Sr Software Engineer (Search & Recommendations) Java/Typescript-Austin, TX

Senior Software EngineerAs a Senior Software Engineer, you'll work with the Search and Recommendations team. Our team is responsible for the search and recommendation experiences that power product discovery across H-E-B Digital. We help millions of Texans find the products they need through intelligent search, personalization, ranking and recommendation systems. You'll work on complex engineering challenges involving relevance, query understanding, experimentation and AI-driven experiences at grocery scale.Location: Austin (On-site)Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:Works on technology projects / tasks with limited or no guidanceWrites production-ready code and tests that meet acceptance criteria, are easily testable, documented, easily understood by other developers, and account for edge cases, security, and errors.Creating, configuring, and supporting build and deployment pipelines.Leads others in coding / configuration / maintaining / testing / debugging existing or new systems; delivers quality features and bug fixes that align with our development processCapable of leading team on effective production support or on-call, debugging, and troubleshooting highly complex issues within team services.Able to identify a path to resolution for most issues for team services.Demonstrates ownership of team services and influences the team.Starts to learn how to influence across teams.Fosters growth environment through mentorship and open collaboration with peers.Recommends and drives changes to processes and tools at the team level aligned with the organization and company goals.Reviews epics critically and ensures dependencies are identified, they're appropriately broken down and prioritized, and well understood by the team and stakeholders.Drives priority setting and urgency in alignment with organizational strategy.Anticipates and communicates blockers, delays, and cost ballooning for their work before they require escalation.Ensures expectations within their team are clarified between all parties involved.Leads team ceremonies and larger team efforts.Drives improvements within assigned team.Expert knowledge in their area of focus and mentors others.Fosters a culture of documentation and knowledge sharing within their team and with their team's business stakeholders.Leads root cause analysis and establishing action items for the RCA.Learns to work with other teams to resolve issues involving dependent services.Identifies and communicates cross-team dependencies.Ensures system monitoring for team services is effective and adheres to best practices.Qualifications & Key Requirements:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent experience5+ years of professional software development experienceExperience building and evolving search, retrieval, ranking and recommendation capabilities that help customers discover products more effectively, leveraging AI-driven experiences to deliver relevant, personalized results at scale.Strong experience developing backend services with JavaExperience building APIs and microservices using TypeScript and Node.jsExperience designing and supporting GraphQL APIsExperience building cloud-native applications in AWSExperience with infrastructure as code, preferably TerraformExperience with search technologies such as OpenSearch or ElasticsearchExperience working with NoSQL databases, including DynamoDBExperience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms such as Kafka or KinesisStrong understanding of software design, system architecture and distributed systemsExperience working in Agile environments and modern CI/CD practicesFamiliarity with AI-assisted development tools and integrating AI assistants into the software development lifecyclePhysical Demands & Working Conditions:Travel by car or plane with overnight staysWork extended hours; sit for extended periodsWork rotating and on-call schedules, as needed