About Albertsons Companies India

Albertsons Companies is a leading food and drug retailer in the United States. As of February 22, 2025, the Company operated 2,270 retail stores with 1,728 in-store pharmacies, 405 associated fuel centers, 22 dedicated distribution centers and 19 manufacturing facilities. Albertsons Companies India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and key to the next phase in the company & technology journey to support millions of customers & lives every day.

Job Description

We are excited to announce an opening for Manager Engineering at ACI. Please find below the details of the role and its responsibilities.

Skills Required:

Apache Kafka, Kafka, WebSphereMQ, MQ, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Java, Microservices, React, AWS, Azure, GCP, SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, NoSQL

Experience Range:

- 9 - 12 years

Position Title: Manager Engineering:

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Engineering Manager to lead our eCommerce Search and Catalog engineering teams. This leader will be responsible for building and scaling world-class search and product discovery experiences that power our grocery retail platform. You will drive the technical strategy, architecture, and execution of our Search and Catalog systems, ensuring seamless, personalized, and high-performance

experiences for millions of customers.

Roles & responsibilities:

- Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams focused on search relevance, catalog management, and product discovery.
- Define and execute the technical roadmap for search and catalog platforms, aligning with business goals and customer needs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, UX, and Business teams to deliver innovative and scalable solutions.
- Champion engineering excellence,



agile practices, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Ensure high availability, performance, resiliency, and modularity of search and catalog services.
- Stay ahead of industry trends in AI/ML, search technologies, and eCommerce innovation.

Experience Required:

- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience building and leading high-performance teams
- Bachelors or masters degree in computer science or related field.
- Proven experience building large-scale consumer facing applications
- Ability to create, influence and present complex system architecture and design
- Deep understanding of search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Solr, vector search, LLMs)
- Deep understanding of data pipelines and distributed computing (Spark / Databricks)
- Deep understanding of event streaming (Kafka or Rabbit MQ OR MQ or WebSphere MQ)
- Deep understanding of SQL and NOSQL DB (Mongo DB/Cassandra)
- Knowledge of front-end frameworks like ReactJS or Angular
- Knowledge of native mobile development iOS and Android.
- Hands-on development experience in Java, Python, Spring Boot, Elastic Search/Solr, and ReactJS or other frameworks.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- A problem-solver Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and you find ways to get things done
- Strong strategic planning and project execution skills.
- Inspiring team leadership style,



both for direct reports and peer teams
- Exceptional at prioritizing and focusing on the highest value opportunities Ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting that is constantly evolving.
- Ability to work up and down the leadership range, with good flexibility to shift quickly between strategy and tactics

Preferred:

- Experience in retail, or consumer-facing digital platforms.
- Omnichannel Product Catalog management and integration with PIM and other systems
- Familiarity with personalization, taxonomy, and product data enrichment.
- Familiarity with GitHub CoPilot and other developer productivity tools and frameworks.

Competencies:

- Compassionate and kind, showing courtesy, dignity, & respect. They show sincere interest & empathy for all others.
- Show integrity in what is done and how it is done - without sacrificing personal/business ethics.
- Team-oriented, positively contributing to team morale & willing to help.
- Learning-Focused, finding ways to improve in their field and use positive constructive feedback to grow personally and professionally
- Think strategically and proactively anticipate future problems, needs or changes in the work

Mandatory Skills Required:

- Java and Microservices architecture
- Elastic Search / Solr / Azure search / Lucene search or similar
- NOSQL DB (MongoDB / Cassandra)
- Event Streaming (Kafka or MQ or Rabbit MQ or WebSphere MQ or similar)
- Distributing Computing (Spark / Databricks)

Additional Skills Required:

- Github Copilot or similar
- Cloud Platform (Azure / GCP / AWS)
- Angular / React, SPA (Single Page Application)
- Native Mobile application development (iOS and Android)
- Omnichannel Product Catalog management and integration with PIM and other systems

📌 Manager Engineering (Bengaluru)
🏢 Albertsons Companies India
📍 Bengaluru