Principal Developer

Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies – and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Do you like building modern cross platform mobile applications? Do you geek out about cloud services and cloud application architecture? Ever wanted to be part of building and shaping the engineering culture in a product driven, user-centered-design organization? Well, this is your chance. Here at Southern Glazer’s, we are embarking on a bold journey to transform and revolutionize the ways in which digital technology is used in the beverage alcohol industry. We have assembled a world class group of product and technology leaders that are bringing this vision to life. To do this we need software engineers that think like product managers, obsess over observability, and know how to take advantage of all that modern cloud platforms like AWS have to offer. In short, we need people that are passionate about building high-performing digital experiences, who know what it takes to build products that surprise, delight and improve the lives of users. 

As a Principal Developer, you will play a pivotal role in building a new mobile application from the ground up and leading a team of engineers supporting mobile applications, web applications, and BFF services. You will help lead our mobile development strategy, advocating for best practices, and ensuring our projects align with the latest industry standards and customer expectations.

React Native, JavaScript, Cloud (AWS, terraform), backend for frontend services, microservices, GraphQL, REST, Node, Typescript

• Lead the development and implementation of complex mobile and web applications, focusing on high-performance solutions using React Native and React.
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies and frameworks to improve the scope and quality of our platforms and portfolios, ensuring they meet market demands and technological advancements. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align digital engineering with the overall business strategy, contributing to the roadmap and vision of our digital product portfolios and platforms. 
• Ensure timely and effective delivery of mobile and web applications, from ideation through to deployment and maintenance, adhering to budget, scope, and quality standards.
• Implement "shift-left" practices in the development lifecycle, emphasizing early integration of security, performance optimization, and user experience design. 
• Mentor and guide developers at all levels in React and React Native best practices and the principles of micro-frontend architectures, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
• Lead by example in adopting agile methodologies to ensure continuous improvement in processes and outputs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in React based web and mobile application development, with at least 3 years focused on React Native.
• Strong understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript) and experience with RESTful services and APIs written in Node. GraphQL a plus.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and AWS cloud services. Including 3+ years experience with AWS and terraform.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to think strategically, and strong leadership qualities.
• Effective communication skills, capable of articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Advanced React Native Proficiency: Deep understanding of React Native framework and its core principles, including functional components, hooks, and context API for state management.
Cross-Platform Development: Experience in developing cross-platform mobile applications for both iOS and Android using React Native.
JavaScript Expertise: Advanced knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+) and its nuances, including asynchronous programming, closures, and types.
Advanced React.js Knowledge: Expert-level understanding of React.js, its core principles, lifecycle, state management, hooks, and context API.
Experience Creating Native Modules for iOS or Android: Proficiency in developing native modules for either iOS or Android to extend the functionality of React Native applications.
UI/UX Design Implementation: Ability to translate design into high-quality code, understanding of UX/UI design principles relevant to mobile platforms.
State Management: Experience with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, MobX) and their integration with React Native apps.
Native Modules and APIs: Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle (Android Studio), and integrating native modules and third-party APIs in React Native.
Performance Optimization: Skills in optimizing app performance for both speed and efficiency, understanding of performance testing frameworks.
Automated Testing: Proficiency in implementing automated testing frameworks and methodologies (Jest, Detox) for React Native applications.
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Experience with CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications, familiarity with tools like Fastlane for automating deployment processes.
Debugging and Troubleshooting: Strong debugging skills across all levels of a mobile app, including performance and memory usage optimization.
Security Practices: Knowledge of mobile app security best practices and how to apply them in React Native applications to prevent common security threats.
App Store Process: Understanding of the process for deploying apps to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, including the app review, standards for app content, and post-deployment monitoring.
Agile and Scrum Methodologies: Experience working in agile development environments, with a solid understanding of Scrum practices.
Communication and Collaboration: Excellent communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams, ability to mentor developers, and effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions to stakeholders.

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.