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Walmart Principal Software Engineer 
United States, California, Sunnyvale 
809769175

20.11.2024

What you'll do...

Immigration sponsorship is not available in this role


What you'll do:

  • 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'll bring:

  • B.S or M.S. in Computer Science or relevant discipline
  • 15+ 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.
  • Good knowledge in messaging systems: Kafka
  • 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.


Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

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.

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.

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The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: - Stock Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined 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 and5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...

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