IT Sr. Solution Engineer – Development / Integration
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026. Associated Wholesale Grocers scores B on the Alion truth index.
IT Sr. Solution Engineer - Development / Integration
Location: 5000 Kansas Avenue Kansas City, KS 66106
Department: IT
Work Model: Onsite
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Overview:
The Solution Engineer is the premier customer-facing role serving as an advisor, subject-matter expert, and delivery partner for our customers. As an experienced Engineer with a focus on solution development and implementation, you’ll be responsible for guiding our customers from concept, through development and testing to go-live and rollout. You are a passionate technologist who is up to date on the latest technologies, can dive into processes, and loves applying your skills to solve a customer challenge. The Solution Engineer develops new and modifies existing functionality. As needed, conduct research into existing and legacy code to determine needed interfaces and functionality. Work with existing and new SaaS products to support the underlying business function.
Responsibilities:
Deliver Solutions (30%)
Work with limited supervision to develop solutions based on requirements using AWG standards.
Work with other team members on various solutions
Deliver technical solutions of the highest quality and on time, on budget
Creates and executes designs for small sets of new functionalities as part of a software project using Java, Spring Boot, React, or similar
Provides reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques
Support Availability and Services (25%)
Troubleshoot and develop a solution to the problem with the support of teammates
Engages with and supports other development teams
On-call responsibilities as needed
Develop IT Strategy (25%)
Collaborate with customers to understand their business problems or needs and desired outcomes
Contributes to technical research on new technologies
In collaboration with other members of the team, build reusable assets and materials that enable the AWG community
Development and Continuous Improvement Culture (20%)
Work closely with team members to develop, troubleshoot, and deliver solutions.
Continuous improvement mentality
Open to receive and give constructive feedback
In collaboration with other members of the team, build reusable assets and materials that enable the AWG community
Requirements:
Previous Experience & Education:
Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, computer information systems, or related degree, or experience
At least 5 years of application development experience
Experience developing applications and services (APIs) using React, Java, and Spring Boot (or similar)
Experience with source code repository using GitHub, Azure DevOps or others
Experience with source code branching using Gitflow, trunk-base or similar
Knowledge of microservices architecture
Knowledge in designing, developing, and implementing high performing, large scale, and complex systems including integration with third-party applications
Experience executing the organizational operation of vision and goals, in alignment with department leadership
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Accomplished interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating a clear and articulate standard of written and verbal communications to various levels of audiences
Ability to work independently, self-starter, highly motivated, resourceful
Demonstrated knowledge of multiple technologies over career and ability to learn new technologies
Ability to work as a committed member of a cross-functional team, sharing ideas and input from different perspectives in working towards delivering exceptional product experience
Solid experience with full SDLC - requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment using waterfall and/or agile methodologies
Experience working with relational databases and SQL
Excels in working remotely with remote team members
Retail, wholesale, or Consumer Product Goods industry experience
Knowledge & Skills:
Retail, wholesale, or Consumer Product Goods industry experience
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
ETL development experience
Demonstrated knowledge of multiple technologies over career and ability to learn new technologies
Ability to work as a committed member of a cross-functional team, sharing ideas and inputs from different perspectives in working towards delivering an exceptional product experience
Knowledge of microservices architecture
Knowledge in designing, developing, and implementing high performing, large scale, and complex systems including integration with third-party applications
Knowledge in solution evaluation/selection and implementation for large scale, and complex environments
Knowledge of Azure/AWS/ cloud or managed services
Knowledge of security best practices (OWASP, CBE, NIST, etc.)
Knowledge of containerization technology (Docker; orchestration tools, i.e. Kubernetes)
Experience with common programming languages (React, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS)
Knowledge of event-based/message architecture
Knowledge of virtual networking (public, private, and hybrid networks and subnetworks), network interfaces, and identity/access management (security groups and roles, network access control lists)
Knowledge of latest DevOps technologies (Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, IaC frameworks such as Ansible)
Knowledge in solution evaluation/selection and implementation for large scale, and complex environment
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the nation’s largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets, serving 1,100 member companies and 3,500 locations throughout 33 states from 9 wholesale division support centers. Consolidated sales for AWG in 2025 were $12.2 billion. In addition to its cooperative wholesale operations, the company also operates subsidiary companies that provide certain real estate and supermarket development services, and pharmaceutical products. For more information, visit AWGinc.com.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time
- 401(k) with 4% match along with 3 other contributions
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Basic & Supplemental Life and AD&D
- Employee Assistance Program
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Wellness Program
- Yearly Holiday Bonus