Senior, Software Engineer, Frontend / ReactJS / Node / GQL

Walmart; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative team at a leading retailer where your code can impact millions. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll work on exciting projects that enhance online shopping experiences across different countries. With a focus on frontend technologies like JavaScript and React, you'll build reusable components and optimize performance. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with talented professionals and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement. If you're passionate about coding and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

401(k) match

Stock purchase plan

Paid maternity and parental leave

Multiple health plans

PTO

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software development with a focus on frontend technologies.
• Thorough understanding of React, Node.js, and building responsive applications.
• Excellent communication skills for technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Build reusable React components and manage client data with Redux.
• Measure and resolve performance bottlenecks using various tools.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to create intuitive user experiences.

Skills

JavaScript

React

Node.js

HTML

CSS

RESTful web services

A/B testing

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

User Experience (UX)

Redux

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Chrome DevTools

Lighthouse

WebPagetest

GraphQL

NextJS

Job description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists, and service professionals within Walmart, the world's largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service, or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the International Digital Experiences team. Want to change how different countries shop online? Then keep reading!

About You

You are a passionate front-end engineer who loves to code. You love to take ideas and build great products with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. You know JavaScript is imperfect, but you embrace its functional side and genuinely enjoy coding with it. You might like to talk about obscure computer science topics, but really, you just want to write simple code and ship new products and features to customers (or improve existing ones). You have an eye for design and user experience. You care about more than just the code. You care about the customer experience and help our customers make better decisions while shopping.

You love learning new things. You love researching new tech and driving forward with the implementation details. Your focus is on frontend JavaScript code, but you can dig in wherever needed. Node.js, GraphQL, NextJS, Nx, build tools, shell scripts, you name it. If you don't already know it, you're ready to learn it.

You understand performance, A/B tests, web vitals, front end optimization and can write code to bring them to life too.

You love helping others. You love sharing knowledge with the rest of your team, building shared tooling for other engineers, giving back to the open-source community, and directly helping customers.

Things You will do

Walmart International is a diverse and fast-growing business unit, so you'll get experience on many different projects across the organization. That said, here are some things you'll do:

• Build reusable React components with modular CSS, manage data on the client with Redux, use react query, and GraphQL.
• Measure and resolve performance bottlenecks, using tools like Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, WebPagetest, or custom tooling.
• Refactor or improve existing code. We constantly find ways to improve all of our JavaScript code and you are all aboard.
• Work closely with our product, design, and UX teams to create amazing and intuitive experiences that make it effortless to connect different apps together.
• Help put tools, processes, and documentation in place to improve our code quality.
• Demonstrate technical expertise in solving challenging programming and design problems
• Review code written by other team members or other teams.
• Ship to hundreds of thousands of users every day while having lots of autonomy in terms of code and feature ownership.
• Help out with our Node-based developer platform.
• Share what you know and learn either one-on-one or with lightning talks to the group.
• Work boldly with a sense of urgency; embrace mistakes, learn from them, and drive the team toward success

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in object-oriented design and software development
• 4+ years of experience in building responsive, single page web applications using modern front-end JavaScript technologies like React, Angular, Vue, etc.
• Thorough understanding of React, Node.js and its core principles
• 4+ years of experience in creating and/or consuming RESTful web services
• Excellent communication skills: Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Expertise with unit testing; Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience

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 experts, 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.

Walmart's culture is a competitive advantage, and it's fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly, and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connections rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.

Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.

Benefits

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

The above information is intended 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.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonuses and other 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 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 paid by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and employment length. Benefits are subject to change and specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00. Additional compensation includes performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may include stock options.

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 and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Option 2: 5 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 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area. We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location 640 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America