Senior Platform Engineer I

Job Summary

The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for building, automating, and enhancing platform capabilities that enable scalable, reliable, and efficient software delivery. This role focuses on developing cloud-native solutions, integrating DevOps automation, and codifying infrastructure, pipelines, and platform services. The engineer will partner closely with application, observability, operations, and security teams to improve developer experience, accelerate delivery, and ensure platform reliability. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering fundamentals, experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, and a passion for automation, reusable services, and continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

1. Design and develop platform services, APIs, and automation frameworks that enable scalable and reliable application delivery.
2. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to support continuous integration, testing, and deployment.
3. Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep) to automate provisioning and management of cloud resources.
4. Develop reusable tools and services to improve developer productivity and platform self-service capabilities.
5. Collaborate with application, observability, operations, and security teams to integrate best practices into platform solutions.
6. Support containerized workloads and Kubernetes (AKS preferred), improving deployment patterns and platform stability.
7. Contribute to observability solutions, including logging, monitoring, and alerting to ensure system reliability.
8. Participate in code reviews, testing, and troubleshooting to ensure high-quality, maintainable software.
9. Continuously identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve system performance and scalability.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.