and developing microservices and API-driven backend systems.
• Deep understanding of software design patterns and distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with agentic AI systems and MCP-based integrations is a strong plus.
• Hands-on experience using GitHub Copilot or LLM-based tools for accelerating development.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• Experience building observability into systems using Datadog, New Relic, or Splunk.
• Strong Agile/Scrum/Kanban expertise using tools like Jira and GitHub.
• Background in e-commerce or transactional systems (cart, checkout, payments, order lifecycle) is a plus
• Proven ability to improve reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Experience with best security practices: PCI, tokenization, secrets management, OWASP.
• Expertise event-driven architectures (Kafka), idempotency, and processing guarantees.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with order lifecycle management
• Experience with agentic AI systems and MCP tool integrations.
• Experience using Karate for service testing.
• Effective communicator who can clearly articulate technical ideas.
• Ability to lead through influence and mentor less-experienced engineers.
• Demonstrates sound judgment in selecting technologies, patterns, and approaches.
• Performance tuning and optimization to meet strict SLAs.
• Familiarity with GraphQL, including building or consuming GraphQL APIs.

Salary Range: $125,040 - $187,560
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.
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.