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Walmart Canada · 4 months ago

(USA) Staff, Software Engineer- Traffic Foundation

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$143K/yr - $286K/yr

8+ years exp

Walmart Inc. is seeking a passionate and innovative software engineer to join their Traffic Foundation team within Walmart’s Global Technology Platform group. This role involves designing and building high-performance, distributed systems to handle millions of requests per second, leading complex projects, and ensuring that Walmart technology remains the fastest and most resilient in the industry.

DeliveryRetailShopping

Responsibilities

Involved in planning of system, development, and deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards

Drives technical vision and influences product roadmap and vision

Implement large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects

Leads the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design

Supervise the work of cross-functional groups of engineers, including offshore associates

Directs root cause analysis of critical business and production issues

Supports business objectives and ensures the business needs are being met

Develops Innovation strategies, processes, and best practices by leading internal technical teams; partnering with cross-functional teams across the business; developing assessments of key opportunities; documenting project scopes; developing long-range plans and project timelines; communicating with and influencing decision-makers and executives within the organization; and resolving technology differences across teams through informed discussions

Qualification

Software engineering experienceLayer 47 orchestrationHigh-performance HTTP proxiesCloud computing (Azure/Go)TCP/HTTP protocolsDevOps experienceProgramming languages (Go/C/C++/Java)Technical documentationCommunication skillsCross-functional collaboration

Required

8+ years of professional experience in software engineering

Experience building Layer 4 and 7 orchestration/routing/load balancing systems

Managed systems with >1K servers

Built high-performance HTTP proxies and caches

Experience with cloud (Azure/Go preferred)

DevOps experience

Clear understanding of TCP/HTTP request/response protocols/lifecycle

4+ Experience in a language such as Go/C/C++/Java

Ability to interact effectively with a variety of business and technical stakeholders

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including writing technical documentation

Option 1: 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

Option 2: 6 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Preferred

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

Knowledge of assistive technologies

Integrating digital accessibility seamlessly

Knowledge of accessibility best practices

Understanding of Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture