Backend Engineer: Azure, C#, Mentorship & Remote Options

Walgreens Co.; Rockford (IL); Remote; USD 64,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Remote work options

Job summary

Walgreens Co. in Rockford, IL is recruiting a Backend Developer to own and evolve mission-critical services. This mid-level role emphasizes hands-on ownership, mentorship, and growth within a safety-focused engineering culture.

The position supports Azure-based backend services using C#, with exposure to Terraform, Next.js, and Nginx telemetry. Remote options are available, and the team collaborates closely with cross-functional partners on full-time projects.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience delivering in a full-time role
• Strong prioritization when multiple items are labeled urgent
• Attention to mission-critical details and quality
• Ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
• Judgment from at least 4 years of real-world impact
• Experience mentoring or supporting mid-level teammates

Responsibilities

• Apply Terraform to solve safety-first engineering challenges
• Reverse-engineer the Next.js format Walgreens inherited and undocumented
• Keep the Coaching build pipeline green for Rockford deployments
• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver full-time projects
• Optimize backend performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Tune database queries and schemas for Walgreens workloads
• Pull Nginx telemetry into actionable dashboards for leaders
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services on Azure using C#

Skills

Mentoring

Prioritization

Experimentation

Deadline management

Tools

Next.js

Terraform

Azure

C#

Nginx

SQL

Job description

Walgreens Co. in Rockford, IL is recruiting a Backend Developer to own and evolve mission-critical services. This mid-level role emphasizes hands-on ownership, mentorship, and growth within a safety-focused engineering culture.

The position supports Azure-based backend services using C#, with exposure to Terraform, Next.js, and Nginx telemetry. Remote options are available, and the team collaborates closely with cross-functional partners on full-time projects.