STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Walmart Global Tech · Posted Nov 6
Software development, cloud infrastructure, and retail technology services for Walmart
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About the role
The team collaborates with Walmart International, which operates over 5,900 retail units outside the United States under 55 banners in 26 countries. The team is engaged in design, development, and delivery of next-generation back-end platforms and services for customers. This staff engineering role leads technical direction and architecture, coordinates multiple scrum teams, and drives end-to-end delivery of large-scale backend systems.
What you will do
- Partner with cross-functional team members to develop and maintain a well-defined roadmap, while balancing technological excellence
- Lead technical direction and architecture with engineering team members.
- Facilitate coordination of multiple scrum teams to successfully deliver committed feature sets.
- Driving practices in training, development, and efficiencies across multiple feature teams.
- Diagnose and resolve systemic obstacles that prevent your team from delivering high-quality software
- Build a culture of continuous learning, growth, and sharing of technological insights.
- Educate and advocate for engineering best practices within the backend services ecosystem
- Recruit, mentor, and develop world-class engineers.
- You will be responsible for leading and working with a team of highly capable and committed engineers working on large scale back-end technologies.
- The team is engaged in design, development, and delivery of next-generation platforms for our customers, creating next gen services and continuously improving how we work.
- You will Lead end-to-end projects by reviewing project requirements, Collaborating with cross-functional teams, translating requirements into technical solutions, working across architects from different teams , gathering requested information (e.g., design documents, product requirements, wireframes), writing and developing code, conducting unit testing, communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders, troubleshooting open issues and bug fixes, ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs, interacting with the project manager to provide input on the project plan, and providing leadership to the project team.
- Leads engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, direction, and examples; identifying short- and long-term solutions and timelines; reviewing and providing feedback for proposed solutions; and performing design and code reviews of changes.
- Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (e.g., issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; formulating an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; performing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences of issues; and completing online documentation.
- Provides support to the business by responding to users' questions, concerns, and issues (e.g., technical feasibility, implementation strategies); identifying short- and long-term solutions; facilitating resolutions; and leading cross-functional partnerships.
- 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 the 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 in applying these when executing business processes and practices.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- BS/MS with minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering
- 8+ years of software development experience building large scale micro services and scalable platforms to support complex solutions
- Proficiency in Java, Spring boot, No SQL databases , Kafka , Cloud systems (Azure) and other modern backend technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver multiple complex technical projects in an agile environment
- Demonstrated ability to foster a culture of learning, psychological safety, respect for differences and collaboration across all engineering skill levels.
- Strong design sensibility and attention to detail
- Believes in the value of writing code that is clean, testable, and maintainable
- Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent practical experience
Benefits and support
- incentive awards for performance
- maternity and parental leave
- PTO
- health benefits
About Walmart Global Tech
Walmart Global Tech is the technological powerhouse and engineering arm of Walmart Inc., responsible for building and managing foundational technologies, cloud infrastructure, and software systems. The organization powers global retail operations across Walmart U.S., Sam's Club, and Walmart International, delivering customer experiences and enterprise services worldwide. Operating across multiple global hubs, it unites engineering, data science, product design, and artificial intelligence to digitally transform retail.
- Industry
- Information Technology
- Company size
- 25000+ employees
- Founded
- 2011
- Location
- Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer
Executive Vice President, AI Acceleration, Product and Design
Senior Vice President and Tech Operating Partner, Walmart International
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