(USA) Senior, Software Engineer

What you'll do...

Position: Senior Software Engineer

Job Location: 2245 Monroe St., Herndon, VA 20171

Duties: Performs requirement and scoping analysis by exploring relevant products/solutions from an existing repertoire that can address business/technical needs; assessing gaps, updates, or modifications between customer/business expectations and existing products/solutions (in case of agile methodology, for the iteration); classifying the requirements into applicable types (for example - Functional/Non-Functional, Derived/Imposed/Emergent etc.); anticipating solution risks/issues during the requirements gathering phase; informing relevant stakeholders; and recommending corrective steps. Contributes to the creation of user stories for component/application/complex (for agile methodology) by leveraging knowledge of traceability matrix, risk analysis methodologies, cost analysis, business objectives, and classification of requirements. Assists in solution design by ensuring processes/applications work in tandem for specific components/modules of a product; evaluating trade-offs while designing a component based on business requirements; and assisting in the conversion of High-Level Design (HLD) to detailed design using mock screens, pseudocode, and detailed functional logic. Applies knowledge of software architecture, distributed systems, scalability, design patterns, disaster recovery, tech stacks, MVP, non-functional requirements, and telemetry. Creates/configures minimalistic code for entire components/applications by selecting appropriate coding languages (for example, JavaScript, Python, C#), frameworks (for example, ActiveX, .Net, Cocoa, Android application framework), tools (for example, Monday.com, Linx, Embold), and platforms (for example, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Apple iOS); ensuring business/technical requirements, non-functional requirements, low-maintainability, high-availability, and high-scalability needs are met; building scripts for automation in CI/CD, testing, or other processes (as applicable); implementing telemetry features; and applying security policy requirements during code development/configuration. Identifies and creates test cases for components/modules by mapping customer requirements to test objectives; executing test cases to detect errors and defects; performing different types of testing using appropriate tools (for example, Selenium, Jira, Eggplant); and conducting root cause analysis. Applies knowledge of test case preparation, test strategy, test tools, and test environment. Tracks and analyzes defects for components/modules by following the defect life-cycle process; using defect tracking tools and methodologies; performing regression testing; conducting root cause and corrective action analysis; and troubleshooting performance and availability bottlenecks to avoid recurrence of similar defects.

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field plus 3 years of experience in software engineering or related experience.

Skills required: Must have experience with: coding in TypeScript or JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as ReactJS, Redux, Angular, Backbone.js, and jQuery along with supplementary technologies such as HTML, CSS, Git, Sass, Stylus, Webpack and JIRA; Native Mobile Development (Android and iOS) using React Native and JSS; architecture front-end application solutions; creating JavaScript and React Native libraries when open source solutions do not exist to make the team's workflow easier; leading and training junior developers and contractors; working with product managers, backend teams, and inventory management systems to plan upcoming projects and provide feedback; providing L1 support to applications developed by the team; writing and maintaining unit and E2E test coverage for code quality using JavaScript testing frameworks and libraries such as Selenium, Jest, Jasmine, React Testing Library, Enzyme and Mocha; working with third-party analytics teams to implement analytics tools into the frontend to collect analytics, and improve user experience based on data; and building, maintaining or resolving issues in CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Docker, Jenkins, and Bamboo. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

Rate of pay: $158,688.00 to 216,000.00/year

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.