(USA) Staff, Software Engineer (fullstack - Backend)

Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Walmart Global Tech is looking to hire a Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack) for their Marketplace Engineering team. An ideal candidate must have expertise in Java, React, strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures, cloud application development, automation tools, CI/CD pipeline, and a proven understanding of microservices and REST APIs. As a part of Walmart Global Tech, you will build industry defining seller and customer experiences in growing the marketplace platform. You will be in a unique position to bring a broader impact to Walmart’s customers and sellers by providing insights and intelligence on marketplace related transactions and provide capabilities to associates in supporting all segments of Walmart.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with cross functional teams including business, product and other software engineers to understand the business problem, review business requirements, draft technical requirements, scope, design, develop, test, and deploy services and systems.
• Collaborate with your team to perform design and code reviews, provide constructive feedback, improve operational excellence to ensure high quality, high availability, scalable and performant systems.
• Create and enhance large sized applications, services, or significant set of components within a large application.
• Willing to learn and contribute in any layer of the stack, from front-end development to back-end services and data.
• User Interface Design: Utilize your knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, and Webpack to build responsive and dynamic user interfaces. Implement and customize CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap or Foundation to enhance the visual appeal and functionality.
• Node.js Knowledge: Leverage your knowledge on Node.js for server-side JavaScript, developing scalable backend services and ensuring seamless integration with frontend applications. Implement efficient data processing and handle asynchronous operations effectively.
• Backend Development: Design and develop RESTful APIs, ensuring robust and secure communication between frontend and backend systems. Work with databases, both SQL and NoSQL, to manage data storage and retrieval efficiently. Apply performance optimization techniques and security best practices.
• Mentoring & Learning: Provide mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. Lead by example and encourage knowledge sharing within the team.
• Architecture & Design: Stay abreast of emerging frontend and backend technologies, make strategic architectural decisions, and maintain comprehensive documentation. Drive the architectural vision for both frontend and server-side systems.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance user experiences and ensure seamless integration. Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across departments.
• App Health, Quality, and Performance: Prioritize application quality, respond swiftly to feedback, improve performance, and address critical issues proactively. Implement best practices for monitoring and maintaining application health.
• Tech Initiatives & Innovation: Contribute to technological advancements and innovation within the team. Champion new ideas and drive the adoption of cutting-edge frontend and backend technologies.
• Time Management & Planning: Develop detailed project timelines, manage tasks efficiently, and practice effective time management. Ensure timely delivery of high-quality projects.
• Engineering Excellence: Focus on meticulous, detail-oriented work, conduct rigorous code reviews, and resolve complex technical challenges. Uphold the highest standards of engineering excellence.
• Leadership: Provide strategic technical guidance, lead and manage projects, and coordinate with other teams to achieve successful outcomes. Exhibit strong leadership qualities and mentor junior team members.

General Skills:

• 10+ years of full-stack development experience in complex web applications.
• Proven ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities to lead projects and mentor junior team members.
• Experience in e-commerce or marketplace platforms.
• Contributions to open-source projects or active involvement in internal platform evangelism.

What you'll bring:

• 7+ years of relevant experience in building highly resilient, highly scalable systems.
• A good understanding of Java and Microservices.
• Hands-on experience with Java, ReactJS, Spring Boot, Cloud (Azure/GCP/AWS), Webpack, Kafka (or other messaging service), Memcached/Redis or any caching technologies, relational DBMS (MySQL, Oracle etc.)
• Should be hands-on writing/reviewing design & code.
• Understand the product and project management space with Agile methodologies.
• CI/CD development environments/tools: Git, Maven, Jenkins.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership for development and design of least one cloud-based project - Experience in building extensible platforms, data pipelines are desirable.
• Experience in internalization is a plus.
• Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly. Proficient in new and emerging technologies.
• Ability to balance the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills - including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus building skills; ability to influence and persuade, without direct control.
• Mentoring/coaching Senior staff engineers and other Engineers.
• Focus on reusability, frameworks, patterns, and configurations tools for faster development.
• Practitioner of Agile (Scrum) methodology.
• Understanding of machine learning preferred.
• Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs for robust and secure communication between frontend and backend systems.
• Knowledge of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture in Node.js.
• Familiarity with performance optimization techniques for backend systems to ensure high responsiveness and low latency.
• Understanding of security best practices for protecting against vulnerabilities and ensuring data integrity and privacy.
• Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

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, cybersecurity experts, 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. Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.

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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.