Software Engineer

Software Engineer Position

The Software Engineer position will be responsible for hands-on development as well as lead the development of Next Generation Enterprise solutions for Global eCommerce. SE will be responsible for application development in support of the multi-platform roadmap. Responsible for application architecture, ensure high performance, scalability and availability for those applications.

Areas of responsibility include:

• Involved in planning of system and development deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards
• Drives technical vision and influences product roadmap and vision
• Implement large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects
• Leads the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design
• Supervises the work of cross-functional groups of engineers, including offshore associates
• Directs root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
• Documents testing and maintenance of application corrections and improvements
• Influences decisions, builds consensus, and resolves conflicts constructively and proactively
• Supports business objectives and ensures the business needs are being met

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems
• 7+ years of experience in eCommerce Software development
• 7+ years of programming experience in architecting highly scalable & performing Web Applications
• 5+ years of experience with Open Source technologies
• 4+ years of developing / architecting high transaction high throughput systems is a must
• 2+ years of experience with integrating 3rd party solutions in existing architecture

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline
• Top 3 skills needed/required: Java, NoSQL(Cassandra/Couchbase), Maven, Kubernetes
• Skills and/or experience that would separate the top candidate: Hand On Experience around design patterns in Java
• What makes a candidate profile stand out to you? Candidate should be good at communicate and be proactive
• What will this person’s day-to-day responsibilities be? They will be coding in Java and interacting with others teams on contracts and designs
• What is the project this person will be working on? This will be on Walmart Personalization Platform
• What is the makeup of the team? The team consists of lead engineers and developers
• Does the candidate need to be in a certain Walmart location/hub or remote? Sunnyvale(860 building - Tuesday and Thursdays)
• Will a Walmart badge be needed at onset or in the future? Yes
• Does this contract have the opportunity to extend or convert to an FTE? Yes
• Have you previously hired for this role? Yes