(USA) Principal Software Engineer

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What you'll do...

Principal Software Engineer

Walmart Global Tech - Sam's Club – Dallas, TX; Bentonville, AR; Atlanta, GA

It’s an exciting time to join our Walmart journey. Want to use design and architecture skills to solve real-life large-scale problems impacting millions of lives?

At Sam's Club, we are developing the next generation of capabilities in the Supply Chain space. We are building them by leveraging modern cloud-based infrastructure to support replenishment and order management for our clubs.

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer – for a key position within Sam’s Club Supply Chain organization.

You'll sweep us off our feet if:

• You’re a problem solver
• You’re experienced with design and architecting best in class enterprise platforms/applications
• 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 project simultaneously
• You have high standards for code quality and can hold contributors accountable
• You’re stimulated by challenges and are ready to engage at Fortune 1 scale
• You are biased for action and roll up your sleeves to unblock teams

What you'll do..

• Lead and direct large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; directing and reviewing design artifacts (for example, proof of concepts, prototypes); writing and developing code; overseeing software design; reviewing unit test cases; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; directing project team and cross functional teams; enhancing design to prevent re-occurrences of defects; ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs; interacting with project manager to provide input on project plan; and providing leadership to the project team

• Direct root cause analysis of critical business and production issues by reviewing and analyzing information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); directing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; directing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues; and reviewing and approving online documentation

• Lead the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design by partnering with the Product Management, Web Operations, Project Management, Business and User Experience teams; obtaining cross-function approvals; driving proof-of-concept; and implementing prototypes to validate ideas

• Lead the work of cross-functional groups of engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, direction, and examples; 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.

What you'll bring..

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years Strong Development experience
• 7+ years in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js experience
• 5+ years architecting enterprise solutions
• Experience of Public Cloud, Azure and GCP strongly preferred
• Thorough DB experience including Relational Databases, NoSQL etc.
• Microservice patterns
• Event driven architecture
• Experience in Cloud Native architecture and strong understanding of cloud technology, including – Cloud Offerings, Cloud storage, Cloud security, Cloud migration    
• Experience with Kafka messaging
• Kubernetes experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Mainframe exposure
• Experience with Spark, Databricks, and Cassandra
• Retail/Supply Chain experience
• Order management systems

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.

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.

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