Staff Software Engineer - GenAI Initiative

Job Description

Position Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer in the GenAI Initiative at Walmart, you will be part of the Global Sourcing Backend team. Your role will involve building highly scalable and reliable APIs, services, and applications that drive the next generation of purchase order management systems. You will independently handle high-impact, critical software and systems monitoring issues, troubleshoot business and production issues, and contribute to innovation and development of best-in-class methodologies.

About the Team

Our team focuses on customer, associate, and business needs, working with Walmart International, which includes over 5,200 retail units operating in 23 countries such as Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop highly scalable services and solve complex software systems problems using state-of-the-art technology.
• Gain exposure to various emerging technologies used in advertising and e-commerce platforms.
• Provide technical direction, architecture leadership, and expertise to the team.
• Lead by example as an exceptional and experienced developer.
• Drive projects of high visibility across the organization.
• Participate in medium- to large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project, product, and business requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; gathering requested information; designing robust and scalable architectures; writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with cross-functional teams; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; enhancing design to prevent re-occurrences of defects; ensuring on-time delivery.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 9+ years of experience building scalable applications.
• Experience in internet-scale distributed technologies (e.g., Solr, Kafka, Mem Cache).
• Relevant experience with relational and no-sql databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra).
• Advanced knowledge of complex software design, distributed system design, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
• Ability to explain complex subjects in layman's terms.
• Experience with distributed version control like Git or similar.
• Familiarity with continuous integration/deployment processes and tools such as Jenkins and Maven.
• Strong experience interfacing with Web Services platforms.
• Strong expertise in development of scalable cloud-native microservices.
• Strong expertise in designing and building APIs.
• Strong expertise with Cloud Technologies like Azure and GCP.
• Strong expertise in Java, Scala, Object Oriented & Functional Programming, Design Patterns.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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, ideas, and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

Additional Information

The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and stock options.