(IND) STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Position Summary...

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

What you'll do...

About Team:

Enterprise Business Services is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, Associate Digital Experience. Within EBS, our team processes the payment for suppliers of Walmart Warehouses who spread across United States and other 26 countries including South Africa, Argentina, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, Japan, and Mexico. We ensure the timely and accurate payments by reconciling the supplier merchandise against the invoices presented for the items ordered.

What you'll do:

Technical Leadership:

• Guide the team in architectural decisions and best practices for building scalable applications.
• Provide multiple alternatives for development frameworks, libraries, and tools.

Architectural Leadership:

• Lead and architect the front-end framework using ReactJS, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Integrate front-end architecture with NodeJS back-end services for full-stack cohesion.
• Provide architectural guidance across teams, ensuring front-end and back-end solutions are effectively aligned.
• Define and enforce technical standards and best practices for front-end and full-stack development.

Application Development:

• Lead the development of complex and scalable front-end solutions using ReactJS.
• Collaborate with back-end teams working with NodeJS to develop seamless, performant, and secure web applications.
• Build reusable components and libraries, driving consistent user experiences across the platform.
• Drive the adoption of responsive design principles, ensuring applications function effectively on a range of devices.

Collaboration & Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Work closely with product, UX/UI, and back-end development teams to translate business and technical requirements into front-end architecture and features.
• Lead technical discussions and represent the front-end perspective during architecture reviews, sprint planning, and cross-functional meetings.
• Mentor and coach junior, mid, and senior-level engineers, providing them with technical leadership and growth opportunities.

Technical Strategy:

• Define and guide the front-end technical roadmap, ensuring it aligns with broader company goals and product timelines.
• Stay updated on the latest developments in ReactJS, NodeJS, and related technologies, integrating innovative solutions into the team’s development practices.
• Lead performance optimization initiatives, focusing on improving front-end load times, reducing bundle sizes, and minimizing time-to-interaction.
• Establish guidelines for using modern build tools (Webpack, Babel, NPM) and implementing CI/CD pipelines for front-end development.

Testing and Quality Assurance:

• Drive the implementation of rigorous testing practices, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Ensure high code quality using modern testing frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, Mocha, and Chai.
• Collaborate with QA teams to develop automated testing strategies and reduce manual testing overhead.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation:

• Lead technical debt management efforts, promoting regular refactoring and modernization of the front-end codebase.
• Encourage and drive continuous improvement of front-end development processes, tooling, and collaboration methods.
• Advocate for modern front-end development practices, such as component-based architecture, server-side rendering (SSR), and static site generation (SSG).

Documentation and Communication:

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for the development processes, tools, and best practices.
• Facilitate effective communication within the team and across departments to ensure alignment on goals and objectives.
• Interact closely for requirements with Business owners and technical teams both within India and across the globe.
• 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.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science, engineering, or related field, with minimum 10+ years of experience in software design, development and automated deployments.
• 8+ years of professional experience in front-end development with a focus on ReactJS and NodeJS.
• Proven track record of leading front-end architecture and development efforts in large, complex applications.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), ReactJS, Redux, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Solid understanding of NodeJS and experience integrating front-end and back-end systems.
• Experience with responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and web performance optimization.
• Familiarity with modern testing frameworks and tools (Jest, Enzyme, Cypress, Mocha, Chai).
• Proficiency with front-end build tools and pipelines (Webpack, Babel, NPM).
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional discussions and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with TypeScript and its use in large-scale ReactJS applications is preferable.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and experience with deploying front-end applications in a cloud environment.
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices, including automated testing, deployment pipelines, and containerization (Docker).
• Contributions to open-source projects or a robust GitHub portfolio is desirable.
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum-based environments.

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.

Flexible, hybrid work:
We use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our 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.

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

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

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...

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 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Primary Location...

Pardhanani Wilshire Ii, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India