Application Engineer III – D&L

• Monitor performance and optimize resources to ensure maximum uptime, high availability, and cost-effectiveness across hybrid cloud/on-prem environments.
• Serve as a tier-3 technical resource to analyze, diagnose, and resolve complex application issues and bugs, organically researching solutions when explicit documentation is unavailable

• Regularly self-analyze project successes and failures to develop metrics, feedback loops, and corrective actions for systemic improvement.
• Experiment with new solutions and cloud best practices to bridge operational gaps and help the workgroup adapt to a changing application landscape.
• Partner closely with development teammates to mentor them, share modern software engineering practices, and engage with the team on how to create more efficient and effective applications and processes.

• Collaborate directly with internal customers and business partners to deeply understand their business problems, operational workflows, and desired outcomes.
• Evaluate technology acquisitions designed to optimize feature/function for long term supportability, vendor viability and total cost of ownership.
• Drive technical resolution and integration coordination with third-party technology vendors when support or customization is needed during software rollouts.

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related technical degree.
• Experience: 5+ years of application development experience, with a proven track record of designing, developing, and implementing high-performing, large-scale, and complex systems, including integration with third-party applications.
• Core Technical Stack (Required): Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot frameworks, familiarity with cloud ecosystem services, preferably Microsoft Azure (such as Logic Apps and messaging infrastructure), solid experience working with relational databases and writing SQL, familiarity with front-end JavaScript environments (e.g. React).
• Integration Skills: Strong understanding of event-based/message architectures, data integration techniques, and HTTP request/response lifecycles, familiarity with cloud security and virtual networking basics (such as VNets, IAM roles, and access controls).
• Communication Skills: Accomplished interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating a clear and articulate standard of written and verbal communications to various levels of business and technical audiences, organized with a strong architectural mindset and a dedication to IT best practices.
• Professional Attributes: High Initiative: Ability to work independently as a self-starter who is highly motivated and resourceful when diving into complex, undocumented systems. Patient Mentor: A strong passion and patience to mentor, pair-program, and grow the skillsets of legacy developers transitioning to modern stacks. Collaborative: Ability to work as a committed member of a cross-functional team, sharing ideas and inputs to deliver an exceptional product experience while excelling with remote team members.
• High Initiative: Ability to work independently as a self-starter who is highly motivated and resourceful when diving into complex, undocumented systems.
• Patient Mentor: A strong passion and patience to mentor, pair-program, and grow the skillsets of legacy developers transitioning to modern stacks.
• Collaborative: Ability to work as a committed member of a cross-functional team, sharing ideas and inputs to deliver an exceptional product experience while excelling with remote team members.

• Retail, wholesale, or Consumer Product Goods industry experience
• Experience integrating and supporting large-scale enterprise vendor software (such as Warehouse Management Systems, ERP solutions, and other transportation and logistics oriented software packages)
• Knowledge of modern DevOps technologies, CI/CD pipelines, and version control (Git, Jenkins, Ansible, etc.)

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 .

• Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time
• 401(k) with 4% match along with 3 other contributions
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Basic & Supplemental Life and AD&D

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Wellness Program