Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer will play a pivotal role in software development activities and long-term initiative planning and collaboration across the Strategy & Transformation (S&T) organization. Software Engineering is the corner stone of scalable digital transformation across PepsiCos value chain. This candidate will support the end-to-end software development experience and deliver high quality software as part of the DevOps process.

The candidate will be part of our software development team to ensure we deliver the best possible software solutions and ensure they are generating value through cost savings or incremental value. This candidate will work closely with the user experience, product, IT, and process engineering teams to develop new products and prioritize deliver solutions across S&T core priorities.

1. Support the vision and be part of the team of engineers to build and support digital products and solutions (DPS) across S&T core priorities
2. Should be able to design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge applications, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
3. Collaborate with product managers, Scrum masters and team leads to take user stories and code them with proper development standards.
4. Support software development strategy utilizing industry standards. Create roadmap and timing of implementation of the roadmap based on business requirements and strategy.
5. Support expanding DPS capabilities through a customer obsessed, services-driven digital solutions platform that leverages data and AI to deliver automated and personalized experiences
6. Help problem solve delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes tied to the engineering initiatives to the stakeholders
7. Interact with key business partners to recommend solutions that best meet the strategic needs of the business

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on full-stack development.
• Proficiency in modern development frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
• 1+ years of experience in mobile app development (iOS/Android).
• Exposure to both relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Couchbase) databases would be a plus.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, with experience in leading cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and experience managing mission-critical systems in a fast-paced environment.
• Solid understanding of software design principles, patterns, and best practices.

Differentiating Competencies Required

• Strong attention to detail and extremely well-organized
• Ability to work cross functionally with product, service design and operations across the organization
• Demonstrated passion for excellence with respect to Engineering services, education, and support
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to navigate through a complex and matrixed internal environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with regional and global partners in other functional units
• Ability to navigate a complex organization
• Ability to work collaboratively with regional and global partners in other functional units
• Ability to navigate a complex organization and to influence and lead people across cultures at a senior level