Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart • Sunnyvale, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

About Team Marketplace Engineering team is at the forefront of building core platforms and services to enable Walmart to deliver vast selection at competitive prices and with best-in-class customer experience by enabling third-party sellers to the marketplace platform, sell and manage their products to our customers on walmart.com. We do this by managing the entire seller lifecycle, monitoring customer experience, and deliver high- value insights to our sellers to help them plan their assortment, price, inventory. The team also actively collaborates with partner platform teams to ensure we continue to deliver the best experience to our sellers and our customers. As a Staff Software Engineer - Full stack, you’ll have the opportunity to Guide and mentor, a team of engineers, conducting code reviews and leading design discussions to ensure engineering best practices. Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices. Lead the creation and maintenance of our technical architecture, aligning it with business goals and scalability requirements. Architect complex software systems (data/backend), ensuring performance, security, and scalability needs are met. Software Craftsmanship: Consistently produce high-quality software with a focus on unit testing, regular code reviews, and continuous integration. Uphold high standards in quality and operational excellence. Technical Documentation: Develop comprehensive technical documentation and presentations to clearly communicate architectural decisions and design options. Ensure documentation aligns with project scopes, milestones, and deliverables. Engineering Advocacy: Promote and enforce technical standards across the organization to achieve concrete outcomes and drive engineering excellence. Foster a culture of learning and innovation through hands-on technical guidance and mentorship. Project Leadership: Lead the discovery phase of major projects, ensuring the design aligns with business goals and technical requirements. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scopes and milestones. Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, and DevOps teams. Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Innovation and Research: Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.

Requirements

• 10 - 14 years of experience in design and development of highly-scalable applications and platform development in product based companies or R&D divisions.
• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns.
• 9 – 10 years of experience in building UI applications.
• Proficient in ReactJs/Redux, javascript, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3, JSON
• Hands-on design & development experience in interfacing with Web services platforms
• 7+ of years hands-on experience building full stack applications using - Java, Springboot, Microservices
• Well versed in TDD,BDD methodologies and the enabling tools and technologies - JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, CI/CD etc.
• Practioner of Agile methodologies and DevOps CI/CD development environments/tools: Git, Maven, Jenkins
• Experience with performance testing tools e.g. Jmeter, LoadRunner etc .
• Experience with Architectural patterns for High Availability, performance, Scale our Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Security Architecture.
• Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly.
• Proficient in new and emerging technologies.
• Strong hands on development skills to prototype technical solutions.
• Must be a proven performer and team player who enjoys challenging assignment with high enery in fast growing environment.
• Strong engineering mindset who can drive design and development of automated monitoring, alerting and self-healing system
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• 6 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 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area
• Exposure to cloud infrastructures, such as Open Stack, Azure, GCP, or AWS
• Experience with mobile (web/native) development
• Exposure to full stack development
• Proficient in new and emerging technologies.
• 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

• Guide and mentor, a team of engineers, conducting code reviews and leading design discussions to ensure engineering best practices.
• Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of our technical architecture, aligning it with business goals and scalability requirements.
• Architect complex software systems (data/backend), ensuring performance, security, and scalability needs are met.
• Consistently produce high-quality software with a focus on unit testing, regular code reviews, and continuous integration.
• Develop comprehensive technical documentation and presentations to clearly communicate architectural decisions and design options.
• Promote and enforce technical standards across the organization to achieve concrete outcomes and drive engineering excellence.
• Lead the discovery phase of major projects, ensuring the design aligns with business goals and technical requirements.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, and DevOps teams.
• Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.

Benefits

• At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
• 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.
• You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level