Job Description Summary

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

About Team

This role is part of the Walmart Global Marketplace team, focusing on the Seller Onboarding journey. Marketplace is a strategic pillar for Walmart eCommerce, empowering third-party sellers to manage items, fulfill orders, and navigate diverse seller journeys. The Onboarding team is dedicated to enabling new sellers to join the platform and participate in exclusive programs. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in accelerating our Seller Onboarding roadmap and ensuring a seamless onboarding experience for an expanding seller base.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership: Take ownership of end-to-end technical solutions, driving architectural decisions and influencing system design across multiple domains. Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Solution Development: Architect, design, build, and deploy scalable, resilient solutions at Walmart scale, impacting millions of customers and thousands of sellers. Lead technical deep-dives and proactively identify opportunities for optimization.

Evaluations: Lead Proof of Concept (POC) and Proof of Technology (POT) initiatives, evaluating emerging technologies and frameworks for adoption.

Mentorship: Provide technical mentorship and coaching to engineers at all levels, enhancing team deliverables by assessing risks, overcoming challenges, and offering actionable guidance.

Solution Design: Develop and recommend solution design options, balancing requirements, standards, and infrastructure constraints. Drive design reviews and ensure alignment with Walmart's architectural vision.

Stakeholder Communication: Communicate and present complex technical solutions to stakeholders, influencing decision-making and building consensus across teams.

Feature Delivery: Serve as the technical lead for major feature delivery, ensuring high-quality, timely releases and cross-team collaboration.

System Monitoring: Define, review, and improve KPIs, monitoring, and alarms to ensure robust, reliable production systems.

Interact with Walmart engineering teams across geographies to leverage expertise and contribute to the tech community.

Work with senior leadership to chart out the future roadmap of the products Participate in hiring and build teams enabling them to be high performing agile teams. Interact closely for requirements with Business owners and technical teams both within India and across the globe.

What You'll Bring

Technical Expertise: 10+ years of proficiency in architecture, design, development, and technical reviews of distributed systems. Experience designing and implementing GraphQL, REST API web services using Java/J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, and Spring MVC Strong in writing modular and testable code and test cases (unit, functional and integration) using frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, and Mock MVC

Walmart Scale: Demonstrated experience designing and implementing solutions at Walmart's scale, with a track record of delivering business-critical systems.

Community Engagement: Actively engage with Walmart's community of architects and engineers, sharing knowledge and driving adoption of best practices.

Scalable Solutions: Proven hands-on experience designing and delivering scalable, high-performance solutions in complex environments.

Development Experience: Advanced proficiency in developing sophisticated, scalable, and high-performing backend systems.

Open-Source Technologies: Expertise in leveraging open-source technologies and public cloud platforms. Mentor engineers, present technical concepts to large groups, and foster a culture of innovation and autonomy.

Educational Background: Engineering Degree (B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech/MS) in any stream, preferably Computer Science.

Relevant Experience: 10+ years of relevant experience in backend development using Java Spring Boot, YAML, Git, automated testing, cloud technologies, and Kubernetes.

AI – AI assisted coding experience and exposure to efficient ways of using GenAI is required. Good to have MCP tools, RAG, Skills and Agentic AI experience

Mandatory Skills: Strong understanding of CS fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving. Advanced proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, cloud (Azure), Kubernetes, CI/CD, and test automation.

Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire engineering teams, drive technical initiatives, and influence without authority.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Experience working with Product, UX, and Data teams, demonstrating broad influence and partnership across functions.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world's leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.

We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Work

Walmart's culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our Bangalore office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives

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.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is everyone included. By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we're able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 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 2 years experience in software engineering or related area

Primary Location...Block- 1, Prestige Tech Pacific Park, Sy No. 38/1, Outer Ring Rd Kadubeesanahalli , India

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