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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. Job Description:Position Title: Staff Engineer Architect DataRoles & responsibilities:Lead the discovery phase of large projects to come up with a high-level architecture and design.Lead the cross functional architecture teams to identify the impact and work with them to deliver the architecture and design.Work with a team of Architects and Tech Leads to define, own and implement the architecture.Run the architecture and design review meetings.Develop, own and manage functional architecture for one or more domainsProvide technical leadership, architecture and design solutions of digital capabilities and business opportunities within Browse, Search and Selection domain to enable creation of impactfulcustomer experiences/engagement across channels and markets for Albertsons customers.Drive the architecture and design of modern user interfaces for both web and mobile interface based on consumer design principles for next generation user interface platform.Keep up to date on cutting edge/emerging solutions/technologies on Cloud, IoT, Mobile, Progressive Web Apps, Single Page Apps, Content Management System, AI/ML, Social etc.Define data and integration architectures to support automation and own the detail integration patterns for integrating catalog solutions.Work closely with Product Management, Architecture, Data Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Information Security groups to define and deliver the overall solution including contributing to roadmap of backlog of priorities.Participate in Architecture Review of solutions within the Domain and for the other domains.Continuous partnership with enterprise architecture team, cross functional teams, including vendor partners, to ensure all solutions are being developed with continuity of the enterprise solution ecosystem, while meeting all security, data governance, legal, risk and compliance standards.Collaborate with Enterprise and Data Architecture teams to shape enterprise architecture guardrails, standards, and patternsEnsure quality guidelines and control processes are created and implemented for the technology platforms and products working with engineering teams.Partners with Tech Leads and Architects in driving modular, services-oriented integration and solution architectures.Provide technical oversight and review technical designs and deployment architectures.Mentor technical leads and architects and work closely with Product and Business Leaders to align architectural vision with product vision and future capabilities.Create secure, robust, scalable, and modular solutions across enterprise digital platforms.Lead architecture and design initiatives for complex programs spanning multiple teams.Provide thought leadership on software architecture, design principles, and engineering best practices in the Ecommerce Fulfilment domain.9+ years of large-scale application development (Full Stack / Mobile) or application design experienceExperience Required:Minimum 5 years of experience in specific domains, systems and infrastructures, subsystems, and application integration.Specialized knowledge of information systems, data structures, programming methodologies, graphical user interfaces, and control languages.Advanced expertise in multiple query languages for data processing and analytics.Strong understanding of the organization’s information and application systems, including the interrelationships between different system components.Excellent organizational and troubleshooting skills, with keen attention to detail.Proven ability to understand client and stakeholder expectations, proactively identify and resolve issues that may impact project delivery.Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a matrix organization.Experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams and working across different time zones.Self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to learn independently and a strong aptitude for delivering high-quality solutions beyond formal training.Possession of one or more globally recognized certifications and credentials in relevant technology domains is preferred.Competencies:Compassionate and kind, showing courtesy, dignity, and respect. They show sincere interest and empathy for all others.Foster innovation through creativity to get to a workable solution. Use analytical thinking through issues using logic and reasonShow 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 opinionsTeam-oriented, positively contributing to team morale and willing to help.Learning-Focused, finding ways to improve in their field and use positive constructive feedback to grow personally and professionallyThink strategically and proactively anticipate future problems, needs or changes in the workDelighting our customers and maintaining customer relationships are top priority and they work to always deliver solutions through this lensAbility to learn newer technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the cloud technology space.Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.Skills Required:Relational/ Non-relational Databases: Azure SQL DB / MongoDBETL: Azure Data Factory/ Cloud Data Fusion/ Informatica/ Apache NiFi / AWS GlueCloud platform: Azure/ GCP/ AWSData warehousing: Big Query/ Data Lake/ Snowflake/ RedshiftData Processing: Databricks/ Spark SQL/ Looker + Big data (Hadoop/Spark)Additional Skills Required:Experience with Power BI or ThoughtSpot for data visualization and analytics.Expertise in AI, preferably in the context of data engineering.Experience with Stone branch for job scheduling.Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.Experience in Retail, eCommerce, Digital and Data Products, GenAI.Knowledge of GenAI, LLM, AI & ML, Data Science.Experience with emerging technologies like Machine Learning, voice, bots, and IoT.