Hybrid Software Engineer II-Data Solutions (San Antonio, Austin and Dallas) at H-E-B

Since H-E-B Digital Technology's inception, we've been investing heavily in our customers' digital experience, reinventing how they find inspiration from food, make food decisions, and ultimately get food into their homes. This is an exciting time to join H-E-B Digital-we're using the best available technologies to deliver modern, engaging, reliable, and scalable experiences to meet the needs of our growing audience.

As a Software Engineer II, you'll deliver complex code solutions. You'll contribute to overall system design, architecture, security, scalability, reliability, application performance, and provide end-to-end support.

Once you're eligible, you'll become an Owner in the company, so we're looking for commitment, hard work, and focus on quality and Customer service. 'Partner-owned' means our most important resources--People--drive the innovation, growth, and success that make H-E-B The Greatest Omnichannel Retailing Company.

Do you have a:
HEART FOR PEOPLE... willing to provide support to junior developers?
HEAD FOR BUSINESS... skills to effectively deliver code solutions and features?
PASSION FOR RESULTS... drive to produce quality results with little direct supervision?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, DevOps, or data engineering roles
• Proven track record of supporting and maintaining production-grade systems with a strong sense of ownership
• Experience participating in on-call rotations for mission-critical applications

• Programming Languages: Proficient in Python (automation, data processing) and SQL
• DevOps & Tooling: Hands-on experience with Terraform (IaC), Ansible (configuration management), Git, CI/CD platforms (GitLab, Jenkins), and Linux system administration
• Cloud Platforms: Familiar with AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, ALB, Lambda, and Glue; exposure to equivalent services in Azure or GCP
• Data & Visualization: Skilled in data visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, and Power BI; strong understanding of data warehousing and modeling concepts
• ETL & Pipelines: Working knowledge of ETL processes and data pipeline architecture

• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, services, and data workflows
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, performance optimization, and service reliability engineering
• Experience with Agile methodologies and iterative development practices

• Experience designing and managing cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), including VPC networking and security best practices
• Proficient in deploying repeatable infrastructure using Terraform
• Skilled in automating system provisioning and configuration with Ansible
• Familiar with orchestrating data pipelines and integrating cloud storage/data lake solutions (e.g., S3, Glue, Athena)

• Infrastructure Automation: Designed and maintained infrastructure-as-code for multi-node Tableau clusters and supporting AWS services
• Data Engineering: Built pipelines to extract data from Tableau’s Postgres repository, transform to Parquet format, and integrate with Glue for downstream analytics
• Operational Reliability: Managed blue-green deployments, system upgrades, failovers, and implemented monitoring/alerting for performance and availability
• Scripting & Tooling: Developed Python-based tools for system management, query automation, and batch processing

Do you have what it takes to be an H-E-B Software Engineer II?

- High degree of personal accountability to self and team for continued growth
- Ability to operate independently while owning your effect on the organization.
- Resilient and optimistic when faced with the unexpected
- Can manage most ambiguity within scope of daily work
and is willing to learn how to proactively disambiguate requirements.
- Team player - Actively learning the team's domain by asking questions, sharing knowledge with their teammates, and contributing to their team's documentation. Collaborates well with team and partners outside the team (Product Management, Design, QA, etc.)
- Committed to adding value by supporting the team, contributing your perspective, and committing to the right amount of work.
- Growth Mindset - Ability to fail-forward, ask questions, apply coaching, and show a genuine desire to learn, grow, and teach. Serves as a model for more junior engineers and consistently demonstrates team, organization, and company values in daily work.
- Self-starter - Proactive in seeking out help when unclear about priority and dependencies; take initiative to learn the team, the work, and the business.
- Impact - Understands area of work and shares knowledge with others. Generously shares opinions, feelings, constructive feedback, and gives credit where it is due.
- Connect - Learning to facilitate conversations to make sure all viewpoints are represented, and that bias is understood. Listens to opposing perspectives and works toward the best solution for all.

Can you...
- Travel by car or plane with overnight stays
- Work extended hours; sit for extended periods
- Work rotating and on-call schedules, as needed

11-2024