Staff, Software Engineer

Job Title:  Staff, Software Engineer, Fullstack 

Our Company: 

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code 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 2.3 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human led is our true disruption. The India Development Center is a product & innovation hub for Walmart, with a diverse workforce spread across Bangalore, Chennai, and Gurgaon. Our teams collaborate across the global to build and deploy solutions that enhance our customer experience, improve the lives of our associates, and build value for our business.  

At Walmart, we help people save money, so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make and drives us to create the future of retail. We can’t do that without the best talent – talent that is innovative, curious, and driven to create exceptional experiences for our customers.   

About our team - Data Ventures  

Data Ventures exists to unlock the full value of Walmart’s data by developing and productizing B2B data initiatives that empower merchants and suppliers to make better, faster decisions for the business.  As part of this transformation, we’re seeking entrepreneurial individuals to help drive data productization from concept to deployment. 

Job Summary  

As a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing new product features, supporting existing implementations and working with product, engineering, & business partners on new innovations. 

What you'll do: 

• Lead and participates in medium- to large-scale projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions, gathering requested information, writing, and developing code, conducting unit testing. Communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders.  

• Actively participate and lead the technical requirements analysis, design review, contract closure with cross-functional teams across the globe. 

• Participate in and identify architectural improvements, code review, best practices, delivering testable, maintainable, and high-quality solutions. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop scalable, high-performance software solutions. 

• Take ownership of full-stack development, including front-end and back-end components. 

• Utilize your expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices to create robust and efficient applications. 

• Mentor/coach other engineers in the team to facilitate their development and to provide technical leadership to them. 

• Manage and maintain multiple production and non-production environments, ensuring that these environments are setup with the standard automated build and releases processes & deliver with quality, reliability. 

• Build, leverage and analyze tools, application logs, and analytics data to determine improvements to the product and engineering services. 

• Monitor the health of web application, work cross-functionally with partner teams such as Site Ops, Network, Storage, Systems, Monitoring & Application team. 

• Set high standards for operational excellence and system observability. 

• Encourage a culture of innovation, creativity, and high standards within the team, promoting the adoption of new technologies and best practices. 

• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry best practices and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team. 

What you will bring 

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree with 10+ years of experience in Computer Science or related field.  

• Proficiency in building REST APIs and frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, and Hibernate. 

• Experience in designing and developing enterprise solutions in Java/J2EE following multi-tier architecture 

• Basic understanding of JavaScript & any one Front end frameworks like React.js & Angular would be preferred. 

• Experience with containerization technology like Docker, Kubernetes. 

• Experience in any one of Testing framework is preferred. 

• Strong understanding of Agile methodology and leveraging SDLC tools to improve development, CI/CD, and testing efficiency (JIRA, Jenkins, GIT, JUnit, Selenium, Lint)  

• Experience with Azure Cloud Stack, GCP or other cloud stacks  

• Knowledge of open-source libraries, design patterns and micro-service architecture  

• Hands on knowledge with RDBMS like MySQL, Postgres. 

• Hands on working experience in any messaging platform like Kafka is preferred. 

• Excellent understanding of DS/Algorithms, and problem-solving skills 

• Experience building customizable, reusable, accessible cross-platform and dynamic frontend components using ReactJS, Angular, JavaScript, Typescript, Node JS/Express JS, HTML and CSS is a plus. 

• Constant knack of making the applications better by following the right Design Principles. 

• Knowledge of GraphQL APIs is an added advantage. 

• Ability to break down a product goal into dev deliverables. 

• Ability to lead our technical relationship with partners and mentor a team of developers. 

About Walmart Global Tech 
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's 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. 

Flexible, hybrid work: 
We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives. 

 
Benefits: 
Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.