Staff Software Engineer

Position Summary

What you'll do

What you'll do

Here at Walmart, were driven by an intellectual curiosity that keeps us on the cutting-edge of user design and a seamless customer experience. Were intrigued by the opportunity to engineer the most optimal approach that drives conversions and generates consumer loyalty across every touchpoint of the digital journey.

As a Staff Software Engineer , you'll spend your days translating requirements into solutions, writing code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and providing us with the insights necessary to think beyond the status quo. Youll oversee small project teams consisting of other engineers who will look to you as a trusted advisor, a subject matter expert who provides guidance and the right tools to get the job done.

Now, imagine doing all the above for the worlds largest retailer. Thats the Walmart experience. Intrigued? Here are the few day-to-day tasks:

Assists in providing guidance to small groups of 5 to 6 engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by proving pertinent documents, directions, examples, and timeline.

Provides support to the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; identifying short- and long-term solutions; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of associates domain.

Manages small to large-sized complex projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; researching and identifying alternative solutions; determining needed solution based on return on investment and value add to the business; 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; identifying areas of opportunity; interpreting information and identifying a solution; ensuring solution is sustainable across implementation and use; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; and ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs.

Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues; engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; developing solutions; driving the development of an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; and completing online documentation.

Participates in the discovery phase of small to medium-sized projects to come up with high level design by partnering with the product management, project management, business, and user experience teams.

Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales.

Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.

Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans; using the Open-Door Policy; and demonstrating and assisting others with how to apply these in executing business processes and practices.

About the team:

The Unified Reconciliation and Settlement team has been chartered to provide a enterprise payment recon platform for Walmart/Sam's club and its multitude of ecosystems.

The first milestone tasked for this team is to move payment reconciliation processing workloads for US stores and clubs from mainframe-based system to a cloud native solution.

Payment reconciliation is arguably one of the most critical functions for any retailer, more so for Walmart considering its size and customer focus. We wanted to close the ledger books on time without any manual intervention and with high financial accuracy.

Being a unified Recon and Settlement solution, it will also be handling ecommerce and omni channel Recon workloads across Walmart and its subsidiaries.

Being a highly visible application on the post customer journey critical path makes this a high impact application on the customer experience.

About You:

You have and can implement big ideas with a positive attitude. You want to be a part of the team to disrupt this industry and you have these main skills:

Expert understanding of Kubernetes, Helm, Microservice architecture and design, and best practices around multithreading, distributed transactions and JVM performance tuning.

Expert level knowledge and understanding of Data structures, Java, Spring Boot, and experience working with distributed systems and teams.

Expert in AKKA Persistence, state management and AKKA streams

Expert with refactoring/redesigning/rewriting existing applications is a plus (We are in the process of redesigning and refactoring of our current platform)

Ability to build products with focus on testability, someone who loves test coverage (well versed with Mockito and JUnit) and desires functional testing through (Cucumber/Karate)

A disciplined approach to development, code review, testing, documentation, and code structure in a team environment.

A constant desire to improve, learn more and take things to the next level and a passion for adopting the latest features in Kubernetes, Java, and Spring Boot.

Ability to leverage public cloud (GCP/Azure) and tune up production environments through systematic alerting and logging strategies.

Youll really wow us if

Your ability to rise above group think and see beyond the here and now is matched only by your intellectual curiosity.

You come to the table with a comprehensive knowledge of Java, Spring, SOA as well as Agile methodologies.

You consider yourself to be a student of the world who thrives in an ever-changing environment that holds within it new challenges and chances to prove your expertise.

You level up when you will have the opportunity to teach others and empower those around you to excel.

Youll make an impact by

Effectively translating requirements into project parameters while working with agility from cradle to grave.

Helping cross-functional teams to solve for business problems and develop solutions that enable us to redefine a “best-in-class†customer experience.

Encouraging the project teams that you oversee to work collaboratively and to aim for insight-driven outcomes.

Skill Set Additions

Knowledge of technologies used in building scalable, distributed systems in virtualized cloud environments.

Ability to design for fault tolerance and high availability.

Have proficient knowledge and experience with Google Cloud Ecosystem.

Demonstrated knowledge of the following Programming Languages: Java, Scala, Bash, Build Manager (Maven), Distributed Version Control (GIT), Continuous Integration (Jenkins) experience.

Ability to understand network traffic and assess firewall rules required for communication.

Solid DevOps skills in troubleshooting live applications, assessing performance bottlenecks of applications running on Linux.

Develop high-performance and scalable solutions that run distributed transactions from various payment processors.

Minimum Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor of Science and 9 years experience in software engineering OR Master of Science 8 years experience in software engineering

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds 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 . click apply for full job details