Job Title:Software Engineer - Azure
Location:Chicago
Salary:$95,000 - $150,000 + bonus + benefits

The Company

A well-known American pharmacy store chain operating as a subsidiary of one of the largest pharmacy retailers in the United States. Primarily selling prescription and over-the-counter medications, health and wellness products, beauty and personal care items, household essentials, and photo services. In addition to its retail stores, the company also offers pharmacy services such as prescription filling, immunizations, health screenings, and medication management services. It has a widespread presence across the United States, with thousands of stores in various locations, including urban centers, suburban areas, and rural communities.

Job Details

This role performs and implements activities that impacts processes of specified functional areas of the business software products OR Digital/Online application in an Agile environment.

Job Responsibilities:

Writes code that meets specifications. Develops software applications and tools.
Completes programming and performs testing and debugging applications
Develops software applications and tools using Agile development methodologies.
Participates actively in the design, architecture and build phases, to aim at producing high quality deliverables, working with existing architects where appropriate.
Participates in the evaluation of compatibility of programs with existing communications hardware and software features. Develops professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.
Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
Builds productive internal/external working relationships.
Receives general instructions on routine work, detailed instructions on new projects or assignments. Usually works with some supervision, conferring with superiors on unusual or complex matters
Demonstrates proficiency in several areas of the professional function.
Has working knowledge of programming languages important to the organization
Effectively resolves problems and roadblocks as they occur. Has working knowledge of programming languages important to the organization.
Interacts with internal and external peers and/or managers to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities.
Acts as individual contributor as well as team member
Utilizes experience in order to identify problematic relationships.
Anticipates, prevents and eliminates problems and creates efficient fixes.
Gathers and updates necessary information and communicates to appropriate parties.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree and at least 2 years of Engineering, Software Engineering or similar field experience OR High School/ GED and at least 4 years of Engineering, Software Engineering or similar field experience
Experience writing code for applications or automation
Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices, APIs or mobile applications
Experience building, testing applications or automation
Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
Experience creating coding solutions to fix moderate problems/issues
Willing to travel up to 5% of the time for business purposes (domestically and/or internationally).

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or similar field
Experience working in an Agile environment
At least 2 years of progressively complex related experience.
Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems

DevOps

2+ years of on experience is Deployment automation for various applications IaaS, PaaS platforms
2+ years of hands-on experience in automation software like Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform or equivalent
Good knowledge of GIT workflows and Repo management
Excellent knowledge in implement of CI/CD pipelines for Cloud deployments using containers/Docker
Working knowledge of Kubernetes and microservices architecture and other DevOps tooling and Linux environments
Working knowledge or experience of software development for Web and Mobile applications in agile environments

Web/backend Developer

Previous experience with full stack development ranging from front-end user interfaces to back-end systems
Proficient in back-end languages like Java, Node/Typescript, .NET, Python etc. with exposure to performance optimization of high traffic & scalable services
Hands on with modern UI frameworks like React with good knowledge of front-end design pattern (stateless components, conditional rendering, controlled components, hooks etc.)
Excellent knowledge of distributed SQL (e.g., Oracle, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) design & consumption patterns
Have an exposure to implementation, capacity planning & performance tuning of Cloud technologies Azure (ACS, AKS), Google, IBM, AWS or Cloud Foundry
Knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations

Mobile Developer

2 years of Mobile App development experience and hands on skills in Swift, SwiftUI, Objective C ( iOS)
2 Years of Mobile App development experience and hands-on skills in Kotlin ( Android)
Experience in building client applications consuming JSON based on APIs
Knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations
Software Engineer in Test
3+ years of experience as an SDET, Developer, or strong Automation Engineer
Experience developing automation in at least one OO language - Java, C#/C++, Python or web based technologies
Proven experience creating automation frameworks and tools to support test automation
Experience working in a Microservices based architecture in a cloud native environment

Data & Analytics

2 years of experience in integrating, transforming and consolidating data from various structured and unstructured data systems for building analytics solutions in any cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS or GCP
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as Cosmos, Cassandra
2 years of Experience in SQL, Java or Python programming
Experience in Data Pipeline and integration workflow management tools: Talend, Store Proc, Change Data Capture (CDC), Spark & Azure API
Experience identifying operational issues and recommending fixes to resolve problems
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