Senior Platform Engineer I

Walgreens; United States; On-site; USD 102,800 - 164,400; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking a Senior Software Engineer I to design and build scalable, cloud-native platform services. You will automate infrastructure and pipelines, integrate observability, and collaborate with security, operations, and engineering teams to improve developer experience and platform reliability.

The role emphasizes Azure-based automation, IaC, and continuous improvement across delivery pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 4+ years in software engineering, or 7+ years with a HS diploma.
• Experience building cloud-native platform services and automation.
• Proven ability to create and maintain automation, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC scripts.

Responsibilities

• Design platform services, APIs, and automation frameworks for scalable delivery.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/Bicep to automate cloud provisioning.
• Develop reusable tools to improve developer productivity and self-service.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to integrate best practices into platforms.
• Support AKS and containerized workloads, improving deployment patterns.
• Contribute to observability with logging, monitoring, and alerting.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Identify opportunities to automate and optimize system performance.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Programming languages

CI/CD

Automation

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Software

High School Diploma + 7 years exp

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Harness

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Software Engineer I will be responsible for building, automating, and enhancing platform capabilities that enable scalable, reliable, and efficient software delivery. This role focuses on developing cloud-native solutions, integrating DevOps automation, and codifying infrastructure, pipelines, and platform services. The engineer will partner closely with application, observability, operations, and security teams to improve developer experience, accelerate delivery, and ensure platform reliability. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering fundamentals, experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, and a passion for automation, reusable services, and continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and develop platform services, APIs, and automation frameworks that enable scalable and reliable application delivery.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to support continuous integration, testing, and deployment.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep) to automate provisioning and management of cloud resources.
• Develop reusable tools and services to improve developer productivity and platform self-service capabilities.
• Collaborate with application, observability, operations, and security teams to integrate best practices into platform solutions.
• Support containerized workloads and Kubernetes (AKS preferred), improving deployment patterns and platform stability.
• Contribute to observability solutions, including logging, monitoring, and alerting to ensure system reliability.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and troubleshooting to ensure high-quality, maintainable software.
• Continuously identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve system performance and scalability.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or similar field OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field
• Experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or similar field
• Experience writing code for moderately complex applications
• Experience with programming languages for online applications, microservices or mobile applications
• Experience designing/building moderately complex applications/automation
• Experience writing automation test or deployment scripts
• Experience creating coding/scripting solutions to fix moderately complex problems
• Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems
• At least 1 year 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

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps-focused development roles.
• Strong programming experience in one or more languages such as Python, Java, or C#.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep), including state management and state import, and cloud platforms such as Azure.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes (AKS preferred) and containerized application development.
• Experience with Internal Developer Platforms such as Harness.
• Understanding of DevOps principles, automation practices, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices and cloud security fundamentals.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment.

Salary

Salary Range: $102800 - $164400 / Salaried

Equal Employment Opportunity

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