Staff Software Engineer

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 4 years of experience in software engineering or related area; OR 6 years of experience in software engineering or related area.
• Requirements analysis: Risk assessment, business alignment, user stories, and functional/non-functional requirements classification
• Architecture and design: Scalable distributed systems, design patterns, detailed specifications, and MVP development
• Workday expertise: Studio integrations, EIB, Payroll Effective Change Interface, Core Connectors, and custom reporting
• Development: Maintainable code creation, code reviews, CI/CD pipeline automation, and security enforcement
• Testing: Comprehensive test strategies, tool selection (Selenium, Jira, Eggplant), test case development, and defect identification
• Client engagement: Discovery workshops, architecture assessment, design sessions, and implementation planning
• Technical leadership: System integration testing, defect resolution, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication
• Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, secure coding standards, and full software development lifecycle management
• Bridging business requirements with technical solutions while ensuring high-quality, scalable outcomes.
• Any amount of experience with the required skills.

Nice To Haves

• Solution Design: Software architecture; Distributed systems; Scalability; Design patterns; Disaster Recovery; Tech Stacks; Minimum Viable Product- MVP; Non-Functional Requirements; Telemetry.
• Coding: Coding standards and guidelines; Coding languages (E.g. JavaScript, Python, C# etc.), frameworks (E.g. ActiveX, .Net, Cocoa, Android application framework etc.), tools (E.g. Monday.com, Linx, Embold etc.) and Platforms (E.g. Microsoft Azure, AWS, Apple IOS etc.); Quality, Safety and Security (PCI etc.) standards; Emerging tools and technologies; Telemetry.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and evaluate the performance of the application by tracking and analyzing appropriate metrics.
• Perform maintenance (corrective, adaptive, perfective) and re-engineering activities.
• Analyze application logs, maintenance activity data, performance data and provide analysis.
• Evaluate change requests to identify those which are valid and feasible.
• Utilizes industry research to improve Wal-Mart's technology environment by analyzing industry best practices; bench marking industry against internal processes and solutions; researching or influencing future industry solutions for fit with internal needs; and defining software development guidelines, standards and processes.
• Assists in design of solutions such that the processes / applications work in tandem for specific components/modules of a product.
• Evaluate trade-offs while designing a component based on the business requirements.
• Assist in conversion of HLD (High Level Design) to create detailed design using mock screens, pseudo codes and detailed functional logic of the modules for specific modules/components of a product.
• To select appropriate frameworks (E.g. ActiveX, .Net, Cocoa, Android application framework etc.), platforms (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Apple IOS etc.), and environments for software coding/configuration and scripting.
• Guide the team on coding patterns, languages and frameworks in line with evolving trends in the industry (Ex: reactive vs. imperative etc.) and drive scalability and security.
• Drive implementation of telemetry features by determining data/metrics requirement within the domain.
• Support ad-hoc reviews of software code to ensure baseline mitigations for known risks.
• Create/configure minimalistic code for entire product/system and ensure the product is meeting business requirements, non-functional requirements, low-maintainability, high-availability and high-scalability needs.
• Oversee the codes executed by team in line with specified technical/business requirements.
• Arrange project requirements in programming sequence by analyzing requirements.

Benefits

• Walmart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees