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Walmart Canada · 1 month ago

Staff, Software Engineer, Backend Web UI

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$143K/yr - $286K/yr

4+ years exp

Walmart Inc. is a leading retailer, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Next Gen Commerce team. This role involves leading large software engineering projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and overseeing the development of innovative solutions that enhance customer experiences.

DeliveryRetailShopping

No H1B

Responsibilities

Leads the discovery phase of large software engineering projects by collaborating with cross-functional teams to determine project strategy; interpreting strategy into sustainable architecture and solutions; driving prototype development to ensure concept is feasible; and implementing prototypes to validate projects

Leads project teams for engineering projects by providing direction regarding project plan; identifying short- and long-term solutions and timelines; providing guidance regarding project issues or roadblocks; reviewing and approving proposed solutions; implementing new architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes

Leads medium- to large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects for Engineering by collaborating with cross-functional teams to determine project requirements; translating requirements into platforms and mobile solutions for multiple operating systems (for example, iPhone, Android); gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames); writing and developing code; developing user interface solutions; conducting testing to ensure solution is functional; communicating project status and roadblocks to team members and stakeholders; determining solutions to issues; enhancing design to prevent reoccurrence of defects across multiple devices; ensuring on-time delivery; and collaborating with project managers to provide guidance on project implementation plan

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance; accordingly, developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning

Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness

Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy

Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness. and participating in and supporting community outreach events

Qualification

Programming languagesCloud platformsEvent Driven ArchitecturesMicroservices architecturesContainerizationDistributed NoSQL databasesLarge scale distributed systemsMentoring engineersCommunication skillsProblem-solving attitude

Required

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

Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or Bachelor's degree in CS or related field 15+ years relevant experience

Experience with more than one programming language (Go, Python Java, Kotlin, Scala, Clojure, JavaScript, preferred)

Experience with Azure, GCP, AWS, or private cloud

Experience with Event Driven Architectures and constituent technologies (e.g., Kafka, Event Hubs, PubSub) and patterns (Event Sourcing, CQRS, etc.)

Experience with JMS/AMQP (ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, etc.)

Experience with the serverless framework and serverless architecture

Experience with microservices architectures and constituent technologies

Experience with containerization and container platforms. (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)

Experience with distributed NoSQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.)

Large scale distributed systems experience, including scalability and fault tolerance

Experience in mentoring engineers and influencing other engineers across the organization