The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Rite Aid is hiring a Game Developer in Wichita, KS.

• Role description

  Some engineers tolerate complexity; the Game Developer we want at Rite Aid hunts it down and refactors it out of existence. The technology charter, the $83,000 - $119,000, the 5-year ask — all of it points to a Rite Aid role built for owners, not order-takers.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Design REST API APIs other Wichita, KS teams will still thank you for next year
  • Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Team Leadership and Python
  • Refine and maintain microservices that support Rite Aid customers in Wichita, KS
  • Build Elasticsearch dashboards so Rite Aid's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers
  • Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
  • Harden Rite Aid's Team Leadership auth so the KS audit comes back clean

  What You'll Bring

  • Roughly 7+ years operating in a similar Game Developer position
  • Fluency across React and Laravel, with strong opinions on both
  • Hands-on command of Python, with Elasticsearch as a close second
  • A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements
  • Practical command of Python, with bonus points for React

  Quietly, from Wichita, Rite Aid has become the self-directed technology partner that KS's most demanding teams refuse to replace. We hand new Game Developer hires real ownership early because trust given freely tends to be returned.

  You'll be supported by $83,000 - $119,000, strong health coverage, conference budgets, and a team that promotes from within.

  Live and listening, the hiring team reads new applications as they arrive.

  Drop us your application and tell us, in your own words, why Rite Aid caught your eye.

• Required skills

  • React
  • Elasticsearch
  • AWS
  • REST API
  • Redis
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Laravel
  • Scrum
  • Angular
  • Python
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Team Leadership

• Benefits & perks

  • Backup childcare assistance
  • Team building activities
  • Travel per diem
  • Employer-paid health premiums
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Nap Pods
  • Car Wash
  • Internet Reimbursement
  • Onboarding buddy program

• Apply before 2027-01-05

  Submit your application for this Freelance technology position.