Walmart Software Engineer III 

United States, Arkansas, Bentonville 

713938781

Software Engineer III

in providing guidance to small groups of two to three engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, directions, examples, and timeline. Provides support to the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; identifying short and long term solutions; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of associate's domain. Manages small to large-sized complex projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; researching and identifying alternative solutions; determining needed solution based on return on investment and value add to the business; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with project team and cross functional teams; identifying areas of opportunity; interpreting information and identifying a solution; ensuring solution is sustainable across implementation and use; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; and ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues; engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; developing solutions; driving the development of an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; and completing online documentation. Participates in the discovery phase of small to medium-sized projects to come up with

Minimum education and experience Master’s degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Skills required: Must have experience with: coding in an object-oriented programming language (Java); designing and implementing REST API web services using Java; testing and troubleshooting (Unit and Functional Tests); using SQL databases ( ); mark up languages (XML and JSON); building automation for APIs (Maven, Jenkins, and ANT); Cloud Technologies for Data Storage (Azure); App Servers used for deployment (Web Sphere, JBoss, and Tomcat); Case Tools used for iterative development (Rational Rose and MS Visio Professional); Version Control to keep track of code changes (GIT); utilizing Kafka to build real-time streaming data pipelines and applications that adapt to the data streams.