Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart•Sunnyvale, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The 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, and 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, conduct code reviews, and lead 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+ years of 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 assignments with high energy in a fast-growing environment.
Strong engineering mindset who can drive design and development of automated monitoring, alerting and self-healing systems.
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.
OR 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Nice To Haves

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.
Deep interest and passion for technology.
Love owning new responsibilities and enjoy working with people who will keep challenging you at every stage.
Strong problem solving, analytic, decision-making and excellent communication with interpersonal skills.
Self-driven and motivated with entrepreneurial passion and desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven agile environment with varied responsibilities.
Passion to mentor and drive technical associates to deliver quality products in an agile environment.
Flair to setup new process and bring in an innovative mindset to drive the team.
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.
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.
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.
Uphold high standards in quality and operational excellence.
Develop comprehensive technical documentation and presentations to clearly communicate architectural decisions and design options.
Ensure documentation aligns with project scopes, milestones, and deliverables.
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.
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.
Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, and DevOps teams.
Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Medical coverage
Vision coverage
Dental coverage
401(k)
Stock purchase
Company-paid life insurance
PTO (including sick leave)
Parental leave
Family care leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
Voting leave
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption expense reimbursement
Surrogacy expense reimbursement
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live Better U) for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.