Senior Software Engineer

Position

Location: 10900 NE 4th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004

Duties

Design, code, test, debug, and document backend software components and microservices to support large scale, distributed applications in alignment with system architecture and business requirements. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and translate them into functional software solutions.

Contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and quality guidelines.

Design and implement efficient and scalable database solutions, maintain stored procedures, optimize database queries to improve performance and response times, identify bottlenecks, and ensure efficient data retrieval and manipulation. Continuously enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of the systems.

• Identify areas for improvement and implement solutions to address system bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or customer pain points.
• Work closely with product managers, architects, designers, and other engineers to understand system requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Collaborate in an agile development environment, participate in sprint planning, and contribute to the team's overall success.

• Set up Kafka clusters, brokers, and topics.
• Monitor and maintain the health, availability, and performance of message queues.
• Investigate and debug software defects and production issues reported by internal teams or customers.
• Analyze log files, conduct root cause analysis, and implement appropriate fixes to ensure system stability and reliability.

• Collaborate with other engineering teams to integrate with various internal and external systems.
• Ensure smooth and seamless data flow across different systems.
• Document software designs, technical specifications, and development processes.
• Share knowledge and best practices with team members to foster a collaborative and learning-oriented environment.

Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and approaches to enhance system functionality and performance.

Minimum education and experience required

Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering (any), or a related field and 1 year of experience in software engineering or related area OR Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering (any), or a related field and 3 years of experience in software engineering or related area.

• Skills Required: Experience with Java, Spring, Hibernate, and Apache frameworks.
• Experience designing and architecting large scale distributed systems with a focus on scalability, availability, and performance.
• Experience with database concepts and with SQL and NoSQL databases for efficient data management and retrieval.
• Experience with data structures and algorithms.

• Experience administering Kafka clusters and managing Kafka topics and partitions.
• Experience with software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, and deployment.
• Experience with cloud platform Microsoft Azure for designing and deploying scalable applications.
• Experience designing and implementing API's.
• Experience with RESTful architecture and API integration and development.

• Experience identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving complex software issues.
• Experience working in Agile development environment using JIRA.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks, test driven development, and writing clean, maintainable code.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation including design specifications, user guides, and system architecture diagrams.

• Experience with Graph QL subgraph integration for bridging frontend and backend systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and service deployment.
• Experience with Azure Blob Storage and Cosmos DB.
• Experience in CI/CD using Jenkins for automated builds and deployments.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Grafana, Prometheus, and MMS Monitoring.

Experience in preparing test coverage for production-grade systems. Employer will accept any amount of professional experience with the required skills.

Salary Range

$143,104/year to $216,000/year. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Benefits

• At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.

• 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.com.

• Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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