Staff Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Job Description

Are you passionate about pioneering cutting-edge technology that can revolutionize the world of associate (employee) experiences? Do you dream of playing a technical role that will shape the future of Global People Systems?  If you possess exceptional technical expertise, you may be interested in this opportunity.

Join our dynamic and forward-thinking People Technology engineering organization as our Staff Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of driving innovation, spearheading transformative projects and foundational improvements of Walmart's Workforce Enablement systems. We are seeking a sharp technical leader who will set the tone of engineering-excellence and drive processes and standards within the team. Your projects will have tremendous impact and will be at the center of modernization efforts in Walmart's People Technology organization.

About Team:

The Enterprise People Technology team supports the successful deployment and adoption of new People technology across the enterprise. As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally. We strive to continuously improve people technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members. People Technology is one of the major segments of Walmart Global Tech's Enterprise Business Services, which is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, and the Associate Digital Experience.

What you'll do:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the design of complex software changes and take on the development of exciting new features. In addition, you will partner with your senior and junior teammates throughout the software development lifecycle to cultivate a reciprocal learning environment from development to debugging and operational excellence.

• Provide technical leadership and use engineering best practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross functional, and company-wide projects.

• Demonstrate craftsmanship and produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.

• Investigate and build proof-of-concept prototypes utilizing new technologies and drive their adoption within the mainstream product.

• Identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity, product quality and efficiency.

• Generate technical documentation and presentations to communicate architectural and design options, and educate development, product, and business teams.

• Manage and maintain multiple production and non-production environments, ensuring that these environments are setup with the standard automated build and releases processes & deliver with quality, reliability.

• Build, leverage, and analyze tools, application logs, and analytics data to determine improvements to the product and engineering services.

• Set high standards for operational excellence and system observability.

• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and troubleshooting sessions to ensure the highest standards of development.

• Drive a culture of accountability, ownership, and inclusivity within the team.

What you'll bring:

• 5+ years of experience with software development and architecture

• 3+ years of experience with developing and operating GraphQL APIs

• Experience and/or interest in building tooling that makes your engineering colleagues successful

• Experience and/or interest in architecture, developer tooling, and agile and lean software development

• 5+ years of experience developing and deploying backend APIs or full stack REACT applications

• 5+ years of Cloud Native and Container deployments

• Adept in event driven architecture patterns

• Experience with TypeScript, REACT, NodeJS and JAVA

• Passion for Workforce technologies like Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Full stack applications.

• Strong communication skills are necessary to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• A strategic mindset to align technical initiatives with business goals is essential.

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 that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and 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 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, 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.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no 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, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location...

508 SW 8TH ST, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712, United States of America