Software Engineer III - Market Intelligence

Walmart; United States; Remote; USD 117,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart seeks a software engineer to develop and lead the creation of scalable distributed systems. The role requires extensive experience in programming, strong collaboration skills, and the capability to manage complex challenges within a large-scale environment.

Benefits

401(k) match

Stock purchase plan

Paid maternity and parental leave

PTO

Multiple health plans

Walmart-paid education benefits

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience in software engineering.
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages, specifically Java and/or Python.
• Experience with big data systems like Hadoop, Hive, and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Develop large-scale distributed systems focusing on scalability and fault-tolerance.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers on impactful solutions.
• Implement best practices in operational excellence.

Skills

Java

Python

Design Thinking

Ownership

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related area

Master's in Computer Science (preferred)

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

NoSQL

Azure

Job description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

If you thrive in solving challenging business problems with highly tangible business impact, love leading and growing with fabulous team members who just click, this is the place!

This is acriticalengineeringrole that brings together your pastdevelopmentexperiencesandabilities to build bonds withotherdevelopers, architects andengineering leaders tocontribute toplatforms and product that operate at Walmart-scale. You willdevelopand lead by influence a world class group of engineers across the geographies that are bound by a common Walmart-wide theme of creating elegant solutions for the complex problems and enable customers to save more and live better – every single day.

You’ll sweep us off our feet if…

• You have3to6years of experience incontributing todevelopment oflarge-scaleproductsanddistributed systems in a high caliber environment, with frameworks and abstractions that are reliable and reusable
• You possess a strong sense of ownership, focus on quality, team orientation, design thinking, responsiveness, efficiency and innovation
• You have an ability to work with distributed teams in a collaborative and productive manner
• You have advanced knowledge of at least one programming language, including Java and/or Python
• You have worked alongside the pioneers of big data systems such as Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Presto, Kafka and Flink to build out a highly reliable, performant, easy to use software systems for Walmart’s planet scale of data
• You areproficientwithmulti-tenancy, resource isolation, abuse prevention, self-serve debuggability aspects of a high performant, large scale services
• You have experience in handling and triaging complex production issues
• You have solid understanding of building and integrating with stream-based and as well as RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL
• You have prior exposure to Azure, GCP, Kafka, NoSQL based cloud native databases and big data technologies
• You innately applySRE practices, including operational architectures, observability, reliability, availability and scalability

You’ll make an impact by:

• Developingand implementinglarge-scale distributed systems that process large volume of data; focusing on scalability, latency, efficiency and fault-tolerance in every system that you build
• Demonstratingtechnical skills to go very deep in solving classes of problems or creating broadly leverageable systems
• Collaboratingwithotherengineers,technical leaders andproduct managers to identify opportunities for business impact
• Being a role model for behaviors such as – being data intensive while taking everyday decisions, approach everyday problems with scientific temperament and rigor, having customer-first mind-set, maintaining highest standards for operational and engineering excellence
• Raisingthe bar by improving the team’s definition of best practices and architecture with deep domain knowledge

The above information has been designed 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 duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Benefits & Perks:

Beyond competitive pay, 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.

About Retail Data Services/Market Intelligence

The right assortment at the right price is a core coefficient of the Walmart retail strategy.The Market Intelligence team – part of the Retail & Data Services organization, provides vital competitive assortment and pricing signals into that equation globally across multitude of geographies for Walmart enterprise. With an integrated data-led platform, we enable Walmart to bring price and assortment advantages into retail, and drive repeat business through frictionless, personalized customer outcomes. We use highly scalable, fault tolerant and leading-edge web, cloud, data and ML solutions to help our customers save money and live better every single day.

Our team believes in being EDHR – i.e., Everyday Holiday Ready – symbolizing the readiness for the scale/redundancy as if it’s Black-Friday/Cyber Monday/Big Billion day every day.

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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Who We Are

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in belonging, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus 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 .

The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

- Stock

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 2 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 4 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.

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