Senior Staff Engineer Software [T500-29792]

About Albertsons Companies Inc. (ACI):

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers’ problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons India Capability Center:

At Albertsons India Capability Center, we’re not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we’re cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the company’s technology journey to support millions of customers’ lives every day.

At the Albertsons India Capability Center, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons India Capability Center, associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being.

Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer:

• 9+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of owning architecture across frontend, backend and platform.

ROLE SUMMARY:

As a Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer you will do everything expected of a Senior Full Stack Engineer, plus lead Architecture & Solutioning across the organization. You will own end-to-end system architecture across frontend, backend and platform, design solutions for complex business problems, set engineering standards, lead technology and build-vs-buy decisions, and provide technical leadership across teams while mentoring senior engineers.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Core Delivery (includes all Senior-level responsibilities):

• Everything in the Senior Full Stack Engineer role: end-to-end feature and service ownership, module/service design, performance/scalability/security decisions, and on-call/production ownership

Architecture & Solutioning:

• Own end-to-end system architecture across frontend, backend and platform
• Lead architecture for scalable AI backend platforms(multi-service workflows, tool layer, retrieval, evaluation/monitoring)
• Design solutions for complex business problems
• Write architecture decision records (ADRs) and technical design documents
• Choose technologies and build frameworks, including frontend component library/design system foundations
• Make distributed systems, microservices, event-driven, cloud and infrastructure design decisions
• Plan scalability, reliability, observability and security architecture (SLOs, capacity planning, AuthN/AuthZ, multi-tenant isolation)
• Engage with stakeholders and clients on solutions.

Cross-Team Leadership:

• Provide technical leadership across teams
• Define engineering standards (workflow reliability, testing strategy, accessibility, review discipline)
• Lead build-vs-buy decisions
• Reduce tech debt through planned refactoring and architecture evolution
• Mentor senior engineers

MUST-HAVE:

Frontend:

• Strong production experience with React + TypeScript (hooks, routing, React architecture)
• Tailwind CSS at scale — consistent patterns and reusable UI primitives
• Testing with React Testing Library, Jest/Vitest and Playwright E2E, integrated in CI
• State and caching with React Query/SWR and Zustand/Redux Toolkit
• Accessibility standards (WCAG)
• Deep frontend architecture expertise: feature modules, routing, reusable component library/design system
• Testing strategy at scale: React Testing Library + Playwright in CI, flake reduct…