About H-E-B 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.

The Transportation Systems Team is responsible for full lifecycle management of systems designed for inbound and outbound transportation visibility, Transportation analysis & optimization and Transportation resource planning.

Our Partners thrive The H-E-B Way. In the Lead Systems Developer job, that means you have a…

HEART FOR PEOPLE… you can organize multiple Developers, negotiate solutions, and provide upward communication

HEAD FOR BUSINESS… you consistently demonstrate and uphold standards of developing, infrastructure, and process

PASSION FOR RESULTS… you’re capable of high-velocity contributions in multiple technical domains

What you'll do (Design & Development)

- Coach / mentor junior Developers in techniques, processes, and new technologies

- Stay ahead of new technologies; assist with plans to keep tech sustainment items current and supported; recommend changes to processes and tools based on industry standards, patterns, and practices

- Support development of COTS systems / SaaS providers’ functional and technical roadmaps

- Support / may lead full-stack infrastructure architecture and design; identify / scope / architect / deliver complex solutions; suggest solutions that consider technology alternatives, impact on affected / adjacent systems, and tradeoffs

- Apply awareness of all affected systems / applications to support implementation, end-to-end system integration, stabilization, and production support transition

- Contribute to the design and implementation of seamless end-to-end business process and system integration, involving both custom-developed and COTS systems. 

- Conduct proposed COTS, SaaS and cloud-based solution technical reviews

- Facilitate technical communications with vendors and Operations teams

- Implement small to medium domain-specific applications to fill gaps between large COTS systems

- Lead team efforts to configure, enhance / update, maintain, test, debug COTS systems / integrations

- Review functional design / requirements to identify and recommend technical risks and obstacles

- Lead efforts to provide accurate duration / effort estimates; ensure technical teams stay on track, on schedule, and on budget

- Support test planning / test case development; identify required technical tasks to support testing; prepare environments to support test execution and training

- Create technical documentation / training for system enhancements and test scenarios

- Design / implement proactive automated system monitoring and alerting solutions; identify engineering tools that facilitate systems management

- Available to provide support during escalation of incidents

- Assist with / support documentation, prioritization, and closure of follow-up action items from significant incidents and recurring incidents

Who You Are

- You have a bachelor of science degree in computer science, or similar education, self-study, or experience

- You have 5+ years of experience configuring, enhancing, and maintaining COTS / SaaS products

- You have relevant domain experience at the ERP and enterprise system level

- You have knowledge of a given system’s technical sustainment factors, and the maintenance and support plan for them

- You understand development methodologies / processes

- You have an awareness of how systems integrate beyond your scope of responsibility

- You have strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

- You have an ownership mentality, and a consistent track record of successful, high-quality results

Experience with the following preferred…

- Manhattan Associates Transportation Management Systems

- Linux, shell scripting

- SQL (Oracle, SQL Server)

- New Relic

- Java (or equivalent custom application development expertise)

- TIBCO

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