STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart Global Tech India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives

Parental leave

Health benefits

PTO

Job summary

Walmart Global Tech India is seeking engineers to design and implement high-performance, scalable solutions for Walmart International customers. You will work on supply chain and customer experience systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams across geographies to deliver impactful products.

The role emphasizes architecture governance, observability, and automation, with cloud-native modernization using Azure/GCP and a focus on data engineering and real-time processing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field with 4 years’ software engineering experience.
• Alternatively, 6 years’ software engineering experience.
• Master’s degree with 2 years' software engineering experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive design, development, implementation and documentation of scalable applications.
• Interact with Walmart engineering teams across geographies to leverage expertise.
• Engage with Product Management and Business to prioritize and deliver products.
• Lead architectural discussions and ensure quality, cost and delivery targets are met.

Skills

Java

Kafka

Microservices

Azure/GCP

Data Engineering

Distributed Systems

Enterprise Architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

6 years’ software engineering experience

Master’s degree in CS/CE or related area

Job description

Job Description Summary

Responsible for coding, unit testing, building high performance and scalable applications that meet the needs of millions of Walmart-International customers, in the areas of supply chain management & Customer experience.

About Team

Our team collaborates with Walmart International, which has over 5,900 retail units operating outside of the United States under 55 banners in 26 countries including Africa, Argentina, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, Japan, and Mexico, to name a few.

What You’ll Do

• Drive design, development, implementation and documentation
• Interact with Walmart engineering teams across geographies to leverage expertise and contribute to the tech community.
• Engage with Product Management and Business to drive the agenda, set your priorities and deliver awesome products.
• Drive the success of the implementation by applying technical skills, to design and build enhanced processes and technical solutions in support of strategic initiatives.
• Work closely with the Architects and cross functional teams and follow established practices for the delivery of solutions meeting QCD (Quality, Cost & Delivery). Within the established architectural guidelines.
• You will work with engineering teams to create high level and low level designs, drive design discussion and technical decisions.

What You’ll Bring

• Define and execute the technical roadmap for one or more products.
• Design and build scalable, resilient solutions using Java, Microservices Architecture, and Kafka-based Event-Driven Systems.
• Drive cloud-native architecture, modernization, and optimization leveraging Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Lead Data Engineering initiatives, including data pipelines, integrations, and real-time processing solutions.
• Champion Engineering Excellence through architecture governance, code quality, automation, observability, and technical debt reduction.
• Drive Operational Excellence through reliability engineering, automation, proactive monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Identify and implement Cloud Cost Optimization opportunities while balancing performance, scalability, and business requirements.
• Promote an AI-First mindset by leveraging AI-enabled tools and capabilities to improve engineering productivity and operational efficiency.
• Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and provide cross-functional leadership across engineering, product, and architecture teams.

Preferred Experience: Strong expertise in Java, Kafka, Microservices, Cloud Technologies (Azure/GCP), Data Engineering, Distributed Systems, and Enterprise Architecture with proven experience leading large-scale modernization and transformation initiatives.

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.

Work

Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our Chennai office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1: Bachelor'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.

Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Primary Location

Tower 1, Part Of 1st, 2nd To 4th Flrs, Intl Tech Park Radial Road (radial It Park Pvt Ltd), , India