Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Engineering

H-E-B Digital is seeking new team members (Partners)! Since our inception, we’ve been investing heavily in our customers’ digital experience, reinventing how they find inspiration from food, how they make food decisions, and how they ultimately get food into their homes. This is an exciting time to join H-E-B Digital, and we’re hiring across the stack: front-end web and mobile, full-stack, and backend engineering. We’re using the best available technologies to deliver modern, engaging, reliable, and scalable experiences to meet the needs of our growing audience. Our digital solutions are growing in popularity and adoption—like Curbside and Home Delivery—so you’ll get the opportunity to define the user experience for millions of customers and hundreds of thousands of Partners. If you’re someone who enjoys taking on new challenges, working in a rapidly changing environment, learning new skills, and applying it all to solve large and impactful business problems, we want you as part of our team.

Our Partners thrive The H-E-B Way. In the Staff Software Engineer job, that means you have a...

HEART FOR PEOPLE... you can organize multiple engineers, negotiate solutions, and provide upward communication
HEAD FOR BUSINESS... you consistently demonstrate and uphold the standards of codding, infrastructure, and process
PASSION FOR RESULTS... you’re capable of high-velocity contributions in multiple technical domains

What you’ll do at HEB:

As part of the Foundational Technology – Cloud Engineering team you would play a key role in the efforts that have an immediate impact on the day-to-day efficiency of IT operations by optimizing cloud resources in AWS, Azure & GCP, improving deployment processes, and enhancing overall system performance.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in the efforts that will take our cloud platforms to the next level. We are looking for an Engineer who is deeply knowledgeable as a Cloud Architect and with a strong focus on cloud networking, multi-cloud technology and with an ability to articulate the cloud value proposition in both technical and financial aspects. Being a member of the Cloud Engineering Team, you’d be part of a skilled and motivated team - designing, building, maintaining, and improving the automation of reporting cloud cost and optimization opportunities across our public cloud. As a Cloud Staff Software Engineer, you will be an integral member of the team continuously innovating and improving our cloud network and security posture, while helping to drive a culture of best practice and accountability and across H-E-B engineering in the cloud.

What you’ll do

• Provide technical leadership and guidance around architectural best practices that help elevate performance, reliability, operations and security as pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
• Influence and help achieve our enterprise infrastructure strategy and goals across all of H-E-B Digital
• Provide strong problem-solving skills and experience in resolving cloud-related issues
• Design and implement strategies for using multiple cloud providers
• Run architectural design sessions to build a plan for implementing solutions
• Collaborate cross-functionally, manage and optimize for seamless integrations across cloud infrastructure components
• Focusing on automation & infrastructure development to build out scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions using multiple cloud platforms
• Coaching and mentoring other engineers in techniques, architecture, processes, and new technologies; enabling others to succeed
• Creating documentation and training related to technology stacks and standard

Who You Are

• Have strong infrastructure architecture experience using multiple cloud platforms, such as AWS, GCP, Azure as well as on-premises infrastructure
• Have in-depth knowledge of DNS services, including Route 53, Azure DNS, and other cloud-native DNS solutions
• Exceptional understanding of multi-cloud networking principles, VPCs, subnets, security groups, and network ACLs
• Have mastery of one or more programming languages (we use Python, Go, Java, and Typescript primarily) as well as frameworks and design patterns
• Have a passion for architectural engineering and maximizing the of the clouds. Our mission is to get the most value of every dollar spent in the cloud
• Experienced with collaboration and analysis of new service offerings with different cloud vendors
• Strong database knowledge and proven experience with data analysis, database design, data visualization and data ETL processes
• Exceptional analytical, communication, conceptual thinking, and problem-solving capabilities
• Have a solid understanding of infrastructure as code (we use Terraform), and are comfortable managing resource lifecycles with these tools
• Are familiar with consuming as well as designing/implementing RESTful APIs
• Comfortable working in an agile environment, using modern development methodologies and processes
• Have at least 4+ years of experience as a Senior Software Cloud Engineer or Architect
• Have 7+ years of application development experience
• Have a related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience

Nice to haves

• Familiarity with Kubernetes or other container orchestration technologies
• Cloud Architect/Network Certifications

What are the Perks?

• A robust Benefits plan with coverage starting Day One
• Dental, vision, life, and other insurance plans; flexible spending accounts; short term / long term disability coverage - Partner Care Team, for any time you have healthcare or coverage questions
• Telehealth offers 24/7 access to board-certified doctors by phone
• Partner Guidance allows free counselor visits
• Funeral leave, jury duty, and military pay (subject to applicable law)
• Maternal / paternal leave for new parents, including adoptions
• 10% off H-E-B brand products in-store and online
• Eligibility to participate in 401(k)
• Opportunity to become a “Partner-Owner” after 12 months

Who We Are

H-E-B is one of the largest, independently owned food retailers in the nation, operating over 400 stores throughout Texas and Mexico, with annual sales generating over $25 billion
We hire talented people (109,000+ Partners), and give them autonomy to be creative in how they impact the business
We’re a Partner-driven company with a Bold Promise – Because People Matter
We embrace Diversity and Inclusion as core values, and support them with thriving company-wide programs
We’re a truly original Texas-based company that created the Spirit of Giving to help Texas communities every day
Once eligible, our Partners become Owners in the company. “Partner-owned” means our most important resources— People—drive the innovation, growth, and success that make H-E-B The Greatest Retailing Company

Hiring in San Antonio or Austin locations!

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