Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart•Sunnyvale, CA

2d•$143,000 - $286,000•Onsite

About The Position

Imagine working in an environment where you can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists, and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. On the Membership Experience Engineering team at Walmart, we provide technology to power shopping journeys that help hundreds of millions of customers live better – be it busy families getting groceries easily, new parents welcoming a new baby, organizing a new home or anyone planning a fun party. We strive to create the best shopping experience anywhere anytime, meeting customers’ evolving needs and expectations. Walmart+ is pioneering the way people experience online and in-store shopping. We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to help us design and improve customer membership experience and build scalable platforms on mobile devices. We are just getting started on membership experience and this is a very critical role to shape the face of Walmart+. At Walmart Global Tech, one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. We are a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail. Walmart's culture is a competitive advantage, and its fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates. Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in the design and development of highly scalable distributed applications and platforms - particularly for multi-tenant, SaaS products.
Experience building a 'Code, Deploy, run' pipeline using DevOps best practices by leveraging the best available CI/CD tools.
Experience with Kafka and messaging methodologies.
Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
Own Tech Debt/Tech Modernization - Ability to balance the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions.
Having proficiency in Java/J2EE, Microservices, and Cloud Native Architecture.
Hands-on experience in Microservices, and RESTful web services development in Java SpringBoot, Spring Kafka or equivalent framework).
In-depth knowledge of Cloud Native Architecture, Microservice Architecture, and related stacks (Service Registry, ELK / Splunk, service registry, VMs, etc.) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
Knowledge of at least one of Azure/Google Cloud Platforms.
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.
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 joining us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

Design, build and maintain REST API services using technologies such as Java, Spring, Hibernate, Tomcat and data stores to enable user interaction with large volume datasets.
Build highly scalable, low latency, fault-tolerant, and high-performance architecture solutions for customer facing web and mobile applications.
Participate in software development life cycle (SDLC) phases including sprint planning, estimating, design, development, testing, and deployment within an Agile development environment.
Build customer facing software application features and platform libraries.
Engage in End-to-End Migration of back-end services and database platform from Oracle DB to Azure Cosmos DB.
Leverage Reactive and Adaptive programming to handle change feeds from Azure Cosmos DB by creating robust reactive listeners and stored procedures.
Build data communication between back-end systems using Kafka.
Develop Unit and Automation Testing Frameworks, Test Suites, and Stubs/Mocks using Selenium, Mockito, JUnit, TestNG, Mocha, and Chai to thoroughly test the software applications for all possible positive and negative use case scenarios and achieve 100% code coverage.
Troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes.
Enhancing design to prevent re-occurrence of defects.
Use JIRA for Defect Reporting and Tracking.
Run SonarQube on applications to measure continuous code quality by reporting code smells and vulnerabilities.
Use Git Version Control System for coordinating work with the team.
Integrate applications with Jenkins to set up Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Environments (CI/CD).
Work on dashboard/queries to monitor application and system health and debug production issues.
Use JMeter to load test software functional behavior and measure performance.
Provide required Demos to Business stakeholders on software features and take required feedback for improvements.
Provide inputs to relevant stakeholders for creation of project plans and ensure adherence to the project against approved milestones and timelines.

Benefits

Incentive awards for your performance.
401(k) match
Stock purchase plan
Paid maternity and parental leave
PTO
Multiple health plans
Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Medical, vision and dental coverage
Company-paid life insurance
Paid time off (including sick leave)
Family care leave
Bereavement
Jury duty
Voting
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U (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.)