(USA) Senior, Software Engineer (Android)

Wal-Mart•Sunnyvale, CA

41d•$117,000 - $234,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Acquisition and Discovery Engineering team at Walmart is dedicated to providing a seamless and delightful shopping experience to millions of shoppers worldwide. As a Staff Software engineer in this team, you will have the opportunity to work on top of the funnel shopping experience - Homepage, Search & Browse, Item pages and UGC across mobile and web platforms. This collaborative team made up of Engineering, UX, Product Management, Business and Analytics is rapidly iterating on new products and site features at scale. We deliver high performing solutions on our next generation front-end platform. Virtual Try-On, Gen AI integration, personalized complete-the-look, Video shopping, etc are just a few examples of the features developed by this team in collaboration with many other teams. Continuous experimentation, innovation and feedback by millions of customers makes this work even more exciting! About Team: Our team works closely with our US stores and eCommerce business to better serve customers by empowering team members, stores, and merchants with technological innovation. From groceries and entertainment to sporting goods and crafts, Walmart U.S. offers an extensive selection that our customers value, whether they shop online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps, or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores and employees, in-store service, merchant tools, merchant data science, and search and personalization.

Requirements

Ideally 4+ years ofâ¯experience designing and developing software for Android platform as well as larger frontend stack.
Experience developing and testing Server-side APIs for mobile and web clients using Node.js, Java, Go, etc. GQL is a plus.
Develop code for testability and write automated tests with Junit 4, MockK, and Espresso tests to help uphold product quality on a high commit volume code base.
Experience in mobile architectures including Model View Controller (MVC) and Model View View-Model (MVVM). Experience publishing and managing dependencies using Maven and Gradle build systems.
Work with Kotlin, Coroutines, Flow/LiveData, MVVM & MVI architectures, Retrofit, GraphQL
Advanced knowledge of complex software design, distributed system design, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
Excellent technical debugging and production support skills.
Experience with monitoring mobile app performance, stability, success rate and leveraging data to improve the same.
Improve code quality through writing unit tests, automation, and performing code reviews.
Familiarity with public cloud technologies such as Azure OR Google Cloud Platform.
Excellent decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting interests in a complex and fast-paced environment.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area.
We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

Play a pivotal role in shaping architectural decisions, championing scalable and efficient solutions to meet present and future needs.
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert to provide technical leadership and mentorship to your teammates, other teams and engineers.
Guide software engineers as part of a full-stack team to deliver web and mobile features using React, Android, Node.js, GQL, etc.
Take ownership and contribute across the technical stack to improve speed of delivery, developer productivity and related goals.
Drive Availability, Quality, Performance, and Resiliency related goals with your team.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, UX and designers, to grasp the requirements and deliver top-tier software product.
Identify and drive improvements to mobile SDE frameworks, components and toolingâ¯for the Walmart developer community.
Contribute to and enhance mobile platform architecture to implement high-tech ideas for next generation retail. This involves technologies related to AR/VR, Gen AI, Automation/Robotics, Telemetry, Code-injection technologies, etc.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance.
Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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