(IND) SENIOR, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Senior Software Engineer - Backend 

Career Level: IN4 

Location: IDC, Bangalore 

About Global Tech. 

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 faces. 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 2.3 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. 

Team and Position Summary: 

This is the team which builds reusable technologies that aid in acquiring customers, onboarding and empowering merchants besides ensuring a seamless experience for both these stakeholders. We also optimize tariffs and assortment, adhering to the Walmart philosophy - Everyday Low Cost. In addition to ushering in affordability, we also create personalized experiences for customers the omnichannel way, across all channels - in-store, on the mobile app and websites.  

Marketplace is the gateway to domestic and international Third-Party sellers; we enable them to manage their end-to-end onboarding, catalog management, order fulfilment, return & refund management. Our team is responsible for design, development, and operations of large-scale distributed systems by leveraging cutting-edge technologies in web/mobile, cloud, big data & AI/ML.  We interact with multiple teams across the company to provide scalable robust technical solutions. 

Position Responsibilities: 

·      Through this role you have an opportunity to develop intuitive software that meets and exceeds the needs of the customer and the company. 

·      You also get to collaborate with team members to develop best practices and client requirements for the software. 

·      In this role, it would be important for you to professionally maintain all codes and create updates regularly to address the customer’s and company’s concerns 

·      You will show your skills in analysing and testing programs/products before formal launch to ensure flawless performance 

·      Troubleshooting coding problems quickly and efficiently will offer you a chance to grow your skills in a high-paced, high-impact environment. 

·      Software security is of prime importance and by developing programs that monitor sharing of private information, you will be able to add tremendous credibility to your work 

·      You will also be required to seek ways to improve the software and its effectiveness. 

·      You will be called upon to support the coaching and training of other team members to ensure all employees are confident in the use of software applications 

Position Requirements: 

·      B.Tech. / B.E. / M.Tech. / M.S. in Computer Science 

·      Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns. 

·      Minimum 6+ years of object-oriented programming experience in Java. 

·      6+ years of extensive hands-on experience building services using Java and Springboot. 

·      5+ years of experience in systems design, algorithms, and distributed systems. 

·      5+ years of hands-on experience in the design and development of highly-scalable distributed applications and platform development in product-based companies or R&D divisions. 

·      Hands-on experience in designing and implementing cloud-native Microservices Architecture and related stacks using containerization technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, etc. 

·      Good experience in RDMBS(Oracle/SQLServer) or NoSQL databases(Cassandra), Enterprise Messaging Applications(Kafka), and Big data technologies(Spark) 

· Well-versed in TDD, BDD methodologies, and the enabling tools and technologies - JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, etc. 

·      CI/CD development environments/tools: Git, Docker, Kubernetes. 

·      Strong hands-on development skills to prototype technical solutions. 

·      Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly.  

·      Practitioner of Agile (Scrum) methodology 

Additional Qualifications: 

·      Exposure to cloud infrastructures, such as Open Stack, Azure, GCP, or AWS 

·      Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills - including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building Ability to balance the long-term “big picture” and short-term implications of design decisions. 

·      Proficient in new and emerging technologies. 

·      Ability to influence and persuade, without direct control.