Staff, Software Engineer

at  Walmart

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Bachelor’s Degree or master’s degree in Computer Science (or related field) and

8+ years of experience

• Experience in AdTech and/or Search is a must
• Experience working with Data Science teams to implement ML models in real-

time serving
Experience designing and implementing end to end complex data pipelines on public cloud and ensuring reliability, scalability and monitoring.

Experience in Apache Hadoop, Map-reduce, Apache Spark, Airflow and in messaging Systems as Kafka

• Leadership experience in solutions architecture and design
• 6+ years of experience in building and managing large scale distributed,

scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems.

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Java or another object-oriented language,

Spring, No SQL

• Exposure to data science and machine learning techniques
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Exceptional analytical-reasoning and problem-solving skills

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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS…

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

WHAT YOU’LL DO…

Staff Software Engineer leads and directs in large-scale, complex, cross-functional
projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical
solutions. Directs 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.
About the team:
Walmart’s Advertising Technology group enables the connection between supplier
brands and retail shoppers at unprecedented scale. We are a highly motivated
group of engineers and data scientists, working in an agile group to solve
sophisticated and high impact problems. We serve billions of ad requests every
month with our high-performance ad servers. We build smart data systems that
ingest, model, analyze and optimize the massive flow of data from online and store
user activity and transactions. We use cutting edge machine learning, data mining
and optimization algorithms on this data. Above all, we are laser focused on
delivering experiences that our customers and advertisers love. This role is part of
our Sponsored Search Ad Server engineering team for Backend Services and will
build the next generation omni-advertising platforms to deliver performance and
value at scale. A successful person in this role will own major components of the
solution, drive alignment with other teams, guide architecture and technology
choices within the team and across Walmart Connect.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Leads the design phase of large software engineering projects by collaborating
  with cross-functional teams to determine project strategy; interpreting strategy
  into sustainable architecture and solutions; identifying short- and long-term
  solutions and timelines; driving prototype development to ensure concept is

feasible

• Leads project teams for engineering projects by providing direction regarding

architecture and design; providing guidance regarding project issues or
roadblocks; reviewing and approving proposed solutions; implementing new
architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes;

ensure stability and scalability of the platform

• Direct root cause analysis of business and production issues by reviewing and

analyzing information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root
cause); interpreting the results to determine further action; directing root cause
analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues