Walmart Distinguished Architect 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

501664031

As the Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our products and systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor and guide engineering professionals, and drive innovation to deliver high-quality, scalable, and robust software products.

• Create and maintenance of the product technical architecture, aligning it with business goals and scalability requirements.

• Design and oversee the development of scalable and fault-tolerant distributed systems that can handle high volumes of data and traffic with strong focus on Quality Attributes (e.g., performance, security, scalability, reliability etc.) and building sustainable products.

• Design data processing pipelines and frameworks to efficiently ingest, transform, and analyze large datasets from diverse sources. - Optimize data storage and retrieval mechanisms, including databases, caching, and data warehousing solutions.

• Work with teams to execute on a data mesh strategy, including the development and rollout of tooling and processes to support data contracts.

• Establish and maintain the product architecture capability map.

• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, Various Data Provider teams, business stakeholders, and external stakeholders.

• Do proof-of-concepts and provide strategic & technical recommendations in various products areas.

• Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.

• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders on specific product areas.

• Collaborate with product and business leaders throughout the company to ensure that technology initiatives align with business needs.

• Document architectural decisions, design patterns, data engineering and service design standards, policies, and best practices to facilitate knowledge sharing across the broader organization.

What You'll Bring

• Minimum BS degree in Computer Science or closely related discipline.

• 10+ years of software product development experience with 5+ working as an enterprise or solutions architect.

• Thorough understanding of Domain-driven Design (DDD) and extensive experience in applying the DDD patterns in Software Development.

• Thorough understanding of Microservice, Data Mesh Architecture, and Cloud Native Architecture

• Firm grasp of System Design and building Highly Reliable systems with string focus on Operational Excellence

• Track record of building highly scalable Application and Data platforms with strong developer focus.

• Extensive hands-on experience in Contract First/Design First Software Development for Microservices and Data Products, and CI/CD using the Service & Data Contracts

• Broad knowledge across data engineering (e.g., ETL/ELT, data modeling), data governance (e.g., data modeling, data classification, data catalog and lineage), batch and real-time streaming data platforms (e.g., Airflow, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, dbt), and cloud services (e.g., GCS, BigQuery, Vertex AI, Databricks).

• Expertise in Web Services (REST), API Design, ORM, Spring MVC, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing Platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and Containerization Technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

• Extensive experience in the design, development, and delivery of software products with a large user base.

• Strong track record in an architect role with large-scale software development data backed services and applications.

• A clear vision for architecture design and great communication skills to articulate that to all levels of stakeholders.

• Have strong business acumen to be able to bridge technical and business priorities.

• Track record of collaboration and influence – recognized as a great partner for the business and technology teams.