Job Description
You will be at the forefront of building omni channel platforms and services that enable Walmart to deliver vast selection at competitive prices with best-in-class customer experience. We do this with solutions that enable third-party sellers to sell and manage their products to our customers world over. You will also actively collaborate with partner platform teams to ensure we continue to deliver the best experience to our sellers and customers.
As a Principal Software Engineer for Marketplace team at Walmart,
you'll have the opportunity to
Guide and mentor, a team of engineers, conducting code reviews and leading design discussions to ensure engineering best practices.
Drive the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs
Act as a technical authority, providing direction and expertise to the team.
Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices.
Lead the creation and maintenance of our technical architecture, aligning it with business goals and scalability requirements.
Architect complex software systems, ensuring performance, security, and scalability needs are met.
Consistently produce high-quality software with a focus on unit testing, regular code reviews, and continuous integration.
Uphold high standards in quality and operational excellence.
Develop comprehensive technical documentation and presentations to clearly communicate architectural decisions and design options.
Ensure documentation aligns with project scopes, milestones, and deliverables.
Promote and enforce technical standards across the organization to achieve concrete outcomes and drive engineering excellence.
Foster a culture of learning and innovation through hands-on technical guidance and mentorship.
Lead the discovery phase of major projects, ensuring the design aligns with business goals and technical requirements.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scopes and milestones.
Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, and DevOps teams.
Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.
What you'll bring:
12+ years of experience in designing and developing highly scalable applications
Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, design patterns, distributed computing)
Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns.
In-depth expertise in Java, JEE, Spring, distributed DBs, Cassandra and Kafka
Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts, microservices architecture, and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Deep knowledge of DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automation tools (Git, Maven, Jenkins, Azure DevOps), and observability tools
Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications on major cloud platforms (GCP, Azure)
Familiarity with testing frameworks (JUnit, Mocha, TestNG, Selenium)
Experience building event-based distributed systems with tools like Kafka
Develop service contracts for RESTful web services using industry standards like Swagger and OpenAPI.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum)
Should be hands on writing/reviewing design code.
Demonstrated end-to-end ownership for development and design of least one cloud-based project - Experience in building extensible platforms, data pipelines.
Exposure to AI/ML/GenAI concepts(Nice to Have)
Benefits
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, pto, health benefits, and much more.
Minimum Qualifications...
Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and5 years experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 years experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
Master 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.
Job Classification
Industry: Retail
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA,
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Software Development - Other
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Walmart
Location(s): Bengaluru
Keyskills:
Manager Quality Assurance
Architecture
Networking
Coding
SEZ
Data structures
Distribution system
Monitoring
Technical documentation