Lead Software Engineer

Filetwigbay; Florida; On-site; USD 147,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Benefits package

Job summary

Walgreens in Hialeah, FL is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own high-throughput data workloads and tame legacy REST APIs. The role offers a substantial salary range and mentorship within a strong engineering team at Walgreens.

You will drive a quiet-excellent JavaScript rewrite and deliver lead-level features while maintaining data integrity across Time Management stores. This on-site role emphasizes responsibility and technical debt reduction.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Extensive experience with REST APIs.
• Proficient in JavaScript/Express.js.
• 9+ years of relevant work experience.
• Ability to own non-glamorous mid-stage work.

Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput Walgreens workloads.
• Ship the JavaScript quietly-excellent rewrite that pays down years of Walgreens technical debt.
• Deliver lead-quality features within the $147,000 - $211,000 Lead Software Engineer mandate.
• Own data integrity across Walgreens's Time Management stores so Hialeah numbers never lie.
• Reach into legacy REST API modules and leave them cleaner than you found them.

Skills

Written communication

Express.js

Integrity

9+ years experience

Freelance project ownership

Tools

Express.js

REST API

Job description

Walgreens keeps a small, opinionated engineering team in Hialeah, and the next opinion we need belongs to a Lead Software Engineer. Rare is the lead opening that pairs $147,000 - $211,000 with the freedom to shape technology work the way this Hialeah one does.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput Walgreens workloads
• Ship the JavaScript quietly-excellent rewrite that pays down years of Walgreens technical debt
• Deliver lead-quality features within the $147,000 - $211,000 Lead Software Engineer mandate
• Own data integrity across Walgreens's Time Management stores so Hialeah numbers never lie
• Reach into legacy REST API modules and leave them cleaner than you found them

What You'll Bring

• Equal parts Written Communication depth and Express.js curiosity
• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a freelance project
• Strong working knowledge of Written Communication and REST API
• Judgment seasoned by at least 9 years of real consequences
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first

At Walgreens, our mission is to make technology simpler, faster, and more accessible for everyone in Hialeah, FL and beyond. Inclusion isn't a poster on the Hialeah, FL wall; it's who gets pulled into the room and heard.

At $147,000 - $211,000, with mentorship and a benefits suite to match, this Lead Software Engineer seat at Walgreens is built for people who want to rise.

As of right now, Walgreens is still reading every resume that lands here.

We're looking for the person who reads technology job posts and thinks I could fix that.