Walmart

Senior Software Engineer

Walmart$150K — $234K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in relevant fields like Computer Science or Engineering with required experience in software engineering.
  • Proficiency in MongoDB and Cassandra for distributed data storage.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Python, and Scala for backend development.
  • Experience with monitoring and debugging microservices using tools like Splunk.
  • Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Assess and recommend modifications to meet business and customer expectations.
  • Classify requirements and identify risks during the requirements gathering phase.
  • Contribute to user stories and design solutions for product components.
  • Create detailed designs from high-level architecture using mock screens and pseudo-code.
  • Build minimalistic code ensuring it meets non-functional requirements.
  • Implement automation scripts for CI/CD processes and other routine tasks.
  • Conduct testing, defect tracking, and performance monitoring for applications.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) plan, stock purchase options, and life insurance.
  • Paid time off including sick leave, parental leave, and family care leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
  • Education assistance covering college degree costs.
Full Job Description
Position: Senior Software Engineer

Location: 1375 Crossman Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Duties: Assess gaps/updates/modifications between the customer/business expectations and the existing product/solutions (in case of agile methodology, for the iteration). Classify the requirements into applicable types. Anticipate the solution risks/issues during requirements gathering phase, inform relevant stakeholders and recommend corrective steps. Contribute to the creation of user stories for component/application/complex (For agile methodology). Assist in design of solutions such that the processes/applications work in tandem for specific components/modules of a product. Evaluate trade-offs while designing a component based on the business requirements. Assist in conversion of HD (High Level Design) to create detailed design using mock screens, pseudo codes and detailed functional logic of the modules for specific modules/components of a product. Create/configure minimalistic code for entire component/application and ensure the components are meeting business/technical requirements, non-functional requirements, low-maintainability, high-availability and high-scalability needs. Assist in the selection of appropriate languages, development standards and tools for software coding/configuration. Take initiative to learn the fundamentals of different coding languages and frameworks that would be useful for future scope of work. Build scripts for automation of repetitive and routine tasks in CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery), Testing or any other process (as applicable). Implement telemetry features as required independently. Ensure security policy requirements are properly applied to components/application during code development/configuration. Map the customer requirements in to test objectives. Identify and create test cases for the component/module. Execute test cases to test the code and detect errors and defects for the entire component. Execute different types of testing using appropriate testing tools based on the testing needs. Track and analyze defects for the component/ module and carry out regression testing to fix defects in all instances of code changes. Analyze defects from past projects/solutions to avoid recurrence of similar defects. Troubleshoot performance and availability bottlenecks for the application. Conduct complex maintenance procedures for applications independently. Monitor and evaluate the performance of the application by tracking and analyzing appropriate metrics; Perform maintenance (corrective, adaptive, perfective) and re-engineering activities. Analyze application logs, maintenance activity data, performance data and provide analysis. Evaluate change requests to identify those which are valid and feasible. Ensure adherence to the project against approved milestones and timelines.

Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related area and 1 year of experience in software engineering or related area; OR Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related area and 3 years of experience in software engineering or related area.

Skills Required: Experience with MongoDB and Cassandra NoSQL Databases for high-volume, distributed data storage. Experience coding in Java, Python, and Scala object-oriented programming languages for backend development. Experience monitoring and debugging the health status of microservices by using Splunk for log aggregation and analysis. Experience building event-driven applications using RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ message brokers. Experience implementing service synchronization and data streaming using Kafka for high-throughput, fault-tolerant pipelines. Experience designing and implementing REST API web services using Java frameworks. Experience managing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins for automated testing and incremental rollout of software releases. Experience designing Relational Database Management Systems with MySQL, including schema design and query optimization. Experience working with Containerization technologies, specifically Docker, for packaging and deploying microservices and ensuring environment consistency. Experience using Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms for managing, scaling, and automating deployment of large-scale applications. Experience designing and deploying highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant cloud-native applications on AWS or GCP/Azure. Experience with Distributed Systems Design principles, including consistency models, fault tolerance, high-availability and cost optimal architecture. Experience handling System Scalability and performance tuning, including load balancing, caching strategies, and sharding techniques. Experience utilizing Unit Testing frameworks and Integration Testing methodologies to ensure code quality and reliability. Experience working with Git and modern Version Control workflows for collaborative software development. Experience following Agile development methodologies for managing project requirements and ensuring on-time delivery. Experience on debugging Java, Python code using Flamegraphs, pdb, and other data-based technologies. Employer will accept any amount of professional experience with the required skills.

Salary Range: $150,080/year to $234,000/year. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Benefits: 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, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.

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.com.

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Size
2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
Industry
Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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