Senior, Software Engineer

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Company: Walmart

Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Description:

Position Summary...
About us
Walmart's Payments group is responsible for enabling the core services and systems that support customers' ability to pay for merchandise on the eCommerce platform, and to provide a bulletproof payment experience for customers in stores and online. Walmart is investing in transforming these spaces with latest technology and we are looking for talented individual who can use their engineering and leadership skills to help our teams solve complex problems. As a primary leader of the Payments processing team, you'll influence, coach and be a servant leader to multiple teams participating and contributing in transforming products and platforms in this space. You will be part of the application development team leading software design and implementation, problem solving, leading consistency across our team in quality standards, ensuring our teams adhere to micro-service architecture principles, research and propose creative ideas that allows our teams to solve problems faster and provide engineering efficiency as they work with our customers to deliver world-class software solutions.

The Unified Payment team has been chartered to provide a singular payment solution for Walmart and its multitude of ecosystems.
The first milestone tasked for this team is to move payment processing workloads for US stores from mainframe-based system to a cloud native solution.
Payment processing is arguably one of the most critical functions for any retailer, more so for Walmart considering its size and customer focus.
Being a unified payment solution, it will also be handling ecommerce and omni channel payment workloads across Walmart and its subsidiaries.
The service will be maintained and supported by teams in US and India.
Being a highly visible application on the customer journey critical path makes this a high impact application on the customer experience.

You'll sweep us off our feet if:
You're stimulated by challenges and are ready to engage with systems at scale
You're comfortable influencing others, leading technical team members, engaging with stakeholders, obtaining architectural buy-in from peer products, and communicating clearly
You have a test and learn mentality, and an agile way of working to improve your team's products
You're excited about solving complex challenges
You're customer-centric in spirit and execution
You have exposure working with cloud technologies
You have experience leading teams and implementing technology globally
You're a forever student: someone who loves to continuously learn and strive for excellence
You display great communication/collaboration skills and a team-focused approach towards software development
You're a disruptive thinker who can lead software innovations
You're experienced with micro services architecture
You're passionate about teaching and mentoring others to be greater than they thought possible
You have a great eye for detail and can articulate the specifics of quality design while enforcing engineering principles
You're organized, disciplined, and can manage large projects simultaneously
You have high standards for code quality and can hold the engineers that you work with accountable to those same standards

What you'll do...
Provide a complete payment lifecycle management solution that caters to Walmart's physical POS clients as well as Ecommerce and omnichannel consumers that will be consumed by various markets across many geographies (US, Mexico, UK, Canada, China etc.)
Built scalable and high performing services that will support a wide variety of tender types such as Credit/Debit cards, Gift cards, EBT, eWIC, Phone cards, PayPal, Chase pay etc. Additional capabilities include prepaid phone activations, utility payments, benefits lookups, point of banking transactions, Sam's Club Membership lookups, and Pharmacy Adjudications.
Lead the work of other small groups of six to ten engineers in software development and design,
identifying short- and long- term solutions and timeline; reviewing and approving proposed solutions, implementing new architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes.
Provides support to the business for new and existing systems by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of own domain.
Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality); performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues; engaging support teams when needed; developing solutions; driving the development of an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; and completing online documentation.
Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales.
Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.
Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans; using the Open Door Policy; and demonstrating and assisting others with how to apply these in executing business processes and practices.

What you'll bring..
Technical Solutions Architecture and design leadership
Experienced in Java, Spring Framework, CI/CD flows, DevOps, Scrum, Kanban, SQL/NoSQL DB (Oracle, MySQL, Spanner, Cassandra), Cloud Experience (Google, Microsoft, Open Stack)
Strong experience in RESTful Microservices
Experience of Container technologies such as Docker & Kubernetes
Strong API design, development, and management
Excellent written & verbal communication, including the ability to create robust documentation
Ability to multitask between several different requirements and features concurrently
Experience with cloud native technology & public cloud
Superior analytical skills with a good problem-solving attitude.
Ability to perform in a team environment

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related field OR 5 years' experience in software engineering or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related field.

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Experience in Google Cloud Platform, cloud architecture and deployments and strong understanding of cloud technology, including - Google Offerings, Cloud storage, Cloud security, Cloud migration.
Solid experience in Java technology stack
Around 8 years of total experience with over 3 years of experience building and deploying micro services in public cloud.
Experience working with one or more industry-leading database platforms, preferably both relational and non-relational systems
Five plus years experience in Retail Or Finance domain.

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 duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Benefits & Perks:

Beyond competitive pay, 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.

About Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world's largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption.

We're virtual

Working virtually this year has helped us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting. Today, we are reimagining the tech workplace of the future by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We'll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.

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.

What you'll do...

