Staff Engineer Software - Full Stack [T500-29887]

About Albertsons Companies Inc.:

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 Companies India:

At Albertsons Companies India, 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 Companies India, 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 Companies India 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.

We are excited to announce an opening for Staff Engineer Software at ACI. Please find below the details of the role and its responsibilities.

Position Title: Staff Software Engineer

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across the design and delivery of AI-native, customer-facing applications. You will shape the architecture, engineering practices, and technical direction for systems that span frontend experiences, backend services, APIs, data platforms, and AI capabilities.

This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking and organizational influence. Success is measured not only by the systems you build, but by the engineering practices you establish, the teams you enable, and the long-term technical health of the platform.

As a Staff Engineer, you will partner with engineering leaders, product managers, designers, architects, and AI specialists to solve complex technical challenges, guide architectural decisions, and establish scalable patterns that accelerate delivery across multiple teams.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Lead the technical architecture and evolution of full-stack applications spanning web, mobile, backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Drive the design of scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable systems that support current and future business needs.
• Establish architectural standards, engineering patterns, and best practices across multiple teams.
• Lead the decomposition of complex business problems into scalable technical solutions.
• Design reusable platforms, shared services, and developer frameworks that improve engineering velocity.
• Drive modernization initiatives that simplify systems, reduce technical debt, and improve operational excellence.
• Partner with product, UX, security, infrastructure, and data teams to align technical solutions with business strategy.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance on cross-team initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads, helping raise engineering capability across the organization.
• Improve engineering productivity through automation, platform engineering, and responsible adoption of AI-assisted development.
• Champion software quality through strong testing strategies, observability, performance optimization, and operational excellence.
• Influence technology strategy, roadmap planning, and long-term architectural investments.

AI-Native Engineering Expectations:

Staff Engineers are expected to shape how engineering teams use AI to improve software delivery while maintain…