Staff Software Engineer

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

21h • Onsite

About The Position

This Staff Software Engineer position involves troubleshooting business and production issues, leading the discovery phase for medium to large projects, and developing innovation strategies. The role also includes leading and participating in complex, cross-functional projects from requirements translation to code development, unit testing, and issue resolution. The position is located at 805 SE Moberly Ln, Bentonville, AR 72712.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field plus 3 years of experience in software engineering or related experience; OR Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field plus 6 years of experience in software engineering or related experience.
• Experience with building batch and streaming data pipelines with MLOps tools and platforms such as Airflow and Dataproc.
• Experience with SQL, Python and PySpark to handle large scale batch data processing and streaming data processing.
• Experience with developing solution strategies and architecture designing to build enterprise-level forecast platform.
• Experience with Cloud and infrastructure - K8S, serverless, API, Cluster to support building million-records-level forecast platform.
• Experience with defining CI/CD pipelines for enterprises e.g., Concord/Jenkins/ etc.
• Experience with developing and deploying applications in GCP with GCP tools. e.g., DataProc, VertexAI, DataFlow.
• Experience with developing and deploying applications in Azure with Azure tools. e.g., Azure Blob, Azure Databricks.
• Experience with Python, PySpark, Pytorch, Tensorflow and other common Machine learning tool to build enterprise level forecast platform.
• Background in open-source products in the dev ops and machine learning space.
• Experience using Docker for containerization, ensuring scalable and consistent environments across development, testing and production.
• Experience with building and maintaining Python libraries, with a focus on making tools parametrized, generalized and reusable for diverse applications.
• Experience with integrating data science workflows into scalable software systems, leveraging advanced algorithms and machine learning models to drive data-driven decisions within production environment.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoots business and production issues by reviewing and analyzing information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; formulating an action plan; directing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; performs root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues; and completing online documentation.
• Leads the discovery phase of medium to large projects to come up with high level design by partnering with the product management, Web Operations, project management, business and user experience teams; obtaining cross-function approvals; driving proof-of-concept; and implementing prototypes to validate ideas.
• Develops Innovation strategies, processes, and best practices by leading internal technical teams; partnering with cross-functional teams across the business; developing assessments of key opportunities; documenting project scopes; developing long-range plans and project timelines; communicating with and influencing decision-makers and executives within the organization; and resolving technology differences across teams through informed discussions.
• Leads and participates in medium- to large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with project team and cross functional teams; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; enhancing design to prevent re-occurrences of defects; ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs; interacting with project manager to provide input on project plan; and providing leadership to the project team.

What This Job Offers

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