Walmart's Payments group is responsible for enabling the core services and systems that support customers' ability to pay for merchandise on the eCommerce platform, and to provide a bulletproof payment experience for customers in stores and online. Walmart is investing in transforming these spaces with latest technology and we are looking for talented individual who can use their engineering and leadership skills to help our teams solve complex problems. As a primary leader of the Payments processing team, you'll influence, coach and be a servant leader to multiple teams participating and contributing in transforming products and platforms in this space. You will be part of the application development team leading software design and implementation, problem solving, leading consistency across our team in quality standards, ensuring our teams adhere to micro-service architecture principles, research and propose creative ideas that allows our teams to solve problems faster and provide engineering efficiency as they work with our customers to deliver world-class software solutions.

The Unified Payment team has been chartered to provide a singular payment solution for Walmart and its multitude of ecosystems.

The first milestone tasked for this team is to move payment processing workloads for US stores from mainframe-based system to a cloud native solution.

Payment processing is arguably one of the most critical functions for any retailer, more so for Walmart considering its size and customer focus.

Being a unified payment solution, it will also be handling ecommerce and omni channel payment workloads across Walmart and its subsidiaries.

The service will be maintained and supported by teams in US and India.

Being a highly visible application on the customer journey critical path makes this a high impact application on the customer experience.

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Engineer for the Walmart core Payments group, where you'll lead and inspire a talented group of technology professionals. Your role will be pivotal in building our cutting-edge technology services, ensuring seamless payment processing for our valued customers both in-store and online. If you're passionate about innovation, customer experience, and driving technological excellence, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact to the payment transformation at Walmart.

What you'll do:
Develop a comprehensive payment lifecycle management solution that caters to Walmart's physical POS clients, as well as Ecommerce and omnichannel consumers across multiple markets and geographies (including the US, Mexico, UK, Canada, China, etc.).
Build scalable and high-performing services to support a wide range of tender types, such as Credit/Debit cards, Gift cards, EBT, eWIC, Phone cards, PayPal, Chase pay, etc. Additional capabilities include prepaid phone activations, utility payments, benefits lookups, point of banking transactions, Sam's Club Membership lookups, and Pharmacy Adjudications.
Lead a delivery of track, identifying short- and long-term solutions and timelines. Perform design and code reviews of changes.
Maintain a pulse on the ever-evolving landscape of payment technologies, proactively integrating the latest advancements into Walmart Systems
Demonstrate adeptness in managing multiple initiatives simultaneously, while upholding the highest standards of quality and efficiency.
Prioritize operational excellence by continuously monitoring and optimizing the performance of payment systems to meet or exceed defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
Establish best-in-class alerting and monitoring mechanisms for Walmart's Tier 0 payment platform, enabling proactive detection and resolution of issues.

What you'll bring:
  • An unwavering commitment to continuous improvement, continuous learning mindset and a fervent dedication for crafting highly resilient distributed systems
  • Strong experience on backend development, knowledge and experience of running workloads on public cloud
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, leveraging public cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and backend technology stack encompassing Java, Spring, Kafka, Databases, Caching, and more.
  • Enthusiasm for cultivating a culture of engineering excellence within the team, advancing practices such as continuous delivery, automation, rigorous performance testing, and elevating unit test code coverage metrics.
  • Remarkable skills in strategic planning, clear communication, adept stakeholder management, and securing architectural and design alignment


You'll sweep us off our feet if you possess prior experience in building large scale technology services within the payment/financial domain and....

  • You're stimulated by challenges and are ready to engage with systems at scale
  • You're comfortable influencing others, engaging with stakeholders, obtaining architectural buy-in from peer products, and communicating clearly
  • You have a test and learn mentality, and an agile way of working to improve your team's products
  • You're excited about solving complex challenges
  • You're customer-centric in spirit and execution
  • You have exposure working with cloud technologies
  • You're a forever student: someone who loves to continuously learn and strive for excellence
  • You display great communication/collaboration skills and a team-focused approach towards software development
  • You're a disruptive thinker who can lead software innovations
  • You're passionate about teaching and mentoring others to be greater than they thought possible
  • You have a great eye for detail and can articulate the specifics of quality design while enforcing engineering principles; and have high standards for code quality


Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
  • Bachelor of Science and 6+ years' experience in software engineering OR Master of Science

Additional Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in Google Cloud Platform, cloud architecture and deployments and strong understanding of cloud technology, including - Google Offerings, Cloud storage, Cloud security, Cloud migration.
  • Solid experience in Java technology stack
  • Around 6 years of total experience with over 2 years of experience building and deploying micro services in public cloud.
  • Experience working with one or more industry-leading database platforms, preferably both relational and non-relational systems
  • Experience in Retail Or Finance domain.


At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

Bellevue, Washington US-11075:The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00-$216,000.00

Sunnyvale, California US-04396:The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00

Bentonville, Arkansas US-10735:The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

- Stock

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 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 5 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 1 year's 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...

840 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America

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