Distinguished, Software Engineer at Walmart in Sunnyvale, California

Job Description:

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Position Summary...




What you'll do...



The ideal candidate for this role is a successful senior technical leader who is a team player with data driven decision mindset within large enterprises practicing platform engineering and site reliability engineering, comfortable collaborating with executives, large engineering teams, and individual engineers. She/He/They will have helped organizations navigate key industry transformations around DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and migration to Service-based, Cloud-native, and Reactive Architectures. She/He/They can clarify deeply the value proposition of each as well as implementation details: the intersection of people, process, and technology required to achieve such transformations. The candidate must have a deep software development background and have experience leading product development and operational responsibilities for multi-tenant SaaS applications or managed services (a "you build it, you run it" culture).



About Team:



Building the right technology foundation for Infrastructure & platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. Our team builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All of these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers.



What you'll do:

• Oversee domain modeling for organization in the context of the broader scope and contract definitions to ensure loose-coupling and separation of concerns between subdomains. Work with product and program management, engineers, and senior leaders to clarify and communicate implementation and technical vision. Facilitate collaboration across platform teams for delivery on the vision.


• Guide technical team(s) on coding patterns, languages and frameworks in line with evolving trends in the industry (Ex: reactive vs. imperative etc.) and to achieve scalability and security requirements(Applicable to IC & PL).


• Drive Implementation of telemetry features by determining data/metrics requirement within the domain (Applicable to IC & PL).


• Support ad-hoc reviews of software code to ensure baseline mitigations for known risks. (Applicable only to IC).


• Participate in POC and API/Contract development activities.


• Perform code and test reviews for entire product/system and ensure the product is meeting business requirements, non-functional requirements, low-maintainability, high-availability and high-scalability needs (Applicable only to IC).


• Oversee the codes executed by team in line with specified technical/business requirements (Applicable only to IC). Mentor and collaborate with teams for automation of repetitive and routine tasks in CI/CD pipelines or any other process across the domain (including operational toil elimination). Mentor and collaborate with teams to drive an acceptance-test-driven methodology and culture.

What you'll bring:




Technical Competence Coding standards and guidelines; Coding languages (E.g. Go, Python, Java); frameworks for functional and non-functional acceptance testing, contract-first development practices; private and public cloud infrastructure as code tools; Quality and Security analysis tools; Data modeling and event streaming technologies; Telemetry; CI / CD; Code Management Tools; SDLC and Secure SDLC frameworks and tools; frameworks for MLOps and data pipelines; patterns for reactive programming and reactive systems



Technical Analysis Methodology and frameworks for risk analysis, cost analysis, reliability modeling; Business objectives; Classification of requirements; Domain Knowledge; User stories concepts; Functional / Non-Functional Requirements; Scoping and Estimation techniques



Architecture Acumen Software Architectural principles; Systems and environment behavior; Architectural styles and patterns; Architectural standards; Non-functional System performance parameters; Technology Strategy.



Security Architecture Knowledge: Secure Software Development, Data Protection, Cryptography, Key management, Identity and Access Management; Industry Standard Authentication mechanisms; Cloud security and Governance tools; Audit, compliance standards; Static Code Scanning Tools; High level Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT); Legal policies (e.g., SOX, GDPR, GLBA, etc.).



Technical Knowledge Leadership to support teammates and lower band associates & grow their technical acumen and expertise through sharing your technical knowledge generously.



About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world's leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.


At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.


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. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .


Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.


Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .


The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00-$338,000.00


Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.


Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:


- Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)


- Stock equity incentives




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 and6 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 years' experience in software engineering or related area.




Preferred Qualifications...



Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.


Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related area




Primary Location...

840 W CALIFORNIA AVE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086-4828, United States of America



About Walmart



At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?


Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.



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