Senior, Software Engineer

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Sunnyvale, CA

Senior Backend Engineer for Walmart's Health & Wellness Digital team, focusing on leading large-scale backend solutions for pharmacy customers. Responsibilities include technical leadership, strategic planning, hands-on development, and mentoring engineers. Requires 7+ years of backend experience with proficiency in languages like Java/Python/Ruby/Node.js, databases, cloud platforms, and microservices.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers focused on building web and mobile solutions
  2. Be technical partner to engineering managers and collaborate on - strategic engineering planning , roadmap sequencing, prioritization technical investments, providing technical feedback on their reports
  3. Work closely with Business, Product, Design, and Engineering leadersto define upcoming projects and longer-term strategy for the team
  4. Make hands-on engineering contribution to the core products
  5. Mentor engineers on the team

Skills

Required

  • backend development
  • Java
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Node.js
  • SQL
  • No SQL
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • microservices architecture
  • RESTful API design
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Dev Ops practices
  • leadership
  • communication skills
  • problem-solving
  • analytical skills

Nice to have

  • Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies
  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
  • Excellent ability to communicate complex technical ideas with clarity and precision in both written and verbal modes across multiple functional teams
  • Passion for coaching and mentoring engineers of all experience levels
  • Passion for solving deep technical challenges

What the JD emphasized

  • 7+ years of experience in backend development