Principal, Software Engineer, Streaming And Messaging

Principal, Software Engineer, Streaming and Messaging

Walmart’s Global Tech Platform team helps thousands of developers save time and code better, so that millions of Walmart associates can help hundreds of millions of customers save money and live better. We sustain millions of transactions per second, process petabytes of data, and enable tens of thousands of production deployments per day. We simplify the complexities of scale and unify software development for all aspects of the business, digital and physical. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer on our Streaming Systems team whose mission is to remove the complexity of provisioning, operating, and maintaining cloud-based streaming services by providing an automated, lights-out, self-healing solution. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and maintenance for the platform backend services that drive e-commerce for the world’s largest retailer. You will be leading large organizations in building the next-generation, cloud-based streaming technology capable of supporting transactions for e-commerce and retail stores.

We are a progressive technology group working in an agile environment that is looking for technologists who want to solve complex, high-scale business problems. You must have a go-getter attitude, excellent communication, and a belief that the customer is first. We are looking for an engineer who believes in delivering solid, robust solutions with a sense of ownership.

Managers Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 plus years of software development and/or DevOps experience in related field (Messaging, Streaming, Big Data)
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field
• Extensive knowledge in deployment automation tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Nomad, etc.)
• Extensive knowledge in Distributed Systems and the challenges that come with them
• Strong Java/Scala skill sets
• Designs, Scopes, and Builds large projects with large teams
• Git or a similar version control tool
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban)
• Strong understanding of continuous integration and delivery (Jenkins, GitOps, etc.)
• Strong understanding of testing frameworks (JUnit, Cucumber, or similar) and concepts (CHO, Integration, Unit, etc.)
• Strong understanding of large scale data platforms
• Design and Documentation Skills

You will sweep us off our feet if you have:

• Strong experience with near real-time stream processing (Micro-services, Spark, Flink, Storm, and Kafka Connect) at scale
• Proficiency with Java, Garbage Collection Systems, and Multi-threading
• Experience with Relational, Document, and Distributed Databases (Cassandra, MySQL, CosmosDB, Spanner, or Dynamo)
• Open source contribution

About Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists, and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service, or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human led is our true disruption.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science and 10 years’ experience in software engineering OR Master of Science and 8 years’ experience in software engineering OR PhD and 6 years’ experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’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.

Primary Location:

1345 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.