Senior, Software Engineer - Bentonville, AR

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

401d • $90,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer position at Walmart focuses on developing and maintaining high-performance APIs and software services that enhance the in-store customer and associate experience. The role involves working with a multi-tenant platform that evaluates, creates, and manages in-store work, utilizing various technologies including Java, Spring, and NoSQL. The engineer will collaborate with UX teams and contribute to the continuous improvement of coding and design practices.

Requirements

• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns.
• Experience with Go programming language.
• Experience with Java and Spring frameworks.
• Experience with Kafka, Websockets, and NoSQL.
• CI/CD development environments/tools: Git, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Well versed in TDD methodologies and enabling tools and technologies.
• Ability to convert high level design to low level design.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Practitioner of Agile (Scrum) methodology.

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.
• Background in creating inclusive digital experiences and knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high performant APIs and software services for in-store customer and associate experience.
• Collaborate with the UX team to develop engaging, delightful, adaptive, and responsive customer experiences.
• Develop robust, maintainable, reusable code for managing functionality, configuration, deployment, monitoring, performance, scalability, availability, security, and alerting for software test, integration, and production environments.
• Plan and implement steps for reconfiguration, integration, removal, or addition of application components to enhance functionality, resiliency, usability, and security.
• Understand business/stakeholder/technical requirements and assist in analyzing existing solutions to address needs.
• Assist in creating simple, modular, extensible functional design for the product/solution in adherence to requirements.
• Assess gaps/updates/modifications between customer/business expectations and existing product/solutions.
• Analyze defects from past projects/solutions to avoid recurrence of similar defects.
• Analyze system performance impacting the complete product for non-functional requirements like reliability, operability, performance efficiency, and security.
• Troubleshoot performance and availability bottlenecks for the application.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test cases and deployment procedures.
• Follow coding and design best practices and contribute towards their continuous improvement.

Benefits

• 401(k) match
• Stock purchase plan
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• PTO
• Multiple health plans
• Incentive awards for performance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U education benefit program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: General Merchandise Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree