Software Engineer, AI Engineer (Applied​/Software), Full Stack Developer

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!

• Meijer Rewards
• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Position will follow hybrid schedule:
Monday-Wednesday in Grand Rapids MI office, Thursday-Friday remote.

• Codes, tests, and implements programs; develops system documentation according to SAFe Agile principles and industry standards.
• Performs unit tests, monitors results, and takes required corrective actions as needed.
• Assists in the deployment of applications.
• Optimizes and enhances applications and interfaces to meet SLA/functional requirements.
• Develops and integrates AI-powered application features on the Microsoft Azure stack (Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry), including prompt design, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) components, and API/tool integrations with enterprise data sources.
• Applies AI-assisted development practices - including Git Hub Copilot, spec-driven development, and context/prompt engineering - to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and support test and documentation activities.
• Provides technical consultation in new systems development, new package system evaluations and enhancement of existing systems.
• Assists product owners in systems analysis and creation or updating of documentation for all business processes.
• Interfaces with the Product Owner and IT partners to develop acceptance criteria for features and user stories and ensures acceptance criteria are met.
• Works within the SAFe Agile framework and utilizes ITIL best practices.
• Participates with other IT members, customers and other stakeholders in new product reviews, tests and pilots.
• Performs feasibility studies/proofs of concept to evaluate solutions.
• Participates in structured walkthroughs, secure coding, and technical reviews ensuring application coding and design follows secure coding and design principles.
• Assists in the production support and maintenance of applications in accordance with ITIL as needed.
• Actively participates in all team Agile ceremonies.
• This job role may also provide facilitation of activities for Agile teams within Meijer ITS as acting Scrum Master.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

• Bachelor’s or equivalent.
• Any SAFe certification (SSM, SASM, SA, SPC, SPMPO).
• ITIL Foundation certification.
• Prefer experience in systems development and programming.
• Familiarity with business systems.
• Experience as a team member on project teams in a cross-functional environment.
• Experience on Agile teams is preferred.
• Experience in design and implementation of IT solutions.
• Strong knowledge of development tools, coding and scripting languages, SQL and testing.
• Proficient in multiple technologies or systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of structured analysis and technical design techniques.
• Knowledge of database management and file access methods.
• Working knowledge of large language model (LLM) concepts - prompt engineering, embeddings, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) - with hands-on exposure to Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, or Microsoft Copilot Studio preferred.
• Familiarity with building AI or agentic features on the Microsoft Azure stack (Azure Functions, Azure Dev Ops CI/CD, Application Insights) and with GenAI frameworks such as Lang Chain/Lang Graph or Semantic Kernel is preferred.
• Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot) and modern practices such as spec-driven development and context/prompt engineering is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong team-oriented interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of agile practices in a cross-functional environment preferred.
• Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing…