Software Engineer III

Software Engineer - III (Java)

As a senior software engineer, you will be responsible for low level design, impact analysis, debugging and production support for consumer facing applications at Walmart Plus. You will be a lead engineer working closely with architects and other developers to build comprehensive web/streaming applications.

On the Membership Experience Engineering team at Walmart, we provide technology to power shopping journeys that help hundreds of millions of customers live better – be it busy families getting groceries easily, new parents welcoming a new baby, organizing a new home or anyone planning a fun party. We strive to create the best shopping experience anywhere, anytime, meeting customers’ evolving needs and expectations. Walmart Plus is pioneering the way people experience online and in-store shopping. We are looking for an experienced engineer to help us design and improve customer membership experience and build a scalable platform.

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.

What you’ll do:

• Help build the next generation of platform supporting Walmart Plus, create applications that serve over 100 million customers, and build high-volume servers to support business.
• Harness passion for technology and advanced-level knowledge, and help build highly-scalable performant solutions.
• Make use of advanced-level knowledge of algorithms, Walmart’s tech ecosystem, core computer science concepts and ability to apply knowledge to real world systems.
• Without direct assistance, make the most of ability to recognize and match patterns from different areas of computer science in production systems and hone skill in making architectural decisions.
• Employ deep knowledge across several of these areas: data processing, programming languages, databases, networking and operating systems.
• Design and implement efficient monitoring systems for cloud services in a production environment.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations and quality.
• Develop tools and/or contribute to automation of repetitive tasks to improve productivity and reduce errors/incidents.
• 5% travel to various unanticipated domestic/international locations
• Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports 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.
• Troubleshoot production issues for BE services of W+ platform by reviewing, analyzing information impact, and work on the resolution.
• Design, develop Open Observe (SQL like), Prometheus or similar telemetry dashboards to monitor the W+ platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features

What you’ll bring:

• Experience designing and implementing RESTful microservices and stream processing services using Java 17/21, Spring Boot, Maven, and Tomcat 9.
• Deep knowledge in using Java, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Expertise in creating and optimizing database schemas, utilizing best practices and software design patterns.
• Writing comprehensive unit and functional test cases using JUnit and Mockito framework.
• Experience in utilizing RDBMS, distributed, and in-memory cache for application development.
• Knowledge in designing and developing ecommerce web-based applications and features such as profile membership, add to cart, shipping, payment, and order management.
• Ability to implement event-driven architecture using Kafka streaming platform for application development.
• Expertise at managing source code using Git and deploy applications using cloud services.
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads in Kubernetes across public and private clouds in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Configure APM dashboards, set up alerting, and monitor applications using Grafana and Prometheus.
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting distributed applications in production environments.
• Working knowledge of private and public cloud technologies.
• Being a team player, critical thinker, and exhibiting problem-solving skills.
• Having optimal time-management skills and interpersonal and communication skills.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail. Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.

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.

The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

• Stock

Primary Location

1395 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America