Manager Engineering

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.

Position Title: Manager Engineering

Job Description:

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Engineering Manager to lead our eCommerce Search and Catalog engineering teams. This leader will be responsible for building and scaling world-class search and product discovery experiences that power our grocery retail platform. You will drive the technical strategy, architecture, and execution of our Search and Catalog systems, ensuring seamless, personalized, and high-performance experiences for millions of customers.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams focused on search relevance, catalog management, and product discovery.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap for search and catalog platforms, aligning with business goals and customer needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, UX, and Business teams to deliver innovative and scalable solutions.
• Champion engineering excellence, agile practices, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure high availability, performance, resiliency, and modularity of search and catalog services.
• Stay ahead of industry trends in AI/ML, search technologies, and eCommerce innovation.

Experience Required:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles and people management experience.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Proven experience leading large-scale search, catalog, or recommendation systems in a high-traffic eCommerce environment.
• Deep understanding of search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Solr, vector search, LLMs), data pipelines, design patterns, and microservices architecture.
• Working knowledge of PIM systems and data ingestion pipelines (ETL/ELT)
• Strong technical acumen with the ability to make architectural decisions and lead engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• A problem-solver – Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and you find ways to get things done
• Strong strategic planning and project management skills.
• Inspiring team leadership style, both for direct reports and internal team members
• Excellent at people management, building and leading teams
• Exceptional at prioritizing and focusing on the highest value opportunities Ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting that is constantly evolving.
• Ability to work up and down the leadership range, with good flexibility to shift quickly between strategy and tactics

Preferred:

• Experience in grocery, retail, or consumer-facing digital platforms.
• Familiarity with personalization, taxonomy, and product data enrichment.
• Familiarity with GitHub CoPilot and other developer productivity tools and frameworks.
• Hands on development experience in Java, Python, Spring Boot, Elastic Search/Solr, and ReactJS or other frameworks is preferred.
• Competencies:
• Compassionate and kind, showing courtesy, dignity, & respect. They show sincere interest & empathy for all others.
• Show integrity in what is done and how it is done - without sacrificing personal/business ethics.
• Embrace an inclusion-focused mindset, seeking input from others on their work and encouraging the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions
• Team-oriented, positively contributing to team morale & willing to help.
• Learning-Focused, finding ways to improve in their field and use positive constructive feedback to grow personally and professionally
• Think strategically and proactively anticipate future problems, needs or changes in the work

Mandatory Skills Required:

• Java and Microservices architecture
• Elastic Search/Solr or similar
• Omnichannel Product Catalog management and integration with PIM and other systems
• NOSQL DB (MongoDB / Cassandra)
• Event Streaming (Kafka or similar) and Distributing Computing (Spark / Databricks)

Additional Skills Required:

• Github Copilot or similar
• Cloud Platform (Azure / GCP / AWS)
• Angular/React, SPA (Single Page Application)
• Native Mobile application development (iOS and Android)