Principal Software Engineer II

**Job Description:**

**Job Summary**

Walgreens is seeking a **Principal Software Engineer II** to serve as a senior technical authority and hands-on engineering leader supporting highly strategic **Digital and Store technology platforms** within the Retail Consumer and Digital organization.

This role is responsible for architecting, designing, building, and troubleshooting complex distributed systems that power Walgreens’ online, mobile, and store technology ecosystems. The position plays a key role in driving engineering excellence, modern architecture practices, and the adoption of AI-assisted development tools across the software development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong hands-on engineering capability, including writing code, reviewing designs, debugging production issues, analyzing thread or memory dumps, and helping engineering teams resolve complex technical challenges.

This role will...