Software Engineer III

Position: Software Engineer III 

Job Location: 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712 

Duties: Assists in providing guidance to small groups of two to three engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, directions, examples, and timeline. Provides support to the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; identifying short and long term solutions; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of associate's domain. Manages small to large-sized complex projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; researching and identifying alternative solutions; determining needed solution based on return on investment and value add to the business; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with project team and cross functional teams; identifying areas of opportunity; interpreting information and identifying a solution; ensuring solution is sustainable across implementation and use; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; and ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues; engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; developing solutions; driving the development of an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; and completing online documentation. Participates in the discovery phase of small to medium-sized projects to come up with high level design by partnering with the product management, project management, business, and user experience teams. 

Minimum education and experience required: Master’s degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Position does not require specific years of experience but requires listed skills. 

Skills required: Must have experience with: developing large scale distributed systems and microservices with disaster recovery and fault tolerance using Spring Boot, Java, React Native, Node JS, and Angular; designing scalable and maintainable software systems using Azure, WCNP, Looper, Concord, Kubernetes, and Docker; designing and optimizing SQL and NoSQL database schemas for data-driven applications using Postgres, MySQL, DB2, Oracle, and Azure SQL; performing unit testing, integration testing, and test-driven development (TDD) using JUnit; developing and improving software delivery of CI/CD pipelines using Azure, WCNP, Looper, Concord, Kubernetes, and Docker; designing REST API webservice for applications; monitoring Splunk logs for application issues; designing applications using Kafka for messaging; developing code in Python and Shell scripting; maintaining front end applications by resolving technical debts and vulnerabilities. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills. 

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Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.