Application Engineer - Java Developer

AWG is looking for an Application Engineer in Information Technology (IT) to provide architectural and leadership oversight for strategic, business-transforming technical solutions in IT service and support.

The Application Engineer is a critical role delivering moderately complex solutions to highly impactful initiatives in the organization. As an Application Engineer with a focus on solution implementation, you’ll be responsible for guiding our customers from concept to go-live and rollout. You are a passionate technologist who is up to date on the latest technologies, can dive into processes and love applying your skills to solve a customer challenge., Deliver Solutions (30%)

• Work with limited supervision to develop solutions based on requirements using AWG standards.
• Creates and executes designs for small sets of new functionalities as part of a software project using Java, Spring Boot, React, or similar.
• Provides reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques

Support Availability and Services (40%)

• Troubleshoot and develop a solution to the problem with the support of teammates
• Engages with and supports the development team
• On-call responsibilities

Develop IT Strategy (15%)

• Contributes to technical research on new technologies
• In collaboration with other members of the team, build reusable assets and materials that enable the AWG community.

Development and Continuous Improvement Culture (15%)

• Identifies and implements opportunities for system improvement around stability, performance, and maintainability
• Open to receive and give constructive feedback.
• Serve as a mentor to less experienced IT Software Engineers

Do you have experience in Version control?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, * Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related degree.

• At least 5 years of application development experience.
• Experience developing applications and services (APIs) using React, Java, and Spring Boot (or similar).
• Experience with source code repository using GitHub, Azure DevOps or others.
• Experience with source code branching using Gitflow, trunk-base or similar.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture.
• Knowledge in designing, developing, and implementing high performing, large scale, and complex systems including integration with third-party applications.
• Experience executing the organizational operation of vision and goals, in alignment with department leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Accomplished interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating a clear and articulate standard of written and verbal communications to various levels of audiences.
• Ability to work independently, self-starter, highly motivated, resourceful.
• Demonstrated knowledge of multiple technologies over career and ability to learn new technologies.
• Ability to work as a committed member of a cross-functional team, sharing ideas and inputs from different perspectives in working towards delivering an exceptional product experience.
• Solid experience with full SDLC - requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment using waterfall and/or agile methodologies.
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Excels in working remotely with remote team members., * Retail, wholesale, or Consumer Product Goods industry experience.
• Knowledge of Azure/AWS/ cloud or managed services.
• Knowledge of security best practices (OWASP, CBE, NIST, etc).
• Knowledge of containerization technology (Docker; orchestration tools, i.e. Kubernetes).
• Experience with common programming languages (React, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS).
• ETL development experience.
• Knowledge of event-based/message architectures.
• Knowledge of virtual networking (public, private, and hybrid networks and subnetworks), network interfaces, and identity/access management (security groups and roles, network access control lists).
• Knowledge of latest DevOps technologies (Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, IaC frameworks such as Ansible).
• Knowledge in solution evaluation/selection and implementation for large scale, and complex environments.

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k) 4% Match
• Tuition reimbursement
• AD&D insurance
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Vision insurance
• Health savings account, * Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time
• 401(k) with 4% match along with 3 other contributions
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Basic & Supplemental Life and AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Wellness Program
• Yearly Holiday Bonus

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the nation’s largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets, serving 1,100 member companies and 3,500 locations throughout 33 states from 9 wholesale division support centers. Consolidated sales for AWG in 2025 were $12.2 billion. In addition to its cooperative wholesale operations, the company also operates subsidiary companies that provide certain real estate and supermarket development services, and pharmaceutical products. For more information, visit AWGinc.com .