Senior Software Engineer

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Sunnyvale, CA

This Senior Software Engineer role on the Catalog Engineering team at Walmart focuses on developing and scaling backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot. While there's a mention of staying up-to-date with GenAI trends, the core responsibilities are centered around traditional software engineering for a large-scale e-commerce platform, not direct AI/ML model development or research. The role involves designing, developing, troubleshooting, and mentoring, with an emphasis on building high-performance, scalable services for catalog management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design & develop highly scalable services and solve complex software systems problems by leveraging state-of-the-art technology and enhance Walmart Catalog and Partner experience solutions
  2. Lead by example. Show your chops as an exceptional and experienced developer.
  3. Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information and engaging support teams to resolve issues
  4. Perform root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues and ensure compliance with Walmart code of conduct
  5. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members to ensure compliance with Walmart code of conduct

Skills

Required

  • Expert-level knowledge of Java and experience building Java-based backend systems.
  • Building and implementing microservices and applications using Spring Boot and reactive frameworks like Spring WebFlux and Project Reactor (Mono and Flux)
  • Experience in internet-scale distributed technologies (e.g. Solr, Kafka, Mem Cache, etc.)
  • Deep understanding of Spark engine
  • Strong understanding of J2EE components, multithreading, and networking.
  • Extensive knowledge of offline storage, caching, and performance tuning.
  • Experience with cloud-based solutions and hands-on experience with CICD development environments/tools, including Git, Maven, and Jenkins.
  • Strong understanding of CS Fundamentals, Microservices, Data Structures, Algorithms, and Problem Solving.
  • Experience with NoSQL Databases like Cosmos DB, Cassandra and ability to design and implement scalable data models.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native development, and microservices architecture.
  • Experience with containerization using Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes.
  • Strong understanding of DevOps practices, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous monitoring.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with GenAI best practices

What the JD emphasized

  • critical software/systems monitoring issues
  • highly scalable Catalog Service
  • highly scalable catalog micro services
  • highly scalable services