Senior Engineer Software - Java [T500-23658]

About Albertsons Companies Inc.:

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons Companies India:

At Albertsons Companies India, we're not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we're cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the companys technology journey to support millions of customers lives every day.

At the Albertsons Companies India, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons Companies India associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being

Position Title: Engineer Software - Java

Job Description:

Roles & responsibilities:

• Design & Develop APIs using Java, Spring Boot, Rest (WebFlux for reactive services), adhering to clean architecture, modular design, and testable code.
• Build Reactive Microservices with Project Reactor/Spring WebFlux, ensuring backpressure, resilience, and high throughput for event-driven or streaming use cases.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to translate business requirements into elegant, user-centered solutions.
• Implement data pipelines and service integration with SQL / NoSQL. Write efficient SQL for querying, aggregating, and optimizing analytical workloads; ensure proper partitioning and clustering strategies.
• Containerize applications (Docker) and deploy to AKS using Kubernetes manifests/Helm; manage services, ingress, config maps, secrets, and horizontal pod autoscaling.
• Add logging, metrics, and distributed tracing (Micrometer + Prometheus/Grafana).
• Secure services with OAuth2/OpenID Connect (Spring Security), API keys, secrets management, and least-privilege IAM in Azure/GCP.
• Work cross-functionally with data engineers, SREs, and product teams; write clear technical documentation.
• Participate in the full development lifecycle including design reviews, code reviews, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization.

Experience Required:

• 1-3 Yrs professional experience in backend development with Java 17+ and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on with Reactive programming (Project Reactor, Spring WebFlux) and asynchronous patterns.
• Experience on Messaging/streaming: Kafka, or Pub/Sub model.
• Strong SQL skills: joins, query optimization; experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL Server).
• Practical experience integrating with Google BigQuery (Java SDKs, connectors, schema design, partitioning, clustering).
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker; deploying and operating services on AKS (kubectl, Helm, basic networking).
• Experience building RESTful APIs and using JSON; familiarity with API versioning and contract-first design (OpenAPI/Swagger).
• CI/CD experience (Git-based workflows, unit/integration testing, artifact management).
• Solid understanding of cloud-native patterns, observability, and resilience.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to own features from design to production support

Mandatory Skills:

• Java 17+, Spring Boot, Springwebflux
• Cloud-native patterns.
• NOSQL DB (MongoDB / Cassandra)
• Microservices
• React.js
• Kubernetes OR Docker
• AWS or GCP or Azure

Additional Skills Required:

• Design Pattern / Solutioning / Problem Solving
• Distributing Computing (Spark / Databricks)
• GraphQL APIs
• GitHub Copilot or similar

Secondary Skills:

• React Native experience,