Manager, Software Engineering - Full Stack Development

$127,100 - $216,100/Yr

Walgreens Boots Alliance - Deerfield, IL

Full-time - Manager

Deerfield, IL

5,001-10,000 employees

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The Manager of Software Engineering - Full Stack Development at Walgreens is responsible for leading a team of software engineers to deliver desired functionality for digital content, products, and services. This role involves managing the development, testing, and implementation of software solutions, ensuring they meet specifications and are delivered on time and within budget. The manager will also oversee the analysis, design, and programming of applications, while fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and mentoring staff for professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Manages a team of software engineers responsible for providing desired functionality to assigned digital content, products, or services.
• Manages the development, testing, and implementation of software that meets established specifications on time and within budget.
• Analyzes and investigates applications engineering tasks and prepares design specifications, analysis, and recommendations.
• Manages the activities of software development, enhancements, and new products including cloud-based or internet-related programs.
• Oversees the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of computer programs for commercial or end-user applications.
• Ensures that features deployed have technical integrity and stability.
• Understands short and long-term goals and objectives and recommends technical solutions and services.
• May develop budget for functional area and manages budget to plan.
• Stays abreast of industry leading best practices and brings them to the attention of the leadership team for innovative application.
• Develops partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to meet business needs.
• Allocates available resources to meet operating objectives.
• Develops and mentors staff through onboarding, open communication, training and development opportunities, and performance management processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and at least 4 years of experience as a software engineer or developer, or a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience as a software engineer or developer.
• Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices, or mobile applications, or deployment automation.
• Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices.
• Experience working across multiple and disparate teams.
• Experience working in and leading agile teams.
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership, and/or cross-functional team leadership.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience writing code for moderately complex applications.
• Experience writing automation test or deployment scripts.
• Experience developing or maintaining Cloud Native or mobile native applications.
• Experience designing/building moderately complex applications/automation.
• Experience identifying operational issues and recommending/implementing strategies to resolve.
• Previous experience as a full stack developer ranging from front end user interfaces to backend systems.
• Expert level knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations.
• Proficiency in design, development, security & scalability of high-volume services implementation in Java, Node/Typescript, .Net, or Python.
• Hands on with modern UI frameworks like React, with excellent knowledge of client-side security & front-end patterns.
• Demonstratable experience of design, development, query & database optimization of distributed SQL & NoSQL databases.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $127,100 - $216,100.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• 401k retirement savings plan with company matching.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Employee discounts on products and services.