H-E-B is one of the largest, independently owned food retailers in the nation operating over 400 stores throughout Texas and Mexico, with annual sales generating over $25 billion. Described by industry experts as a daring innovator and smart competitor, H-E-B has led the way with creative new concepts, outstanding service and a commitment to diversity in our workforce, workplace and marketplace. H-E-B offers a wealth of career opportunities to our 109,000+ Partners (employees), competitive compensation and benefits program and comprehensive training that lead to successful careers.  

Since H-E-B Digital Technology's inception, we've been investing heavily in our customers' digital experience, reinventing how they find inspiration from food, how they make food decisions, and how they ultimately get food into their homes. This is an exciting time to join H-E-B Digital--we're using the best available technologies to deliver modern, engaging, reliable, and scalable experiences to meet the needs of our growing audience. If you enjoy taking on new challenges, working in a rapidly changing environment, learning new skills, and applying it all to solve large and impactful business problems, we want you as part of our team.

Our Partners thrive The H-E-B Way. In the Software Engineer II job, that means you have a...
HEART FOR PEOPLE... you're willing to provide support to junior developers
HEAD FOR BUSINESS... you have the skills to effectively deliver code solutions / features
PASSION FOR RESULTS... you can produce quality results with little direct supervision

What you'll do (Design & Development)
- Operate independently with assistance from more experienced developers as needed
- Participate in the full SDLC; including development, estimation, planning, and design
- Deliver moderately complex code solutions
- Contribute to overall system design, architecture, security, scalability, reliability, and performance of applications
- Mentor and provide support to junior developers
- Support the build and deployment pipeline; may assist in diagnosing / solving production support issues
- Support technical design and delivery of complex features across multiple systems as H-E-B improves the user experience
- Help create documentation and training related to technology stacks and standards within assigned team
- Use / contribute to the refinement of Digital Engineering-related tools, standards, and training
- Engage / collaborate with external technical teams to ensure timely, high-quality solutions
- Engage with shared services teams and vendors when necessary
- Provide end-to-end support to applications

Who You Are

-You have experience with Java (preferred), Python, Golang, or Ruby development

-You have experience with cloud technologies such as AWS (Preferred) or GCP

- You have experience with relational databases like MySQL (preferred), Postgres and non-relational databases (nice to have).

- You are familiar with Infrastructure as Code as a concept and related technologies like Terraform and Terragrunt (nice to have)

- You have an ownership mentality and can produce quality results with little direct supervision
- You enjoy learning new technologies as they emerge
- You have a strong understanding of coding standards and design principles / patterns
- You have some experience with common software engineering tools such as Git, JIRA, Confluence, etc.
- You have some experience in / understand Lean Startup or Agile development methodologies
- You have a related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience
- You understand systems architecture technologies, including Android, iOS, Linux, Amazon Web Services, and Docker
- You have 2+ years of application development experience

Who We Are
- H-E-B is one of the largest, independently owned food retailers in the nation, operating over 400 stores throughout Texas and Mexico, with annual sales generating over $26 billion
- We hire talented people (116,000+ Partners), and give them autonomy to be creative in how they impact the business
- We're a Partner-driven company with a Bold Promise - Because People Matter
- We embrace Diversity and Inclusion as core values, and support them with thriving company-wide programs
- We're a truly original Texas-based company that created the Spirit of Giving to help Texas communities every day
- Once eligible, our Partners become Owners in the company. 'Partner-owned' means our most important resources--People--drive the innovation, growth, and success that make H-E-B The Greatest Retailing Company