Walmart Canada · 1 month ago
(USA) Senior, Software Engineer
Walmart Inc. is a leading retail corporation, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Item & Supply Chain Technology team. The role involves leading software design and implementation for complex projects, ensuring quality standards, and driving technical vision to deliver world-class software solutions.
DeliveryRetailShopping
Responsibilities
Leads and participates in medium- to large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wireframes); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with the project team and cross-functional teams; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; enhancing design to prevent reoccurrences of defects; ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs; interacting with project manager to provide input on project plan; and providing leadership to the project team
Identifying short- and long- term solutions and timeline; reviewing and approving proposed solutions; implementing new architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes
Leads the discovery phase of medium to large projects to come up with high-level design by partnering with the product management, Web Operations, project management, business and user experience teams; obtaining cross-function approvals; driving proof-of-concept; and implementing prototypes to validate ideas
Utilizes industry research to improve Wal-Mart's technology environment by analyzing industry best practices; benchmarking industry against internal processes and solutions; researching or influencing future industry solutions for fit with internal needs; and defining software development guidelines, standards and processes.Involved in planning of system and development 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
Directs root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
Documents testing and maintenance of application corrections and improvements
Supports business objectives and ensures the business needs are being met
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems
8+ years of experience in Software development preferable in Retail using Java technologies
5+ years of programming experience in architecting highly scalable & performing Applications
5+ years of experience with two or more Open Source technologies (Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, Solr, Elastic, etc.)
4+ years of developing / architecting high transaction high throughput systems is a must
3+ Experience of highly scalable Restful API / micro-services experience
2+ years of experience with Scala preferred
2+ years of experience in agile ways of working in a distributed geographical model
2+ year of experience in Hadoop/Hive/GCP/Spark Streaming
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
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
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
Knowledge of accessibility best practices and Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture
Benefits
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.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Company
Walmart Canada
Walmart Canada is a subsidiary of Walmart that operates a chain of more than 400 stores nationwide. It is a sub-organization of Walmart.
Funding
Current Stage
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