SAP/ERP Transformation - Integration Principal Software Engineer

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Overview

The Principal Software Engineer serves as a senior technical expert who designs and builds highly complex software solutions while shaping engineering standards and guiding teams across products and platforms.

Serves as the hands-on integration engineering lead for ADUSA's SAP transformation program, defining, designing, and delivering enterprise integration solutions across SAP and non-SAP platforms. Partners closely with the system integrator and internal architecture teams to establish a scalable integration foundation using SAP Integration Suite (BTP), MuleSoft, other ETL and data integration tools, APIs, orchestration, and event-driven patterns.

*Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office location for this role is Salisbury, NC.

*Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and support enterprise grade software solutions.
• Lead analysis, design, and code reviews for major application components.
• Develop high-quality, production-ready code and robust automated tests.
• Support upgrade planning, modernization, and management of technical debt.
• Implement automation strategies and contribute to CI/CD and DevOps maturity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical designs.
• Monitor application performance and address issues with root-cause analysis.
• Research emerging technologies and recommend innovative improvements.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams.
• May be called upon to support critical escalations and must be available during urgent IT incidents as needed.
• Lead the engineering design and delivery of integrations across SAP and non-SAP platforms, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, supportable, and aligned with the SAP transformation roadmap.
• Build and maintain integrations using SAP Integration Suite (BTP), MuleSoft, and other ETL and data integration tools, including API-based services, orchestration frameworks, interfaces, reusable patterns, and automated testing.
• Partner extensively with the system integrator and internal delivery teams to review designs and code, manage dependencies and defects, and ensure integration capabilities meet ADUSA engineering standards.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams to define integration standards, API governance, security, observability, error handling, message reprocessing, deployment, and operational best practices.
• Support event-driven and streaming-based integrations using Kafka and related technologies, applying cloud-native patterns where they improve agility, resilience, or real-time data exchange.
• Guide and mentor engineers involved in integration delivery, influence technical direction without direct authority, and contribute to AI-enabled integration and automation opportunities where appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in modern software design, development, and testing.
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments and DevOps practices.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with a user-focused mindset.
• Demonstrated experience leading SAP integration initiatives within large-scale, complex enterprise transformations.
• Advanced hands-on experience with SAP Integration Suite on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), MuleSoft, and other ETL and data integration tools.
• Strong expertise in API design, development, management, orchestration, enterprise integration architecture, ETL/data pipeline design, and end-to-end delivery across heterogeneous platforms.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, communicate complex concepts clearly, and influence technical direction without direct authority.
• Experience mentoring and guiding engineers while remaining hands-on in solution design, development, testing, deployment, and issue resolution.
• Ability to thrive in a rapidly evolving transformation environment while balancing delivery priorities, architecture standards, and operational readiness.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in architecting distributed systems.
• Experience with Kafka, streaming technologies, and event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud-native integration patterns, resilient interface design, monitoring, and automated recovery.
• Experience working with system integrators and consulting partners in a shared-delivery model.
• Awareness of, experience with, or strong interest in AI and Generative AI applications for integration engineering and automation.
• Experience supporting integrations through design, build, testing, cutover, stabilization, and ongoing operational support.

Salary Range NC: $163,280 - $244,920

Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.