Principal Software Engineer II

Principal Software Engineer II

Job ID 1765238BR

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Job Summary

Walgreens is seeking a Principal Software Engineer II to serve as a senior technical authority and hands-on engineering leader supporting highly strategic Digital and Store technology platforms within the Retail Consumer and Digital organization.

This role is responsible for architecting, designing, building, and troubleshooting complex distributed systems that power Walgreens’ online, mobile, and store technology ecosystems. The position plays a key role in driving engineering excellence, modern architecture practices, and the adoption of AI-assisted development tools across the software development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong hands-on engineering capability, including writing code, reviewing designs, debugging production issues, analyzing thread or memory dumps, and helping engineering teams resolve complex technical challenges.

This role will work closely with engineering leadership, architects, and product teams to design scalable, resilient systems and unblock teams working on mission-critical platforms.

This position is based in Deerfield, Illinois and follows a hybrid work model requiring four days per week in the office.

Job Responsibilities

Implements activities that impact the critical directions of the organization. Typically assigned to the most critical and strategic / complex / high risk undertakings.

Writes code that establishes coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have no precedent. Leads in developing the technical "vision" and design specifications for assigned projects and oversees implementation.

Interacts with internal and external peers and management to develop unprecedented solutions that affect several departments.

Uses professional concepts in developing resolution to critical issues and broad design matters.

Owns the development and rollout for an entire product, or large project. Champions process (Scrum, TDD, etc.).

Recognized internally and externally as an expert in the field. Determines leading edge technical / business approaches and/or develops major new technical tools.

Works on assignments / objectives that regularly require the use of innovation

Works on issues that impact design/selling success or address future concepts, products or technologies.

Evangelizes new ideas, technologies and solutions to gain acceptance from a wide range of audiences.

Creates formal networks with key decision makers and serves as external spokesperson for the organization.

Writes tech specs and identifies risks before starting major projects.

Goes above and beyond to reduce complexity.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 11 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field

Experience writing code for highly complex and strategic online applications, microservices or mobile applications

Experience in algorithms, systems, architecture and bits-and-bytes

Experience with programming languages important to the organization and has in-depth knowledge of Unix/Linux, C++ or Java or Node and Service Oriented Architecture

Experience leading cross-functional teams and mentoring individual contributors

At least 5 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.

At least 5 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross- functional team leadership.

Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Experience building large-scale digital or e-commerce platforms

Experience supporting Android/mobile ecosystems

Experience designing and operating cloud-native platforms (Azure or AWS)

Experience with container platforms and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience working in Agile or product-centric development environments

Experience building highly resilient and observable systems

Experience leading cross-organization technical initiatives

Experience simplifying complex systems and reducing technical debt across large engineering environments

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits

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Salary Range: $150000 - $240,625.00 / Salaried

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years or High School Diploma/GED with 11+ years in Engineering or Software Engineering
• Proficient in coding complex applications, algorithms, Unix/Linux, C++, Java, Node, and Service Oriented Architecture
• 5+ years leadership experience, including mentoring and financial decision-making, with willingness to travel up to 10%