Walmart

PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart
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7 days ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Guide architectural decisions and establish best practices for scalable applications.
  • Drive the design, development, implementation, testing, deployment, and documentation of software solutions.
  • Build highly scalable Java backend applications and large-scale data-processing systems.
  • Design data-intensive applications, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native solutions.
  • Collaborate with architects, product management, business owners, and engineering teams across geographies to define priorities and deliver products.
  • Apply technical skills to improve processes and implement solutions supporting strategic initiatives.
  • Work with senior leadership to define future product roadmaps.
  • Monitor, debug, and troubleshoot systems using monitoring and alerting tools.
  • Participate in hiring and help build high-performing engineering teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area plus five years of software engineering experience, or seven years of software engineering experience.
  • The role description also requests 10+ years of experience in software design, development, and automated deployments.
  • Hands-on experience building Java-based backend systems and cloud-based solutions, with proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and Spark.
  • Experience delivering highly scalable Java applications for large-scale data processing.
  • Strong high- and low-level system design skills and experience designing data-intensive applications.
  • Understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, problem solving, distributed concepts, design principles, and design patterns.
  • Experience with automated deployment and development tools including Git, Maven, and Jenkins.
  • Ability to write modular, testable code and unit, functional, and integration tests using JUnit, Mockito, and Mock MVC.
  • Experience with Spring Boot, concurrency, garbage collection, data caching, ORM tools, relational databases, OLAP, OLTP, and complex SQL queries.
  • Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cosmos DB, caching technologies such as Redis or Memcache, and event-based systems such as Kafka.
  • Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus and Splunk, along with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
  • Exposure to Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of public cloud platforms such as Azure and GCP is preferred.
  • Knowledge of mainframe databases is preferred.
  • A master's degree in a relevant field plus three years of software engineering experience is preferred.
  • Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility practices is preferred.

Benefits

  • The role is based in the Bangalore or Chennai office and requires daily onsite work, with flexibility to manage personal lives.
  • Benefits include performance incentive awards, maternity and parental leave, paid time off, health benefits, and other Walmart benefits.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaApache SparkAzureDockerGitGoogle Cloud PlatformHelmJavaJenkinsJUnitKubernetesMavenPrometheusRedisSplunkSpring BootSQL

Categories

Walmart

About Walmart

10,000+ employees

Walmart is a global omnichannel retailer that sells groceries, general merchandise, and services through Walmart and Sam's Club stores and online marketplaces for consumers and small businesses. Its model spans physical retail, e-commerce, advertising, and a vast supply chain, plus pharmacy, health, and financial services. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart Inc. is a public company on the NYSE (WMT) operating in the U.S. and multiple international markets.

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