Position SummaryWhat you'll doAbout Team:MCSE, also known as the Walmart Fulfilment Engine, is a collection of applications designed to balance customer satisfaction with the cost of order fulfilment. It serves as the order sourcing platform, ensuring that our customers receive the best delivery dates while also optimizing our supply chain network, reducing expenses, and providing self-service automated tools to our partners. The Walmart Fulfilment Engine (WFE) team is responsible for managing the various services involved in determining item carrier eligibility, delivery dates, and shipping charges. Our services have been designed to handle a high volume of traffic, with the ability to process millions of requests per minute. We utilize geo-based optimization algorithms to determine the optimal delivery date and shipping charge for our customers. If you are seeking a challenging role with significant growth potential and the opportunity to work on innovative engineering projects in a fast-paced environment, then this is the perfect position for you. Strong technical skills and a creative mindset are essential for this role.What you will do:As a Distinguished Software Engineer for Walmart Labs, you'll have the opportunity to
Design distributed systems considering scalability, design patterns, disaster recovery, tech stacks, Minimum Viable Product- MVP & Non-Functional Requirements.
Create simple, modular, extensible and functional design in adherence to the requirements for multiple products/solutions within a domain.
Work with the Product team to understand Customer requirements and analyze the gaps between existing architecture and customer requirements.
Analyze system performance impacting the complete product for non-functional requirements like reliability, operability, performance efficiency and security.
Create detailed design using mock screens, pseudo codes and detailed functional logic of the modules for an entire product. Finalize the tech stack.
Review the MVP to uncover risks and check for performance and usability; guide the team during MVP creation.
Be the technical leader for the team & not only guiding but actively supporting team as needed and takes end to end ownership of design and architecture of multiple large-scale products.
Ensure products are well designed, well built and have flexible architectures to meet business needs and future extensibility.
Contribute actively to tech and arch councils, constantly strive for engineering and operational excellence across the product lines.
Lead and advocate Agile engineering practices, with a focus on continuous improvement, lean and systems thinking.
Triaging and Troubleshooting including regression testing, root cause analysis (RCA), root cause corrective action (RCCA) To guide team members in RCA and RCCA to identify the origins of and prevent defects/performance gaps.
Good active listener, being able to hear and include propositions from other engineers in the final solution.
Investigate the latest technology trends and build quick Proof of Concept functionalities to address future/current business needs
Perform code reviews, design reviews, guide the test team with the user scenarios
What you will bring:
B.Tech. / B.E. / M.Tech. / M.S. in Computer Science or relevant discipline
16+ years of experience in design and development of highly-scalable distributed applications and platforms - particularly for multi-tenant, SaaS products.
Experience building a 'Code, Deploy, Run' pipeline using DevOps best practises by leveraging the best available CI/CD tools.
Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns.
Own Tech Debt/Tech Modernization - Ability to balance the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions.
Having proficiency Java/J2EE, Microservices, Cloud Native Architecture
Hands on experience in Microservices, RESTful webservices development in Java SpringBoot, Dropwizard or equivalent framework).
Good knowledge in messaging systems: Kafka / RabbitMQ
In depth knowledge of Cloud Native Architecture, Microservice Architecture and related stacks (Service Registry, ELK / Splunk, service registry, VMs, etc.) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Knowledge of at least one of Azure/Google Cloud Platforms.
Self-Starter with the ability to multitask across several priority areas in the face of fuzzy situations.
Demonstrated end-to-end ownership for development and design of least one cloud-based project.
Strong hands on development skills to prototype technical solutions.
Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly. Proficient in new and emerging technologies.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills - including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus building skills; ability to influence and persuade, without direct control.
Focus on reusability, frameworks, patterns and configurations tools for faster development.
Practitioner of Agile (Scrum) methodology.
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 2.3 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. 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 retailFlexible, hybrid work:We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.Benefits:Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, 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, 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.#LI-PL1#LI-HybridAt 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 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. 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.For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00-$338,000.00Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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Minimum QualificationsOutlined 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 and6 years' experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 8 years' experience in software engineering or related area.Preferred QualificationsOutlined 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 4 years' 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.Primary Location680 West California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4834, United States of AmericaWalmart, 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.