Full Stack Engineer; Django

Staff Engineer

Job Location s: US-IL-Chicago | US-MO-Saint Louis

Minimum/Maximum: USD $94,600.00/Yr. – USD $/Yr.

This is a high-level software engineering role requiring comprehensive knowledge of software development practices, mastery of coding, debugging, and leading complex engineering efforts. The role often includes leading teams or mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across the organization to drive architectural decisions and deliverables.

• Leads medium-large-scale projects throughout the entire lifecycle: solution architecture, engineering design, development, testing, production, and subsequent fixes and improvements.
• Provides technical guidance to the executive team and makes wide-scale architectural and design decisions. Estimates, assesses, and manages project timelines with management and executive teams.
• Reviews designs and mission-critical code to ensure it is clear, concise, tested, and easily understood by others, and meets standards, architectural principles, and NFRs.
• Masters understanding of all components of key features and architecture for multiple products, with a high-level understanding of several other products, integrations, and capabilities.
• Advocates for ADV technology and engineering standards and best practices.
• Demonstrates ability to succeed in a wide range of complex technical situations across scale, uncertainty, and interconnectedness.
• Acts as a resource for other teams needing help with adjacent features.
• Advises management with insights and recommendations to improve the team; helps create job description requirements and participates in interview loops; mentors multiple teammates.

• Advanced understanding of engineering, programming, and software development foundations.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networks, and programming languages.
• Expertise in concurrent and event-based development, and development/test frameworks.
• Exceptional leadership and strategic decision-making skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and influence senior leadership in shaping the company's technology and product direction.
• Experience in Containerization & Kubernetes.
• Experience in deploying applications in Azure and AKS.
• Experience in backend API development and integration.
• Experience in running multiple Agile teams to deliver the application.
• Experience in front-end technologies like React or Angular.
• Experience in building Retail workforce Scheduling applications.

• Travel: 10% travel required.
• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience:
  
  5-10+ years in engineering, programming, software development, data structures, algorithms, OS, networks, and concurrent/event-based development.

The Company is one of North America s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company serves multiple trade channels and aims to connect manufacturers with retailers to offer consumers the best products available.

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by supervision. This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed; it is not an exhaustive list of duties and skills. The Company may alter or change job responsibilities or reassign positions with or without notice, subject to applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are provided for known disabilities as required by law.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other protected category. Reasonable accommodations are provided to qualified applicants or employees as required by law.