(USA) Senior, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Here at Walmart, we’re driven by an intellectual curiosity that keeps us on the cutting-edge of user design and a seamless customer experience. We’re 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 Sr 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. You’ll 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 world’s largest retailer. That’s the Walmart experience. Intrigued?

About Team: End-to-End Fulfillment - Enterprise Inventory
On the Item and Inventory team, we ensure our customers get their orders when and where they want them, in a frictionless, predictable manner. What's more, we create reusable SaaS products and services that manage our catalog and power end-to-end inventory management, including replenishment, fulfillment, and transportation. With end-to-end inventory management, from replenishment and fulfillment to transportation, we give our drivers and partners the tools they need to get the right items to customers on time and in the right packaging. Our team works closely with our US stores and eCommerce business to better serve customers by empowering team members, stores, and merchants with technological innovation. From groceries and entertainment to sporting goods and crafts, Walmart U.S. offers an extensive selection that our customers value, whether they shop online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps, or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores and employees, in-store service, merchant tools, merchant data science, and search and personalization. Enterprise inventory(EI) team provides Real time Inventory accuracy for fulfillment nodes in Stores, Clubs, DCs and FCs. We are a team of passionate engineers who take pride in building highly available and scalable event driven systems.

What you'll do:

Analyze business and software requirements to determine the feasibility of designs within time and cost constraints for Walmart's systems.

Design inventory accuracy system capabilities with the help of event sourcing and CQRS design patterns. Develop systems using object-oriented and/or reactive programming in Java, Spring Boot, and

Apache Cassandra, Azure Cosmos DB. Design complex algorithms to fulfill the inventory accuracy system requirements which will handle sourcing while reducing shipping cost and ensuring fast delivery.

Design, develop, and maintain new software features using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure the outcomes and consequences of the design. Utilize Kubernetes, Memcached, Cassandra, Cosmos, Kafka, and GitHub.

Work with business and product teams for gathering requirements and users’ questions, concerns, challenges, and issues. Identify short and long-term solutions. Lead cross-functional partnership to facilitate resolution. Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information related to issue, impact, criticality, and possible root cause.

Engage support teams to assist in the resolution of issues. Formulate an action plan and perform actions as designated in the plan. Interpret the results to determine further action. Perform root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues and complete online documentation.

Develop and direct automated software system testing and validation procedures to validate the business flow end-to-end. Lead medium to large scale projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions, gathering requested information, writing and developing code, conducting unit testing, and communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders.

Collaborate with project team and cross functional teams to troubleshoot open issues and bug-fixes ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Interact with project manager to provide input on project plan and provide update to the project team. Develop, execute, and improve action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices.

Participate 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.

Demonstrate 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.

Model compliance with company policies and procedures and support 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.

What you'll bring:

We are looking for someone that has experience in object-oriented and/or reactive programming in Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Cassandra, Azure Cosmos DB, Spark, python, Google BigQuery. 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:

Strong knowledge of SQL.

Basic understanding of Kubernetes, Helm, microservice architecture and design, and best practices around multi-threading, networking, offline storage and performance tuning.

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

Ability to build products with focus on testability, someone who loves test coverage (well versed with Mockito and JUnit).

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.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a 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.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

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

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area., We value candidates with a 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. The ideal candidate would have 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.

Primary Location...

805 Se Moberly Ln, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America