Job Description

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India is among the top ten priority markets for General Mills, and hosts our Global Shared Services Centre. This is the Global Shared Services arm of General Mills Inc., which supports its operations worldwide. With over 1,300 employees in Mumbai, the center has capabilities in the areas of Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Digital and Technology, Sales Capabilities, Consumer Insights, ITQ (R&D & Quality), and Enterprise Business Services. Learning and capacity-building is a key ingredient of our success.
Position Title
Lead Software Engineer 1 Software Engineering
Function/Group
Digital & Technology
Location
India
Shift Timing
Regular
Role Reports to
Senior Manager Software Engineering
Remote/Hybrid/in-Office
Hybrid
ABOUT GENERAL MILLS
We make food the world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Hxc3xa4agen-Dazs, weve been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell.
How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate
us into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of the Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. For more details check out
General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.
With our team of 1800+ professionals, we deliver superior value across the areas of Supply chain (SC) , Digital & Technology (D&T) Innovation, Technology & Quality (ITQ), Consumer and Market Intelligence (CMI), Sales Strategy & Intelligence (SSI) , Global Shared Services (GSS) , Finance Shared Services (FSS) and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS).For more details check out
We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.
JOB OVERVIEW
Function Overview
The Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The team's expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA and Enterprise Architecture. The MillsWorks initiative embodies an agile@scale delivery model, where business and technology teams operate cohesively in pods with a unified mission to deliver value for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents.
The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the "Work with Heart" philosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through the provided .
Purpose of the role
This is an exciting time to work in General Mills DnA organization! We are accelerating a Digital Transformation of our Supply chain POD to provide a competitive advantage to our business. To this end we are looking for a D&T Lead Software Engineer, with passion for DnA, to join our application development team. We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the team to develop/support/maintain the user interface and application for supply chain suit of applications. It will involve designing and developing execution across the full stack of DnA solutions including user interface design/development React/Angular), integration to internal and external APIs (.Net Core), integration with other platforms such as Google GCP, closed-loop technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning technologies, as well as the architecture and development of analytics and data capabilities (.Net Core, GCP analytic stack, Python, Containers, Kubernetes, etc.). The role is an Individual contributor role and looking for hands on experience who have the passion for coding and delivering using high productivity toolsets like low code / no code solutions as well as GitHub Copilot.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Partner with Product Owners, Solution Managers, D&T Architects, and team to understand the product vision and roadmap, and help design/develop/support/maintain the User interface and application for supply chain suit of applications.
• Lead and practice the roadmap execution across internal and external teams in India and US including setting coding standards and enforcing those through code reviews to ensure solution scale.
• Partner with business users to ensure ongoing design and architecture consistency.
• Investigate and resolve complex and multi-faceted issues, spanning the entire technology stack, which require working across teams and technology boundaries.
• Proactively improve solution reliability and key metrics, such as up-time, application performance, time to issue resolution, time spent resolving incidents and other key operational SLAs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered)
• Certification in cloud native application development will be preferred.
• Bachelors degree in information systems, Computer Science, or equivalent relevant discipline xc2xb7
• 12-13 years of relevant experience working in design and hands on development, Full Stack Development, DevOps and Database Development xc2xb7
• Experience with the following development technologies: Microsoft C# .NET CORE, Relational database (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL), HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Proficient in front-end framework (REACT preferred and Angular.)
• Deep technical understanding of Cloud (GCP preferred) and Microservices architecture and proficient in developing services following best practices and AI augmented development.
• Exposure to developer productivity tool sets like GitHub Copilot, AI driven development.
• Expert in designing cloud native capabilities and services.
• Knowledge of integration technologies like MuleSoft, API gateway integration, etc. would be an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills- verbal and written xc2xb7
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to perform root cause analysis and identify problem trends
• Familiarity with Agile methodology xc2xb7
• Efficient time management skills with the ability to prioritize xc2xb7
• Comfortable with ambiguity and time spent outside of comfort zone acquiring new skills xc2xb7
• Familiarity with container-based app deployment.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Familiarity/knowledge of unit, integration, and end-to-end testing. Knowledge of Singe Page Applications (SPA) and Progressive Web Applications (PWA)
• Knowledge of Event Based Architecture (Pub/Sub, Kafka)
• Knowledge of API design and implementation.
• Exposure to tools like GitHub Copilot, low code / no code platforms.

COMPANY OVERVIEW
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best xe2x80x94 bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for whats next.