Company Name: Kroger General Office
Position Type: Employee
FLSA Status: Exempt
Line of Business: Enterprise Retail Systems

See what life is like at Kroger Technology

at https://www.kroger.com/livekt

Additional Technology Information:

Technical Skill Set:

• Proficient in web development using Azure Cloud
• Experience in infrastructure as code
• Strong proficiency in React and NextJS for building data-intensive applications
• Experience with micro front-end frameworks
• Knowledge of DevOps pipelines
• Strong understanding of high throughput applications using Azure Functions

Additional Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Ability to mentor and lead team members

Accountable for proactively leading or supporting software engineering activities that create deliverables that guide the direction, development, and delivery of software solutions that meet business needs. Provide leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design tasks required to deliver critical business solutions. Develop target-state guidance (i.e., reusable standards, design patterns, guidelines, individual parts, and configurations) to evolve the organization's development process. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and, safety.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop a high-quality codebase, lead design discussions, execute development against design, and navigate complex codebase
• Lead the development implementation of technology strategy within a defined set of teams. Executes against defined technology roadmap to support project portfolio and business strategy
• Oversee the implementation of enterprise standards across domains: operations, infrastructure, data, applications, development, security & risk, and business continuance
• Provide technical leadership to ensure clarity between ongoing projects and the strategic objectives of the company
• Drive digital innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and, transform the existing core technology base and IT estate
• Implement high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the current and future state, typically in sync with the budgeting or other capital planning processes
• Present opportunities with cost/benefit analysis to leadership to shape sound architectural decisions
• Lead the analysis of the technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement
• Mentor team members in software development principles, patterns, processes and, practices
• Promote the capture and reuse of intellectual capital, including code objects and components
• Draft and review architectural diagrams, interface specifications, class structures and, other design documents
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a STEM major
• 5+ years of successful and applicable hands-on experience in software or infrastructure development domain and principles, including design patterns and code structure
• 5+ years of a proven track record of designing and delivering large scale, high-quality systems
• 5+ years of successful and applicable experience taking a lead role in building complex software and automation systems that has been successfully delivered to customers
• Strong knowledge of industry trends and industry competition
• Proven ability to think and contribute at the strategic level
• Demonstrated written, oral and, presentation/public speaking communication skills
• Understanding of network and security architecture
• Deep knowledge in a minimum of two of the following technical disciplines: infrastructure and network design, application development, application programming interfaces (APIs), cloud, middleware, servers and storage, database management, and operations

Desired Previous Experience/Education

• Demonstrated capability to build, mentor and maintain an inclusive team-based environment
• Experience building solutions using elastic architectures (preferably Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform)

Education Level: Bachelor's Required
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Full-Time
Shift(s): [[mfield4]]

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Keywords:

Jobs at Kroger: At Kroger, we hire people who have a passion for helping others and who want to build a relationship with our Customers. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Kroger. We look for people who want more, aspire to be more and work hard to achieve their goals. Our focus on keeping the Customer first is what makes us successful. As the largest traditional grocery chain in the U.S. and one of the world's largest retailers, we employee nearly half a million Associates across 35 states. We offer many opportunities not only in our stores, but in Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and many other fields.

Company Overview: Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of banner names. At The Kroger Co., we are Fresh for Everyone™ and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit®. We are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

Posting Notes: OH || Blue Ash || 11450 Grooms Road || 45242 || Kroger General Office || [[mfield2]] || Kroger Technology; Kroger Technology/Digital || Employee || Exempt || Full-Time || None